Has there been any indication that there's going to be a ceremony tonight? I think it's likely to just be a video tribute that plays during the first tv timeout.
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See, if there is to be a ceremony, why not do it after the game? There is just no reason to do a ceremony before the game because it would probably pump Iginla up along with his teammates (basically helping the opposition). Yes, I understand we are not making the playoffs but still.
The ceremony is all but gauranteed to be on TSN2 as the 7:00 game is never done by 9:30 (ET, sorry, LOL)
I'd heard TSN2 was showing some other NHL games at this time, but on the site it's showing the NCAA Kansas game from 5-7 MST, the a SC Top 10 rerun show from 7-7:30 and TH2 from 7:30-8. Be quick on the remote, TSN will pick this up somewhere if there's overlap I'm sure.
Iginla may be gone from the Flames' dressing room but his impact still is felt. After he served as team captain for nine years, many lessons, much like the torch, has been passed to Giordano.
"What I took from [Iginla] was the way he treated people and the respect he showed for everyone, really," he said. "Me coming in here from my first year to playing with him last year, he treats you with a lot of respect, he's very kind and you can learn a lot from a guy like that in how he treats other people."
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It didn't matter who you were, Baertschi said, the respect from Iginla was there.
"It's so hard to describe," he said. "Out of nowhere you just get called up from juniors and then you come in here and you sit right beside him. That was one of the highlights of my career, maybe the biggest highlight for me. I've got so much respect for him, and being around him I was always a little nervous. I didn't know what to do. Is he going to get mad at me?
"Then I realized he was just a normal guy and he treats everybody well. He'd be the guy who opens up the door for you. He's just a really humble guy."
I hope the Flames win, but I hope Iginla gets an incredible standing ovation. I want it to go to the point where it is awkward. He deserves nothing less!
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Has there been any indication that there's going to be a ceremony tonight? I think it's likely to just be a video tribute that plays during the first tv timeout.
How 'bout a surprise jersey retirement?
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