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Originally Posted by ComixZone
So Iggy's to blame for being unable to lead a team of bad/average players to the promise land?
Iginla is why the team didn't develop a single good NHL player during his tenure as a Calgary Flame. Iginla is why we had two average/above average centres during his entire 16 year career here?
It was all because Iginla was an offensive player who was utterly elite for a good chunk of time, and because he couldn't carry the team up front entirely by himself for his entire 16 years, he is to blame for all shortcomings.
Iggy fostered the losing culture and it had nothing to do with the years of #1 centre David Moss. #1 LW Nigel Dawes. The wasted years under head coach Brent Sutter (...who hasn't seen a glimpse of the NHL since coaching here), the abysmal management of Darryl Sutter and Jay Feaster.
Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous to watch fans of this team turn on a player of Iginla's quality. Iggy didn't let this organization down, not for one single day.
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The Flames should have done better based on the overall level of talent they had on the team from 2006-2012. They should not have missed the playoffs for four straight seasons heading into when Iginla was dealt. I remember doing a rant back in 2009 or so basically saying to blow it up because there was something wrong with the makeup of the team. It was following that game where the Flames were up 5-0 on Chicago and lost, and then sucked the next night against Columbus. It was apparent all the way through. It isn't revisionist history.
The team's drafting was horrible. Not much you can do about that now. It is improved thankfully. It would have been great to see the team develop some players beyond 20 goal scorer David Moss, but that is what it is. It wasn't entirely Iginla's fault, just like it's not entirely Ovechkin's fault in Washington. Relying on a winger to be the most important player in your organization is folly. The Blues did nothing with Hull. The Flames did nothing with Iginla and the Caps will likely do nothing with Ovechkin. The only reason why Hull has rings is that he accepted the idea of not being the guy and going to stacked teams in Dallas and Detroit. Iginla chose his destinations poorly following his departure from Calgary.