I met Iginla at an nhl awards probably 20 years ago and he was indeed what people say he was like. In a rush but charming in a quiet way.
Around 2001 or so I was downtown and seem a bunch of people around a team bus, with most wearing a jersey. So I go to check out who is there and they say it’s the Rangers team bus. This was the fleury, Lindros, Nedved time. So I stick around hoping to catch a glimpse. Turns out most of the people there weren’t fans but hounds for autographs, but only one player stopped to sign anything. All the others were either ignoring everyone or rude. Fleury particularly said get the #### out of my way. In hindsight we know what he went through but that Rangers team seemed super arrogant as a whole. I didn’t find Lindros arrogant surprisingly. He just shook his head and thought it was silly people would be hounding for autographs.
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