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MarioLives wrote:Don't be like me.... Part of me feels sorry for Iggy. He chose here, he came here and now he will be eliminated by he team he spurned. The other part of me watches him play and is angry at just how slow and bad he is right now. Not his fault, but man it is frustrating. Sorry just venting
MarioLives wrote:Don't be like me.... Part of me feels sorry for Iggy. He chose here, he came here and now he will be eliminated by he team he spurned.
Hawkeynut wrote:He's 35 and on a team where is not "the guy". Hell of an adjustment, especially considering he is only playing on his 2nd career team.
I would be willing to bet, had he been acquired before the start of the season, he would be in a much better place.
Scott wrote:Hawkeynut wrote:He's 35 and on a team where is not "the guy". Hell of an adjustment, especially considering he is only playing on his 2nd career team.
I would be willing to bet, had he been acquired before the start of the season, he would be in a much better place.
Not to mention if he was able to play right wing all the time on a line with the right people...yeah I believe a different Iginla would be skating for us.
MRandall25 wrote:Scott wrote:Hawkeynut wrote:He's 35 and on a team where is not "the guy". Hell of an adjustment, especially considering he is only playing on his 2nd career team.
I would be willing to bet, had he been acquired before the start of the season, he would be in a much better place.
Not to mention if he was able to play right wing all the time on a line with the right people...yeah I believe a different Iginla would be skating for us.
He was playing on the right wing in Calgary and only scored 9 goals in 31 games.
He just doesn't have it anymore.
Scott wrote:MRandall25 wrote:Scott wrote:Hawkeynut wrote:He's 35 and on a team where is not "the guy". Hell of an adjustment, especially considering he is only playing on his 2nd career team.
I would be willing to bet, had he been acquired before the start of the season, he would be in a much better place.
Not to mention if he was able to play right wing all the time on a line with the right people...yeah I believe a different Iginla would be skating for us.
He was playing on the right wing in Calgary and only scored 9 goals in 31 games.
He just doesn't have it anymore.
Really? Who was he playing with in Calgary. Moreover you must be the only person that has witnessed Iginla taking regular shifts with Crosby spanning more than twice a game. How much time did he get to play with Sid who makes everyone better.
MRandall25 wrote:Scott wrote:Hawkeynut wrote:He's 35 and on a team where is not "the guy". Hell of an adjustment, especially considering he is only playing on his 2nd career team.
I would be willing to bet, had he been acquired before the start of the season, he would be in a much better place.
Not to mention if he was able to play right wing all the time on a line with the right people...yeah I believe a different Iginla would be skating for us.
He was playing on the right wing in Calgary and only scored 9 goals in 31 games.
He just doesn't have it anymore.
pcm wrote:MRandall25 wrote:Scott wrote:Hawkeynut wrote:He's 35 and on a team where is not "the guy". Hell of an adjustment, especially considering he is only playing on his 2nd career team.
I would be willing to bet, had he been acquired before the start of the season, he would be in a much better place.
Not to mention if he was able to play right wing all the time on a line with the right people...yeah I believe a different Iginla would be skating for us.
He was playing on the right wing in Calgary and only scored 9 goals in 31 games.
He just doesn't have it anymore.
I'm not sure if there's sarcasm in this post or not, but that still translates to a 23 goal pace over a full season, which is not superstar material, but still quality support player. And that's what he was brought in to be.
MRandall25 wrote:Did you even watch the Islanders series? Iginla played on Crosby's line for Games 4-6 and for Game 1 of the Ottawa series. He didn't really make much of a difference either way, which is why Bylsma moved him off.
You must be the only person who can't see that Iginla now is a shell of his former self.
MRandall25 wrote:The thing is, people were expecting a 35-40 goal scorer when we picked him up because "OMG PLAYING WITH MALKIN OR SID!!!!".
He played with both. His production didn't change.
MRandall25 wrote:I didn't realize playing 4 games on Crosby's line = "a handful of shifts". I have no clue what you think you're watching, but it's definitely not the Penguins.
MRandall25 wrote:Game Logs (I was mistaken, it was only 3 games as opposed to 4):
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/2 ... 030115.HTM : Bylsma officially switched Iginla to Crosby's line in the middle of the 1st period of Game 5 of the Islanders series. At 12:48 of the 1st, the line of 9-87-12 makes it's first appearance of the playoffs. That line remains unchanged for the rest of the game, save for a few seconds of 10-87-14 after the expiration of penalties. Iginla's stat line: 0-1-1, getting an assist on the goal which Crosby split the D.
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/2 ... 030116.HTM : Story is the same for Game 6. 9-87-12 is the line for the vast majority of the game except for a few recorded events during shift changes. Iginla had 1-0-1, getting a garbage goal from a rebound on a Sidney Crosby pseudo-breakaway.
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/2 ... 030211.HTM : Game 1 vs. Ottawa. Again, 9-87-12 starts the game and stays together until the 3rd period, where the lines are switched back to 9-87-14 in a 3-1 game. Iginla had 0-1-1 with his assist coming on Chris Kunitz's PP goal at 18:33 of the 2nd period.
So basically 3 games they played together (I was mistaken). Iginla put up 1-2-3. The games prior (games 1-4 of the Islanders series), where he was on the 18-71-12 line, he was 1-6-7. Aside from his 2 goals against the Senators in Game 4 (one of which was scored on the powerplay), he has not recorded any points since Game 1 of the Ottawa series, and his playing time has varied between 10:09 in Game 5 of the Senators series to 18:32 in Game 5 of the Islanders series (not counting the 3 or 4 games that went to OT.
The stats are linked. It wasn't "just a few shifts". He played 3 full games with Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis, but his best performances came on the 18-71-12 line.
In summation, Jarome Iginla played 3 games with Sidney Crosby and scored 3 points. Prior to that, he scored 7 points in 4 games on Malkin's line. Since then, he's fallen off stat-wise, with only 2 points in the games since Game 1 of the Ottawa series. I don't believe that changing back to Malkin's line is what caused Iginla to suddenly stop scoring, given how he had previously performed with Geno.
Regardless Bylsma has handled the Penguins in the playoffs in terrible fashion for every year but one post Cup.
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