Welcome to Pittsburgh, Jarome Iginla! | Part II | Hanowski, Agostino, 1st to Calgary

[shureshot66]

I guess the "no further details" part refers to when he'll actually play (i.e. not Saturday). But it still sounds odd.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

A definitive statement from a much more reliable source:

Dave Molinari ‏@MolinariPG
Iginla now is not scheduled to arrive in Pittsburgh until Saturday.

So no one went to the airport to clear the ****ing turtles from the runway did they?

I am looking at you CV.

 

[Zbynek]

This actually happened on ESPN.

Yikes.

 

[pensfan71]

This actually happened on ESPN.

Yikes.

 

[Sureshot]

Watching the Flames/Jackets game, they just had a 'thank you Jarome' video on the jumbotron at 12 mins into the 1st and now the fans are giving him a standing ovation. Respect, Calgary.

 

[Thumper17]

Jagr is one of the best players of all time, Iginla has been a great player but definitley not an all time great. You can look at points or awards or achievements or whatever you want. There is no argument here.

He holds nearly every offensive record for the Flames.

Why is Jagr so awesome? What about Gordie Howe? Dino Ciccarelli? Mike Gartner? All great RW's, why is everyone holding Jagr up over these guys?

The top three RW's IMO,

1. Howe
2. Iginla
3. Jagr

Iginla and Howe wouldn't run off on their team because they got home sick. Though he was/is still a phenomenal talent. I wouldn't pick him to build a team around knowing he'd run off to Czechoslovakia at the first opportunity.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

So no one went to the airport to clear the ****ing turtles from the runway did they?

I am looking at you CV.

What I want to know is why weren't the Penguins slipping $20s to immigration officials? Fire everybody this is a disaster.

 

[AltDess]

where are people finding his flight plans from...

Flightaware

http://flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=CYYC&destination=Pittsburgh

 

[Dick Sledge]

Watching the Flames/Jackets game, they just had a 'thank you Jarome' video on the jumbotron at 12 mins into the 1st and now the fans are giving him a standing ovation. Respect, Calgary.

I live in a Fox Sports Ohio viewing area so I seen that too. Props to the refs for letting them go for as long as they needed.

Our crowd needs to get an Iginla chant going tomorrow.

 

[pensfan71]

Flightaware

http://flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=CYYC&destination=Pittsburgh

Now if we could figure out which one is his we'd be set....all of them say they'll arrive in Pitt sometime tonight though

 

[Beau Knows]

He holds nearly every offensive record for the Flames.

Why is Jagr so awesome? What about Gordie Howe? Dino Ciccarelli? Mike Gartner? All great RW's, why is everyone holding Jagr up over these guys?

The top three RW's IMO,

1. Howe
2. Iginla
3. Jagr

Iginla and Howe wouldn't run off on their team because they got home sick. Though he was/is still a phenomenal talent. I wouldn't pick him to build a team around knowing he'd run off to Czechoslovakia at the first opportunity.

Iginla is great of course, but he is not better than Jagr. You can say Iggy is a better leader, teammate or is classier, sure. But Jagr led the league in scoring 4 straight times.

 

[Ogrezilla]

He holds nearly every offensive record for the Flames.

Why is Jagr so awesome? What about Gordie Howe? Dino Ciccarelli? Mike Gartner? All great RW's, why is everyone holding Jagr up over these guys?

The top three RW's IMO,

1. Howe
2. Iginla
3. Jagr

Iginla and Howe wouldn't run off on their team because they got home sick. Though he was/is still a phenomenal talent. I wouldn't pick him to build a team around knowing he'd run off to Czechoslovakia at the first opportunity.

seriously, Jagr has has scored 33% more points per game than Iginla. He was head and shoulders better than him at actually playing hockey. Better captain and teammate? Iginla. But those things are how you differentiate between guys on roughly the same level. Iginla simply isn't in the same tier as Jagr.

Best RW ever? Honestly, I have no idea about the guys before the 90s. Best RW of my lifetime (1986 to now) is Jagr without a doubt

 

[pensfan71]

I'd take Iginla over Jagr like I said, but on the ice Jagr's skill and talent vaults over Iggy easily

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Now if we could figure out which one is his we'd be set....all of them say they'll arrive in Pitt sometime tonight though

I'd be pretty surprised if they put Jarome Iginla on a commercial flight out of Calgary. They would refuse to take off.

 

[mr sidney crosby]

Percentage on iggy playing tomorrow?

 

[Ogrezilla]

Percentage on iggy playing tomorrow?

close to 0

 

[pensfan71]

I'd be pretty surprised if they put Jarome Iginla on a commercial flight out of Calgary. They would refuse to take off.

Oh come on, I know they love him, but he doesn't have a private jet





Does he...

 

[mr sidney crosby]

close to 0

"So your telling me there's a chance"
-Lloyd Christmas

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Oh come on, I know they love him, but he doesn't have a private jet





Does he...

I mean, I just figure the team would charter something for him.

 

[pensfan71]

I mean, I just figure the team would charter something for him.

Apparently they can't

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Apparently they can't

Really? Are there rules against it or something?

 

[od71]

Okay so a few of you are alluding to lines like this:
Dupuis-Sid-Iggy
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal

Basically you bring back that 2012 unreal line, and in essence replace Kunitz with Iggy in the first line.

This make better sense. Keep those first two lines speedy as heck. I don't see how Morrow would fit in to upgrade the top two lines in the above configuration in terms of "keeping up" although he had some nice passes to Geno and was drawing two defenders standing in front if the net being a pest.

Good problems. No, great problems. If we need a shut down line then bump Dupuis down with Sutter and Cooke and put Morrow with Iggy and Sid ala "09 Guerin Style."

It would be ideal for Pens. Iginla will improve the current best NHL line and it makes possible to reunite best NHL line 2012. Almost sentence to death for opponents.

As for Morrow. One last game vs Winnipeg is not a factor for decision. Almost every Pens player would look good in that game. I'm sure, BB wouldn't look worse than Morrow in that game. Winnipeg looked really poor yesterday. But PO is coming and much more tight games.

 

[od71]

Jagr is one of the best players ever. You may like him or not, but if you go for the Cup you choose Jagr

 

[Kanye]

Make sure Iggy gets a cup now ya hear?

I'll be cheering on the Pens every step of the way.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

take Lemieux away and he wins 4 art ross trophies in a row.

You can't overcome a 33% difference in scoring with intangibles.

that said, it really doesn't matter.

Take away Ron Francis, the second best playmaker ever (career wise), and Jagr has what, only 2 for his career?