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Originally Posted by activeStick
Faster and better stick on his sneaky backchecks and stick lifts. Iginla was better along the boards, separating opposition from the puck with his physicality and providing a short pass out to his linemate for the breakout. Neither guy is (or was) as bad as some make them out to be though in my opinion. Could be better, just like Backlund could be better at scoring when given prime looks. Different players.
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Iginla never backchecked. And yes I stand by saying never.
His takeaways as you described happened in the offensive zone.