Iggy's problem was always that he was sandwiched between the Gretzky/Mario era and Crosby/Ovechkin/Malkin. And, I guess, that Selanne, Jagr, Sakic and Forsberg were there at the beginning as well. Also, small market, on a team with not much success, and with not many other excellent guys.
Really, no one used the word "generational" that I can recall until Crosby came along, so they could compare him to Gretzky/Mario.
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