Iginla want to stay in Calgary

[Madferret]

Iginla want to stay in Calgary
TheFourthPeriod.com

Jarome Iginla wants to remain a member of the Flames and the NHL's new system will prove whether that truly is the case, the Calgary Sun reports.
Iginla is a restricted free agent, and he'll earn less than the $7.5 million he made last season.

Under the new CBA, after the 2006-07 season, Iginla will be free to shop himself around the league without the Flames receiving any compensation if he should leave.

Assuming several teams offered him the league maximum, including the Flames, it would then be up to him to decide where he wanted to play instead of for how much.

"I hope to stay in Calgary -- I really enjoy the city and the fans," Iginla told the Sun. "It's a great sports town. What's exciting when I think about the team is the position we're in. I know I really like being a part of it."

[PDO]

Of course he'll say that now, he's still a RFA and will be in Calgary next year for sure. He'll want to make the max a player can make as the "best" player in the NHL.. and if Calgary won't pay it, I'm sure he'll find someone who will.

[leaferfan87]

I knew that Jarome wants to stay in Calgary, the question is whether the Flames have the right amount of cash to keep him there.

[PDO]

I knew that Jarome wants to stay in Calgary, the question is whether the Flames have the right amount of cash to keep him there.

Hard to see how they can't fit him in with the new CBA..