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SuperMatt18 · 03-19-2021, 10:34 AM

I love Iggy but he was never “The face of the league” in the same vein as guys like Crosby, Ovechkin, or McDavid.

He had a 3 to 4 year stretch where maybe he was considered the best player in the league (2002-2006) but he was never on the level of one of the generational type talents.

Even then I don’t think he was the unanimous best player in the league. Guys like Sakic, Forsberg, Thornton, St.Louis, Naslund, Sundin, Jagr, all have similar or better point totals in that time, won individual awards, or won cups.

That was the period where the NHL didn’t really have a generational talent playing that was the face of the league. Gretzky had retired in 1999. Lemieux was around but not consistently playing. Crosby hadn’t started until 2006.

Honestly if I had to pick the guys that were the face of the league in that time it was Sakic and Yzerman as the faces of the epic battles Colorado and Detroit had in that era.

03-19-2021, 10:34 AM	#29
SuperMatt18 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	I love Iggy but he was never “The face of the league” in the same vein as guys like Crosby, Ovechkin, or McDavid. He had a 3 to 4 year stretch where maybe he was considered the best player in the league (2002-2006) but he was never on the level of one of the generational type talents. Even then I don’t think he was the unanimous best player in the league. Guys like Sakic, Forsberg, Thornton, St.Louis, Naslund, Sundin, Jagr, all have similar or better point totals in that time, won individual awards, or won cups. That was the period where the NHL didn’t really have a generational talent playing that was the face of the league. Gretzky had retired in 1999. Lemieux was around but not consistently playing. Crosby hadn’t started until 2006. Honestly if I had to pick the guys that were the face of the league in that time it was Sakic and Yzerman as the faces of the epic battles Colorado and Detroit had in that era. Last edited by SuperMatt18; 03-19-2021 at 10:56 AM.