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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Iginla barely made the team in '02. Basically had to be leading the league at the time.
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No, by the time selection process happened he was a shoe-in. It was during the Team Canada training camp that fall where he didn't make the camp, then only filled in for an injured Simon Gagne. They named eight players in March of 2001, then filled in the remaining roster in December, Iginla was the first name mentioned when those names were announced. There's nothing to suggest at the time, nor now 20 years later that be barely made the team.