If they are wanting a center they should pick Lindstrom, as Iginla is far more likely to play wing than center.
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If they are wanting a center they should pick Lindstrom, as Iginla is far more likely to play wing than center.
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Total 55 goals now and 5 points shy of 100 points (reg+po).
great play-offs : 8+3= 11 (1.85 ppg), 35 sog, +4, with 1 gwg and 2 gwg assists (not that they officially record those)
great play-offs : 8+3= 11 (1.85 ppg), 35 sog, +4, with 1 gwg and 2 gwg assists (not that they officially record those)
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I feel like 6 is more than “a few”, and I was comparing him to WHL forwards selected in the top 10 in their age 17 season. I did skip some.
Unless I missed someone, there were a total of 17 WHL forwards drafted in the Top 10 (excluding 1OA) since 2009.
You can not like Iginla, but when you say “profile of a top 10 pick”, I assumed you were comparing him to WHL forwards drafted in the top 10 in the past.
So here’s all 17 of those forwards, and as a bonus, the 10 WHL forward taken between 11-20.
Nate Danielson (age 18 draft year)
2023 #9 DET
Zach Benson
3023 #13 BUF
Brayden Yager
2023 #14 PIT
Connor Geekie
2022 #11 ARI
Matt Savoie
2022 #9 BUF
Dylan Guenther
2021 #9 ARI
Seth Jarvis
2020 #13 CAR
*Kirby Dach
2019 #3 CHI
*Dylan Cozens
2019 #7 BUF
Peyton Krebs
2019 #17 VGK
Nolan Patrick
2017 #2 PHI
Cody Glass
2017 #6 VGK
*Michael Rasmussen
2017 #9 DET
Jake DeBrusk (age 18 draft year)
2015 #14 BOS
Mathew Barzal
2015 #16 NYI
Sam Reinhart (age 18 draft year)
2014 #2 BUF
Leon Draisaitl (age 18 draft year)
2014 #3 EDM
Jake Virtanen
2014 #6 VAN
Curtis Lazar
2013 #17 OTT
Sven Baertschi (age 18 draft year)
2011 #13 CGY
Mark McNeill
2011 #18 CHI
*Ryan Johansen
2010 #4 CBJ
*Nino Niederreiter
2010 #5 NYI
Brett Conelly
2010 #10 TBL
Evander Kane
2009 #4 ATL
*Brayden Schenn
2009 #5 PHI
Scott Glennie
2009 #8 DAL
2023 #9 DET
Zach Benson
3023 #13 BUF
Brayden Yager
2023 #14 PIT
Connor Geekie
2022 #11 ARI
Matt Savoie
2022 #9 BUF
Dylan Guenther
2021 #9 ARI
Seth Jarvis
2020 #13 CAR
*Kirby Dach
2019 #3 CHI
*Dylan Cozens
2019 #7 BUF
Peyton Krebs
2019 #17 VGK
Nolan Patrick
2017 #2 PHI
Cody Glass
2017 #6 VGK
*Michael Rasmussen
2017 #9 DET
Jake DeBrusk (age 18 draft year)
2015 #14 BOS
Mathew Barzal
2015 #16 NYI
Sam Reinhart (age 18 draft year)
2014 #2 BUF
Leon Draisaitl (age 18 draft year)
2014 #3 EDM
Jake Virtanen
2014 #6 VAN
Curtis Lazar
2013 #17 OTT
Sven Baertschi (age 18 draft year)
2011 #13 CGY
Mark McNeill
2011 #18 CHI
*Ryan Johansen
2010 #4 CBJ
*Nino Niederreiter
2010 #5 NYI
Brett Conelly
2010 #10 TBL
Evander Kane
2009 #4 ATL
*Brayden Schenn
2009 #5 PHI
Scott Glennie
2009 #8 DAL
Lots of discussion if they should the Flames should take him but they might not even get the chance to draft him especially if he has a good second round of playoffs.
