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Old 04-30-2023, 03:55 PM   #1754
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Originally Posted by activeStick View Post
Iginla's comments about Keenan being one of the best coaches he's had in the NHL is quite the contrast from most fans critiques of Keenan as an NHL bench boss

Different eras though

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Kinda makes sense since Sutter was as close as he ever had to get to a cup and Keenan as I remember despite his reputation as a taskmaster was fairly unstructured when it came to coaching the Flames and gave his stars a lot of leeway. Wasn't Keenan the one who said he never practiced the powerplay and he built the team with an emphasis on team fitness during the years when Iginla was always the fittest flame?
I also remember towards the end of Iginlas time here when the coach was asking him to be more of a 200ft player ala Yzerman and he told the media that he didn't think that was what the team needed from him and pushed back on it.
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