complemented Iginla on being a class act and how much of a privilege and honor it was to call his games. How much he meant to the fans and the city.
It was heartfelt.
Damn this day is such a fog for me i don't even remember driving to work. Really depressing.
I would have almost wanted Iginla to end the press conference by throwing a towel at the camera and sneering and saying "Now clean yourself up" then this kind of press conference.
That would just makes the two donkey punch effect of the last 12 hours easier to take.
We lose a great ambassador to the games and the Flames and someone who seems to be a genuinely good guy, and our hockey team is left a smoking crater of epic suckiness with little hope.
I can't frackin take it anymore.
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"Hey Iggy, after those 5 years will you come back and be GM and Coach?" I think given his leadership and quality as a person he will have a great career in hockey after his playing career is done.
I think there is a huge difference in circumstances with this trade and say the Theoren Fleury trade.
Iggy said he was approached a month ago, about the Flames possibly trading him. That gave him a month to prepare for the inevitable. Plus, Iggy had a chance to steer his own destiny...and he deserved that chance. And I think Iggy was ready for a change of scenery.
On the other hand, Theoren Fleury got told he was traded by the Flames and basically shipped out the same day. Rather a shock to the system and I don't think Theo was ready to play elsewhere.
I'm really happy for iggy. I hope he'll now have a chance to win the cup with a true contender. He will finally have the opportunity to play with a true #1 center.
As much as I like him as a player, I like him more as a person. So in that regard, I wish him nothing but the best.
I had kept my own emotions in check (mostly because the boyfriend was right beside me as I watched TSN last night) but Maher's last statement broke the dam.
Win a cup, Iggy.
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The thing that strikes me as different about this is that we went from Lanny to Neiwy/Fleury, then to Iginla. The torch has always been passed, and I'm not so sure we have anybody who can take that torch now. Baertschi comes as my closest thought but even then, it's just not as obvious.
We are a leaderless team more than any other point in recent memory. And it stings.
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The only chance of him coming back next year is if the Penguins win the Cup this year and he decides he likes the idea of returning home to help a rebuild.
Realistically, the best case is that he spends three or four years in Pittsburgh, then comes back for a final season as a retirement party.
I hope he stays in Pittsburgh and wins a ton of cups then comes back in a organizational position or farewell tour. Best player ever put to put on a Flaming C, would love to see him back one day... one way or another.
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we would not know how many more Flames fans around the world are in the state of what we are going through. my university accolades who left calgary 7-8 years ago are also very sad to hear the news. they just told me they had watched the press conf even the time zone is late night.
If I could have asked Iggy a question.....
