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Here's my second attempt at this, within the rules of course. Apologies for the earlier faux pas in posting the entire article and not the link.
http://blog.triblive.com/chipped-ic...-and-another-thought-on-iginla/#axzz2mkj3uh60
It's Rossi, and he's awfully, awfully good at presenting things as fact without any actual quotes, or you know, facts, but there's something there. I would have completely dismissed it as speculation and more pot stirring had I not remembered about Bylsma's "promise" to Dupuis that he'd remain on the first line after Iggy was acquired. Reading the article got my blood boiling because unfortunately, I can't help but think most of it is somehow true.
I'm going to preface this by saying that Iggy, regardless of what side of the ice he was on, was pretty underwhelming during the playoffs. Yes, he picked up points during the first couple of rounds against some very suspect teams, but even then, his compete level along the boards was suspect at best, as was his speed. He looked every bit a power forward who had aged at a much faster rate because of the way he played.
However, this does doesn't excuse Bylsma's stubborn refusal to put a 500 goal scorer who could still fire the puck like no other on the PP, or excuse the fact that regardless of how he was playing, you don't make matters even worse by putting him in a position he hadn't played during a 17 year HOF career.
"The sense here is that Iginla, despite his public comments otherwise, always thought he was coming to the Penguins to play with Sidney Crosby."
This is probably dead on because remember, Iginla put the kibosh on his trade to Boston. It wasn't Shero's brilliance (which I touted at the time), but the simple fact that Iginla chose the Penguins over the Bruins. Regardless of whether he thought he was going to play with Sid or Geno, he knew he was going to play with one of the two top centers in the world. I refuse to believe that the man accepts the trade if he believed that A) He was going to be put on his off wing and B) He wasn't going to be used on the PP.
"Crosby’s preference was always to keep his linemates, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis. (Given Iginla’s lack of burst and diminished hands in tight quarters – two attributes that belonged to Dupuis – Crosby was right to have that preference.)"
Then there's some stuff in there about Bylsma's priority being to keep his franchise players "happy", which made me want to throw up in my mouth a little. What made me actually throw up OUT of my mouth was the above quote where some people think that Dupuis has good hands in tight quarters. That may be one of the most false things I have ever read about a hockey player.
http://blog.triblive.com/chipped-ic...-and-another-thought-on-iginla/#axzz2mkj3uh60
It's Rossi, and he's awfully, awfully good at presenting things as fact without any actual quotes, or you know, facts, but there's something there. I would have completely dismissed it as speculation and more pot stirring had I not remembered about Bylsma's "promise" to Dupuis that he'd remain on the first line after Iggy was acquired. Reading the article got my blood boiling because unfortunately, I can't help but think most of it is somehow true.
I'm going to preface this by saying that Iggy, regardless of what side of the ice he was on, was pretty underwhelming during the playoffs. Yes, he picked up points during the first couple of rounds against some very suspect teams, but even then, his compete level along the boards was suspect at best, as was his speed. He looked every bit a power forward who had aged at a much faster rate because of the way he played.
However, this does doesn't excuse Bylsma's stubborn refusal to put a 500 goal scorer who could still fire the puck like no other on the PP, or excuse the fact that regardless of how he was playing, you don't make matters even worse by putting him in a position he hadn't played during a 17 year HOF career.
"The sense here is that Iginla, despite his public comments otherwise, always thought he was coming to the Penguins to play with Sidney Crosby."
This is probably dead on because remember, Iginla put the kibosh on his trade to Boston. It wasn't Shero's brilliance (which I touted at the time), but the simple fact that Iginla chose the Penguins over the Bruins. Regardless of whether he thought he was going to play with Sid or Geno, he knew he was going to play with one of the two top centers in the world. I refuse to believe that the man accepts the trade if he believed that A) He was going to be put on his off wing and B) He wasn't going to be used on the PP.
"Crosby’s preference was always to keep his linemates, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis. (Given Iginla’s lack of burst and diminished hands in tight quarters – two attributes that belonged to Dupuis – Crosby was right to have that preference.)"
Then there's some stuff in there about Bylsma's priority being to keep his franchise players "happy", which made me want to throw up in my mouth a little. What made me actually throw up OUT of my mouth was the above quote where some people think that Dupuis has good hands in tight quarters. That may be one of the most false things I have ever read about a hockey player.
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