The Vancouver Canucks seem determined to recapture the magic of Jarome Iginla‘s last days in Calgary. Iginla, like Daniel and Henrik Sedin, was an aging superstar no longer capable of elevating a team on his own. He was still very good. Actually, somehow, he’s still quite good. But he wasn’t the force of nature he once was. The rest of the key pieces of the last Stanley Cup run were gone, or faded, and there were no blue-chip prospects ready to take top-line minutes.
The Calgary Flames from 2009-10 into 2012-13 were built on hope and memory.