Jerome Iginla
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Too old ??!?
He's only 28.............
Fact is : 90 % of the team sucked and Iginla was part of that %.It's pointless to put the blame on a player in particular.Iginla not being at his best does not explain why we were shutout 3 times in tyhe tournament with a team full of scoring talent
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It was not our year
P.S : I will change my avatar ASAP
He's only 28.............
Fact is : 90 % of the team sucked and Iginla was part of that %.It's pointless to put the blame on a player in particular.Iginla not being at his best does not explain why we were shutout 3 times in tyhe tournament with a team full of scoring talent
.It was not our year
P.S : I will change my avatar ASAP
I think he made the game deciding error against the russians when he could have set up Sacic on a 2 on 1 break but chose to take a joke of a wristshot instead.
Canada up by one would most likely have won them the Game. If i were Sakic, i'd yell at the guy all night.
Canada up by one would most likely have won them the Game. If i were Sakic, i'd yell at the guy all night.
1) Iginla had 2 goals and 1 assist.
2) Iggy was great in the first game, god-awful in the next four, and one of the best forwards out there for Canada against Russia (although that isn't hard to do). I'm amazed that Iggy, Sakic and Heatley weren't on more often than they were, because they were the only line that, combining talent and heart, could've tied that game up.
2) Iggy was great in the first game, god-awful in the next four, and one of the best forwards out there for Canada against Russia (although that isn't hard to do). I'm amazed that Iggy, Sakic and Heatley weren't on more often than they were, because they were the only line that, combining talent and heart, could've tied that game up.
Force said:
Neale explained that right after it happened. The Russian defenseman was parked right in the middle of Sakic and Iginla, and if Iginla had passed to Sakic, it's a turnover and a 4-on-2 for Russia.
Iginla had 2 goals against the powerhouse Italians. The most overrated player in the NHL. Where was Mr.Big Game player?? I thought Flames fans said that he comes up big in important games??? Pathetic.
More like 68?Symbolic said:Too old ??!?
He's only 28.............
Look at the picture in the 1st post lol
Force said:
Right oh...glad someone caught that...
That was weird..going in alone without a clue!?
regards
Dogbert said:
Seriously, and i'm not kidding, i could have solved that Situation better than him. All he had to do was drive agressively towards the net, fake the shot and flip it over ot stick it through.
He looked at sacic, slided towards the goal pretty clueless, and then took a HIGH shot that wasn't even meant to produce a salvagable rebound for sacik.
Either you do a trick pass or you slap it hard and low and hope to cause a chaos situation for a garbage goal. The shot he took was pathetic. And that was the difference that stats can't tell. A guy like Malkin doesn't get a point for the shots stat but makes a play that, if it works, is lethal...
Force said:
... But the play did produce a deadly chance. Iginla got the puck behind the net after he shot it and set up Sakic in the slot, who missed the net by inches. Yes, it wasn't the best play to make, but it wasn't the worst he could've chosen, and it definitely didn't cost us the game. Other guys did that.
Iginla wasn't very good at all. I think he had the opening to make the pass to Sakic. He wasn't as bad as Reghr, but that isn't saying much.
Iginla's hockey sense is very poor. The reality is that he overachieved for 1 or 2 seasons, and now people are seeing the real Iginla: a very gritty power forward who produces around 60-70 points/season. Not an elite player.
The_Eck said:
Come on. Do you really agree with Force on his opinion that Iginla cost Team Canada the game by himself?
No, he wasn't very good, and I expected a lot more out of him, but give me a break. I can think of at least four forwards who were worse than Iginla was over the course of the tournament.
Big Mama said:
You're going to have to explain that one to me. Regehr was the best Canadian defenseman out there today, and in my opinion, it wasn't even close.
The Heatley - Sakic - Iginla line actually looked decent when put together. Too bad Quinn didn't put them together until halfway through the 2nd period of the final game.
SensGuy said:
Bingo. As bad as some of these guys were, there are people behind the bench who should've picked up on that and played the guys who were working hard.
Dogbert said:
It's not like Quinn has any kind of track record of success here. We're expecting too much from one of the most overrated coaches in league history.
Iginla was alright today. For most of the rest of the tournament, he was as invisible as everyone else on the team. Frankly, I think these threads are a waste of time, becuase outside of Brodeur, there isnt a single Canadian player who looked good for more than one consecutive period.
A pissing contest over how good any Canadian player looked relative to another is like arguing whether ebola is better than flesh eating disease or AIDS.
arrbez said:
Other than winning the last two major competitions Canada participated in...
The last major competition Canada participated in was the 2006 Olympics, and he led Canada to it's worst result ever.
What did Quinn do to lead this country in 2002? It was Gretzky's rant that turned that team around, not anything Quinn did.
The 2004 World Cup was a success, but that's one in how many years of coaching?
Dogbert said:
I'm sorry but these are the situations that make the difference.
Again if i were Sakic i'd not talk to the guy for some time. It's not like player don't practice 2 on 1. He could have made an difficult play that, if it works, wins the game. He chose to take an alibi shot. It wasn't even really selfish. I don't think he himself thought he had a chance to actually find a way in the net. The way i see it he was afraid of the responsibility.
Resolute said:
The last major competition Iginla was in was the 2006 olympics, and he was invisible.
What's Iginla's great success? The 2002 Olympics? Naw, that was all Gretzky.
The 2004 WC? yeah, fine, one success in how many years of playing?
See, it's a stupid argument both ways.
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