don't see why it would be a big deal. There were comments from the team (butler, giordano, etc) singing praises for the guy and how he will be missed. How many exit media conferences have an entire team sitting in attendance?
Not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere else, and this seems like the place to discuss it, but Warrener (and the guys) made a huge deal of the fact that nobody from the team, except Tanguay and Cammalleri, showed up to the Iginla presser. Warrener said he would have expected the whole team to attend, and space had been set aside from them, and the boys were wondering what it meant?
Not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere else, and this seems like the place to discuss it, but Warrener (and the guys) made a huge deal of the fact that nobody from the team, except Tanguay and Cammalleri, showed up to the Iginla presser. Warrener said he would have expected the whole team to attend, and space had been set aside from them, and the boys were wondering what it meant?
I think guys like Stajan, Bouwmeester, and Giordano are the real engine of the team right now and might resent the fact that they've been doing the heavy lifting for a while now while not getting much credit. I saw the interviews with Bouwmeester and Stajan about Iginla. They were both painful. Stajan visibly winced when questioned about Iginla.
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Not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere else, and this seems like the place to discuss it, but Warrener (and the guys) made a huge deal of the fact that nobody from the team, except Tanguay and Cammalleri, showed up to the Iginla presser. Warrener said he would have expected the whole team to attend, and space had been set aside from them, and the boys were wondering what it meant?
I think guys like Stajan, Bouwmeester, and Giordano are the real engine of the team right now and might resent the fact that they've been doing the heavy lifting for a while now while not getting much credit. I saw the interviews with Bouwmeester and Stajan about Iginla. They were both painful. Stajan visibly winced when questioned about Iginla.
Not sure if it's been mentioned anywhere else, and this seems like the place to discuss it, but Warrener (and the guys) made a huge deal of the fact that nobody from the team, except Tanguay and Cammalleri, showed up to the Iginla presser. Warrener said he would have expected the whole team to attend, and space had been set aside from them, and the boys were wondering what it meant?
I would imagine that it was a huge drain on a lot of the players. Media vultures constantly harassing them. Perhaps Iginla addressed them separately?
Warrener is a cheap hack. He's Kypreos when it comes to insight. He and the rest of that crew are always looking for a cheap shot or reach when it comes to the Flames.
Tough trade no matter what, IMO it's a lose-lose for the Flames in many ways, lose your franchise guy for a return that's not all that attractive, much due to the fact he's a rental at 36 yrs of age regardless of his resume, not to mention the NTC/NMC.
Perhaps it's a fail on Feaster/ownership's part for not getting some higher touted prospects back...either way I don't think they had too many options, the NTC and their loyalty/respect for Iggy limited their flexibility, he had the final say and it is what it is...
On the surface, these particular prospects do not project to be highly touted prospects but who knows, they may turn into quality players for this organization for many years and we'll see who the pick gets us. I welcome these young players to the Flames org and wish them the best and look forward to them turning pro and contributing to the Flames down the road. We still got a first round pick and two decent prospects and I would much rather see Iggy play for Pittsburg over Boston.
I think more importantly, it's about the Flames heading into a new direction. We can whine and complain all we want about the return for the Jarome Iginla trade and yes perhaps we would be further ahead if we had traded him in his prime but neither side was ready and it's pointless to ponder.
I think guys like Stajan, Bouwmeester, and Giordano are the real engine of the team right now and might resent the fact that they've been doing the heavy lifting for a while now while not getting much credit. I saw the interviews with Bouwmeester and Stajan about Iginla. They were both painful. Stajan visibly winced when questioned about Iginla.
There's enough wrong with this post for Mr Plinkett to do a 90-minute review of it on Youtube, holy christ.
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Great interview with Hanowski is up on the Fan960 right now, seems like a really good guy. After he scored against Notre Dame the other day apparently his teammates was saying "Iggy who?"
Great interview with Hanowski is up on the Fan960 right now, seems like a really good guy. After he scored against Notre Dame the other day apparently his teammates was saying "Iggy who?"
Glad to hear him say he'd like to sign a contract with the Flames when he's done school.
Didn't seem to know a ton about the Flames organization or depth, just knew we were in the basement this year. I'm thinking that plays a part in him wanting to be here, might be thinking he has a more legit shot at cracking the lineup right away than on other teams (namely the Pens).
Hope that becomes a trend with young guys and we get a lot of guys battling hard at camp to make the team... of course we'll need to have room for them in the lineup after making a few more trades.
Great interview with Hanowski is up on the Fan960 right now, seems like a really good guy. After he scored against Notre Dame the other day apparently his teammates was saying "Iggy who?"
I think guys like Stajan, Bouwmeester, and Giordano are the real engine of the team right now and might resent the fact that they've been doing the heavy lifting for a while now while not getting much credit. I saw the interviews with Bouwmeester and Stajan about Iginla. They were both painful. Stajan visibly winced when questioned about Iginla.
I think I sort of get what you are saying,I don't think that Iginla was as great of a leader as people sometimes think that he is, just based on the culture of the team for the better part of the last decade, it has been a team with a country club atmosphere that has had a number of disposable coaches every time something went wrong. At a certain point in time it was necessary to look at the leadership in the room and Iginla was a big part of it.
That being said I said I think you are reading way to much into nothing.
