11-14-2017, 06:02 AM
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Burke: Team looked hard at Iginla; not considering bringing him back
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/b...k-sam-bennett/
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Originally Posted by Sportsnet
Burke said his Calgary Flames took a long, hard look at not only Jaromir Jagr but also 40-year-old Flames icon Jarome Iginla—a potential signing of “a very serious veteran player” that would have rocked Alberta.
“We never made an offer to Jarome Iginla, but I think a player of that stature who had accomplished so much as a Calgary Flame, we spent a lot of time on him,” Burke told Sportsnet Monday.
“Is there a way that Jarome can contribute to our hockey club? Would it knock a kid out of a box? That’s the problem when you sign a 40-plus-year-old player. You’re taking a job from a younger player. Is that a sensible thing to do?”
Iginla, who is recovering from minor surgery, remains an unrestricted free agent. His preference is to land an NHL gig this winter.
Would the Flames, whose offence ranks 25th overall, still consider adding Iginla? “No,” Burke said. “We’re not looking at changes in that way.”
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11-14-2017, 06:29 AM
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Post-apex Jarome isnt gonna help a team needing offense.
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11-14-2017, 06:31 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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correct decision. Head over heart.
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11-14-2017, 06:37 AM
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Good. Now we can all move on.
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11-14-2017, 07:07 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Regina
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So the rumours did in fact have some traction
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11-14-2017, 07:13 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Thank goodness.
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11-14-2017, 07:40 AM
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Franchise Player
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Flames offence seems fine these days
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11-14-2017, 07:56 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: the middle
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Hopefully Iggy signs the one day deal at some point to retire as a Flame, but that's all the team should be doing.
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11-14-2017, 11:17 AM
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For some reason it makes me happy that the rumors that were swirling had some truth to them.
I was probably the most ardent supporter of bringing Iggy back, but you can't mess with what we have now. It would have been magical to have him for a run, but that ship sailed 17 games ago.
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11-14-2017, 11:23 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Really the only reason I would want Iginla signed, other than a retirement contract, would be to avoid him wearing ugly orange.
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11-14-2017, 11:32 AM
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Franchise Player
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Hey imagine that, the management team actually considers the impact of veteran signings on young players.
Reading some of the posters on here, you would think management hates young players and loves veterans, despite the fact that the Flames are one of the youngest teams in the league and that includes Jagr dragging the average up.
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11-14-2017, 11:43 AM
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Franchise Player
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I think the door really slammed shut when we signed Jagr. No room for him at this point unless maybe Brouwer suffers an injury bad enough to be on LTIR for a while.
Iginla might be passable as the 4th line policeman. But I'm pretty sure he isn't on the friendliest of terms with Versteeg, who bombarded him with racial/family slurs during the playoff series with the Hawks.
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11-14-2017, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Gaskal
I think the door really slammed shut when we signed Jagr. No room for him at this point unless maybe Brouwer suffers an injury bad enough to be on LTIR for a while.
Iginla might be passable as the 4th line policeman. But I'm pretty sure he isn't on the friendliest of terms with Versteeg, who bombarded him with racial/family slurs during the playoff series with the Hawks.
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Um, come again? This is news to me.
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11-14-2017, 11:50 AM
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Is our offence still 25th? Think we would've made up some ground the past 4 games.
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11-14-2017, 11:55 AM
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Pierre McGuire referenced the verbal abuse received by Iginla several times when he was between the benches during that series. He mentioned that the stuff being hurled at Iginla was the worst he had ever heard.
Now I had not ever heard it was either racial, nor oriented towards his family. Nor that it came from Versteeg.
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11-14-2017, 11:55 AM
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Don't click that link!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Rural Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Um, come again? This is news to me.
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Yes, I'd like to see evidence of this.
Versteeg talks a lot of trash but I'd like to believe he is above that.
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11-14-2017, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Um, come again? This is news to me.
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It would have been during the 09 series. That was a particularly hateful series between the teams from what I recall.
While I frown on that kinda stuff, Kris was still an upstart, wet-behind-the-ears NHL sophomore who probably didn't know better and was trying to knock one of the best players in the league at the time off his game. I can see where the reasoning came from, at the very least.
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11-14-2017, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Gaskal
I think the door really slammed shut when we signed Jagr. No room for him at this point unless maybe Brouwer suffers an injury bad enough to be on LTIR for a while.
Iginla might be passable as the 4th line policeman. But I'm pretty sure he isn't on the friendliest of terms with Versteeg, who bombarded him with racial/family slurs during the playoff series with the Hawks.
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I remember the "incident" you are referring too, but I'd say that statement is strong enough in accusation that should be required to back that up with some facts. You can't just throw around "person X" made racial slurs unless you can prove it.
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11-14-2017, 11:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaskal
It would have been during the 09 series. That was a particularly hateful series between the teams from what I recall.
While I frown on that kinda stuff, Kris was still an upstart, wet-behind-the-ears NHL sophomore who probably didn't know better and was trying to knock one of the best players in the league at the time off his game. I can see where the reasoning came from, at the very least.
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And you know for a fact that he did indeed do this?
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11-14-2017, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I remember the "incident" you are referring too, but I'd say that statement is strong enough in accusation that should be required to back that up with some facts. You can't just throw around "person X" made racial slurs unless you can prove it.
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Yeah, I'll admit can't find a source that specifies that the abuse came specifically from Versteeg, nor confirm the true nature of the comments. I'd treat it as nothing more than a rumor since this is from a decade ago and I'm merely piecing it together from memory.
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