I've seen a lot of Iginla in the past year. I'm not scout, but i see a lot of scouts calling Tij out for he's "Lack of Effort" or "lack of Competitivness". I'm shoked everytime i hear those.
Seriously Tij Iginla is going top 5 maybe top 7. No way in hell scouts are actually putting him 16th at the end of the year.
He does have the IT factor, and the points aren't all of his game. He's awesome everywhere and he puts up points. Stop the Cap, Iginla going top 5 easy.
Seriously Tij Iginla is going top 5 maybe top 7. No way in hell scouts are actually putting him 16th at the end of the year.
He does have the IT factor, and the points aren't all of his game. He's awesome everywhere and he puts up points. Stop the Cap, Iginla going top 5 easy.
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If I’m the Flames I take him 2nd overall no hesitation.
People are underrating how valuable he will be to that franchise. Take him all day and even if he’s a 50 point player who plays the game the right way he will be a fan favourite and sell merch and tickets his whole career.
People are underrating how valuable he will be to that franchise. Take him all day and even if he’s a 50 point player who plays the game the right way he will be a fan favourite and sell merch and tickets his whole career.
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I like him more and more for the habs. I have no idea who I would pick between him and Lindstrom, to be honest. Thank God I'm not the person in charge.
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Typically, there has to be an actual point into doing a lot of research. There’s no actual point in all his graphics and research. Or if there is a point, he was making my point, not the other way around.
There’s a very mixed record whether in hindsight those players without top 10 stats deserved to go top 10. He didn’t exactly make the case that all the questionable top 10 picks from the WHL without top 10 numbers deserved it in hindsight.
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Rantanen went 10th in 2015. M. tkachuk went 6th in 2016. Both 3rd wingers taken.
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First of all - I dont have Iginla as my top ten. For the second - im not a biggest fan of WHL because of lack of structure and lack of physical game. But still because how productive Iginla is, especially in play off, how good his skills combo is - hands, shot, physical game - it makes him pretty good for being drafted as top ten. Especially if we will compare him with other players from other WHL drafts from top ten.
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HD cameras would have been enough
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The 1998 olympics still had better tech than the NHL has in 2024.
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I'd prefer the Flames be competitive and ice a good team opposed to making the billionaire owner more money.
As a Flame fan there are like 5 guys I'd take over Tig if we got the 2nd overall.
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I don’t even think drafting him would really put my asses in the seats, draft whomever gives the team a better prospect tool.
Being competitive > a feel good story
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To each their own. I live in Calgary and I know I’d pay a hell of a lot more attention if they drafted Tij. I dont look at any of the guys after Celebrini and say he’s going to be FOR SURE better than Iginla.
Iginla is probably a top 10 player in this draft, but beside Demidov or Celebrini I don't see any player being in a class of their own between 3-12 OA, so the margins are thin.
I think the Ds will get drafted before the wingers, but Iginla could end up the best of the bunch for all I know.
Anyways, only way Calgary has a shot drafting him is if they win #2 OA, if Montreal wins the lottery or if they fall under Montreal in the standings, because rumor has it the Habs met him 4 times already and that he's their guy.
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The fact people are trying to push Iginla>Demidov, Catton and Lindstrom is criminal. Classic case of a player way overrated by his name. Guarantee 99% of people pushing him have never actually watched a full game of all 3.
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For those that like him as a top 5 or 10 player, which of these players do you have below him?
Celebrini
Demidov
Catton
Lindstrom
Levshunov
Yakemchuk
Dickinson
Silayev
Buium
Parekh
Helenius
Eiserman
Celebrini
Demidov
Catton
Lindstrom
Levshunov
Yakemchuk
Dickinson
Silayev
Buium
Parekh
Helenius
Eiserman
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I don't think there's any world in which you can argue Catton, Helenius, Buium, and Eiserman over Iginla.
The others I can see arguments going either way.
Only forwards I’d definitively have above him are Celebrini and Demidov as of right now
