Iginla Destination Discussion

[Cole436]

MOD EDIT: No.

[Ozy_Flame]

Don't hold your breath. Use an oxygen tank.

[Backlunds_socks]

Originally Posted by jlh2640

I hope so

As do I

[indes]

I hope so! I didn't think there was a chance he would come back, but now I can feel the warm fuzzies and want it to happen.

[FlamesNation23]

I want us to sign iginla just so i can hear beasley announce: Flames goal scored by number 12, JAAAARRROOOOMMMMMEE IGINLA! one more time (and hopefully many more times after that)

[JBR]

Originally Posted by flamesnation23

i want us to sign iginla just so i can hear beasley announce: Flames goal scored by number 88, jaaaarrroooommmmmee iginla! One more time (and hopefully many more times after that)

fyp

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by ToewsFan

So by those metrics Iginla is the worst forward available, with Vanek being a close second defensively, but Vanessa has some offensive upside? Denial is not a river in Egypt.

[Rtown]

Weird

Iginla wouldn't even make my top 5 favorite All Time Flames (sorry personal preference only)
I wasn't a fan of his play his last couple years here.
I definitely wasn't a fan of the way he left (I get that limiting trade options was "his right")
2 weeks ago I was dead set against re-signing him.

And yet here I am getting giddy over the thought of this rumour being true.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

So....

Book it?

I never know what to think of these things.

I certainly can't confirm it, and anyone can make up a rumour and then email me and tell me where it comes from. Doesn't make it any more true, but to some degree I do think it speaks to the intentions of the poster to pass on information that looks like it could have legs.

We will see ...

I like it because ...

its a great way for Iginla to come back and close a chapter
its a great story
he could still help the powerplay
he plays a physical brand of hockey

I don't like it because ...

I think it could be a distraction
it might muck up the dressing room dynamic
there could be a lot of bitching and moaning about linemates
he may push a more deserving player down the roster

but would be an interesting ride!~

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Rtown

Weird

Iginla wouldn't even make my top 5 favorite All Time Flames (sorry personal preference only)
I wasn't a fan of his play his last couple years here.
I definitely wasn't a fan of the way he left (I get that limiting trade options was "his right")
2 weeks ago I was dead set against re-signing him.

And yet here I am getting giddy over the thought of this rumour being true.

This
While I haven't been leading the anti Iginla campaign, I've been on the front lines, for all those reasons and more.

And yet....

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by ToewsFan

What the hell does "Goals above replacement" mean, and how does Colin White have 681 of them?

[Jiggy_12]

This is something I don't want to happen. Yet, if it does I will be extremely excited. Like others have already said, it's a strange paradox.

It's logical brain battling against emotional brain.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by ToewsFan

What a terrible chart.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by ToewsFan

The correct way to read this chart is the two players on the outside are the best and you want no part of the ones in the middle.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

The correct way to read this chart is the two players on the outside are the best and you want no part of the ones in the middle.

OK, but why?

[JurassicTunga12]

Iginla does make sense. If i remember correctly, Gulutzan was saying on the FAN960 that the Flames were looking for a right shot winger who can take face offs. Iginla is RH and can take some FOs. Sharp was the other guy who could do that, and the Flames were close to getting him. Iggy's also still pretty scrappy(truculence!), and still has a good shot. Shouldn't be expensive at this point as well.
Dammit. I want Iggy back. Jeromer, you better be right.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

OK, but why?

I think he was kidding.

The summation of good and bad events to give the most value above the zero access it the better player.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

What the hell does "Goals above replacement" mean, and how does Colin White have 681 of them?

Not sure if serious? And it's a good chart actually, as far as charts go.
Michalek is almost the perfectly 'average' NHL player. Not good at anything, not bad at anything (in relation to the 'average' player).
You can write off Iginla's numbers as a product of the Avs if you want, but he wasn't better with the Kings.
Would be best not to pretend Iginla is something different than he actually is at this point.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce

Not sure if serious? And it's a good chart actually, as far as charts go.
Michalek is almost the perfectly 'average' NHL player. Not good at anything, not bad at anything (in relation to the 'average' player).
You can write off Iginla's numbers as a product of the Avs if you want, but he wasn't better with the Kings.
Would be best not to pretend Iginla is something different than he actually is at this point.

Iginla was a 0.29 PPG player with the Avalanche last year. He was a 0.47 PPG player with the Kings.

What's the point of having the 3M line, all those defensemen, a goalie who can headman the puck like Smith etc if it doesn't allow you to sign offensive specialists?

Jarome is a winger. I don't care how bad he is defensively. Shelter him. Give him nights off. He wouldn't be here to win a Selke (last time a winger won this award was 2002 - Jere Lehtinen), he's here for his 20 years of experience, toughness, leadership, instincts, and his ability to finish.

Is he going to play 20 minutes a night with the top line? Of course not.

Can he pot 15 working the left point on the #1PP unit? Tell me why not.

[FanIn80]

I predict one more run of Beast-Mode Iginla when we hit the playoffs if he signs with us.