Iggy hasn't been anything but a slow perimeter player since the end of his Calgary days. He wasn't that great on Pittsburgh even though it could be argued he was misused by Bylsma on his off wing and received diminished PP time even though their power play was working at the time. He shipped off to Boston and did okay with Lucic and Krejci, but he didn't drive the line in any way. He basically drifted around waiting for the puck to come to him and lost a boat load of board battles or 50/50 pucks because he's just too slow now to get position on the boards. Wasn't surprised to see him continue down that path in Colorado, he's basically been invisible on the ice as others have mentioned without the puck on his stick in the offensive zone. I don't think they can even break out of their d-zone on his boards. He's been done as an elite player for a while. I think he retires after his contracts up in Colorado.
This is exactly what hes done here in Colorado, and it's gotten worse.
The most frustrating thing is he will have a few games throughout the year that remind you of the old Iginla. So it makes you think he is actually ****ing with you and does not give two *****.
He CAN back check, and he CAN play physical, and he CAN win board battles, but he has to actually skate hard and compete.
It's like.... How do I call this future HOF player a lazy POS? He has to be just declining, until he just decided to show up for a game or two. You're like wtf was that, how do we get more of it?
It's also clear he does not give two ***** about chasing a cup, and is happily retired on the roster in Colorado. Or he'd waive his NMC. That's not really an attitude you want the younger players around.
For the leadership talk, he comes off as a nice guy that has about as much passion as a wet noodle at this point.