Kipper or Iggy

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Iginla was a superb playmaker. Dude could be setting up the play like no one's business.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Iginla was a superb playmaker. Dude could be setting up the play like no one's business.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Iginla was a superb playmaker. Dude could be setting up the play like no one's business.

... I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.

 

[Master Bill]

I do remember him getting a bunch of primary assists when Cammy came over from LA from that one season.

 

[Mobiandi]

nvm.

 

[herashak]

Gaudreau is the kind of player who is golden with nearly anybody

 

[Mr Lebowski]

Kipper, we have good scoring and a good captain. Goaltending is more important I think

 

[BlowPhish]

I dunno bout you, but if average is his worst. That seems fairly reliable.



Prime Iggy with 2 legit top liners, he'd be hovering that 55-60 goal range.

Iginla was the better player true. We arent talking about careers tho. Only Prime and who will help the team the most right now. Its close but Kipper would make more of an impact we already have the firepower. Especially this year coming up. I still remeber the difference Kipper made when we aquired him it turned everything around.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Iginla was the better player true. We arent talking about careers tho. Only Prime and who will help the team the most right now. Its close but Kipper would make more of an impact we already have the firepower. Especially this year coming up. I still remeber the difference Kipper made when we aquired him it turned everything around.

Iggy's prime was longer than Kipper's career. He would be the bigger difference maker.

 

[BlowPhish]

Iggy's prime was longer than Kipper's career. He would be the bigger difference maker.

No he'd make a slightly less positive difference than an epic goalie.

 

[Anglesmith]

Iginla was the better player true. We arent talking about careers tho. Only Prime and who will help the team the most right now. Its close but Kipper would make more of an impact we already have the firepower. Especially this year coming up. I still remeber the difference Kipper made when we aquired him it turned everything around.

Not really a fair comparison, though. You're basically saying Kipper would make the difference because of the difference he made when he joined the team. We can't see that same impact with Iginla because he came up through the ranks and developed with the Flames.

Imagine that we also acquired Jarome Iginla in '04, rather than having him develop slowly with our team into what he was. The fact that that wasn't how it happened shouldn't be held against Iginla.

 

[Wish You Were Here]

I absolutely loved both players when they were with Calgary, but if I could have only one of them (at their prime) added to the current Flames lineup, it would be Kipper.

Top rated Goalie, top 2 Defense-men, & first line Centers are the toughest positions to fill via trade.
High scoring wingers are definitely easier to obtain.

 

[Anglesmith]

I absolutely loved both players when they were with Calgary, but if I could have only one of them (at their prime) added to the current Flames lineup, it would be Kipper.

Top rated Goalie, top 2 Defense-men, & first line Centers are the toughest positions to fill via trade.
High scoring wingers are definitely easier to obtain.

I feel like goalies, even elite ones, are definitely obtainable. Look around the league at some of the top goalies last year who were acquired rather easily: Bishop, Halak, Dubnyk, Rask, Bobrovsky, Luongo, Schneider, Anderson, Varlamov... goalies, even good ones, rarely garner a fair return in the trade market, because teams know that it's only a matter of time before they stumble upon an elite late-bloomer by accident.

Heck, in terms of "difficulty to acquire," we gave up Nieuwendyk to get Iggy, but only a second-rounder to get Kiprusoff.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

I feel like calling Iginla a "high scoring winger" is underselling him. The dude was a franchise winger. This isn't James Neal we're talking about. He was Corey Perry or Jamie Benn, but better.

 

[Skobel24]

Question. Would you take Iggy+Regehr, or Conroy+Kipper? All in their primes.

Elite RW, and a very good #2/3 physical shutdown dman, or a #1 center with a strong defensive game, and a legitimate #1 goalie? For sake of the argument, both pairs would wind up costing the same once locked up longterm.

The Flames really need a strong #2, and taking Conroy would allow Bennett to go to the wing. It would also give them a #1 goalie.

Taking Iggy gives them that #1 RW, as well as another strong shutdown dman/leader. Going forward with Brodie/Hamilton/Regehr would be delicious.

 

[Gritty]

Question. Would you take Iggy+Regehr, or Conroy+Kipper? All in their primes.

Elite RW, and a very good #2/3 physical shutdown dman, or a #1 center with a strong defensive game, and a legitimate #1 goalie? For sake of the argument, both pairs would wind up costing the same once locked up longterm.

The Flames really need a strong #2, and taking Conroy would allow Bennett to go to the wing. It would also give them a #1 goalie.

Taking Iggy gives them that #1 RW, as well as another strong shutdown dman/leader. Going forward with Brodie/Hamilton/Regehr would be delicious.

I'd take Iggy and Reggie.

 

[Phaneufed]

Give me Johnny feeding pucks to Iggy and let's see magic happen.

 

[BlowPhish]

I'd take Iggy and Reggie.

With Connie and Reggie added in ditto.

 

[Lunatik]

High scoring wingers are definitely easier to obtain.

The best goal scorer over the course of a decade is not just a "high scoring winger". Eilte goal scoring power forwards are one of the rarest commodities in the NHL.