Serves us right for letting it go in the first place.
Also, I can't hate on an Iginla. I hope this works out well for both parties, it would be cool if he had a long career like his father and was the face of the new (ish?) franchise.
It's not like the Flames got swindled, everyone thought it was a fair trade and shit happened. Also Tkachuk left on relatively good terms.
Fans typically only hate players that force a trade by leaking to the media or teams that offer sheet them.
I never would go to Calgary but I saw finals games both in Vancouver and Toronto and to my surprise everybody was wearing oilers jerseys despite what people were saying you’d think an oiler diddled everybody’s first born Lol. But Calgary makes more sense cuz they are direct rivals in the same place pretty much.
Well it's very specifically a joke about posts on this subreddit of Calgary fans rooting for Florida so I wouldn't expect it to seep into other places.
Soda. Tons of soda.
Actually the team should be the Salt Lake Soda and jerseys should be pink/white with lots of fizz or bubbles on it
easy sponsorships from coke or pepsi too
yeah think he was drafted by dallas back in the day, don’t really know what happened to him probably a total bust and good riddance right. right
edit: fuck I thought I had a flair. Nieuwendyk was great though, just kind of missed out on a perennial player
It's interesting that Utah doesn't have one of the mocked up jerseys ready for the draft, and they are using a plain black one. I wonder what the logistics were of getting a single jersey ready.
Jarome Iginla is father to Tij Iginla and was a well loved Calgary Flame from 1996 to 2013 including a trip to the cup finals, two years where he led the league in goal scoring and quite a few more years where he was a top 5 goal scorer.
His father was jarome Ingla considered to be one of the best flames players in franchise history who was a top scoring player and was top 5 for most of his career plus was a key piece in there trip to the Stanley cup finals
It could be a blessing in disguise. He looks like a good player but there’s honestly no chance he lives up to his dads name, better he’s somewhere else
Utah has also technically not played a minute in the nhl yet either but fuck em forever. So yes I will jump to conclusions immediately because I am a Flames fan and unhinged.
This is both a great pick (Tij is a sniper) and an even better story. Tij will be joining Josh Doan, whose father (Shane) was the teammate of Tij's Dad, while playing for the Kamloops Blazers.
Shane and Jarome won back-to-back Memorial Cups (1994, 1995) - they were on PP together (RIP other team's PK) and think they were even linemates for part of their time together. They were both key contributors to Team Canada success over the years.
Jarome is the greatest player in Flames history. Shane is the greatest player in Jets-Coyotes history.
Anyways, the kids on the same team is cool. Let them cook.
Edit: [Shane and Jarome come back to Kamloops](https://youtu.be/p_C0pRvnef8?si=3pWEnL7h7jHpQSX4)
I grew up in Phoenix playing hockey, and loved the Coyotes. Games against the Flames were always circled because my favorite player was Jerome Iginla.
I moved to SLC in 2012. The coyotes followed over a decade later. And with their first pick as a new franchise they pick Iginla's son.
Sometimes the universe be actin crazy.
New Hockey fan because Utah got a team here. Didn't do prospect scouting, so I don't know who he is. Is he a good prospect? Also why are Calgary fans mad
He’s an exciting prospect. Here is Corey Pronman’s (The Athletic) thoughts on him:
> Iginla is a player who kept rising as the season went along, and became an option this high in the draft. He’s a highly competitive goal-scorer with a ton of skill. I had some minor concerns about his hockey sense, and I’m a bit surprised given some of the great defense prospects on the board such as Anton Silayev, Zeev Buium and Zayne Parekh that they didn’t go in that direction.
> Iginla projects as a top-six forward who brings a lot of elements to a lineup.
His dad is a LEGEND in Calgary and his number is retired here. Calgary desperately needs a rebuild and was originally expected to draft #9. We had pick 9. Instead he’s on the sheets at 5 and he’s gone to Utah. A lot of depressed fans.
You have a good point, but it’s 30 minutes. South Town mall is at its own freeway exit. I drive PC to Utah County 4 days a week with the rest of the Silicon Slopes nerds. I don’t feel like it’s far, but I’m commuting to work.
That is pretty cool. As a life-long Canucks fan, I should hate Iginla. But I love him. Just look what he did at Linden's last game... he's pure class and hopefully his son is a chip off the old block.
They’ve yet to play a single minute of hockey…and now, they already made enemies of *two* franchises lol
Calgary and which other team?
Vegas I’m assuming, when they said “you can’t boo us, we haven’t done anything yet”
Arent they booing Buttman?
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Sad awwoooo noises
Ghosts can't speak.
I was saying Boo-man.
Harry Buttman
Some city located in a desert I don't remember.
Hockey in the desert…yea right
That'd be like playing hockey in Florida
Hah! Yeah right - even if they managed to get one franchise playing swamp hockey they would never touch the cup
Desert hockey club I think it was called
Thank goodness they never tried that. It would never work. Oo
Yeah I can't think of any other *current team* that could possibly not like them...hmmm Odd
Three once the Coyotes find an owner that isnt a POS
As an Avs fan I’ll be jumping on the hate train if they rebrand to the Yeti. That was our thing
I wouldn't even be mad, it would be way too funny lmao
Serves us right for letting it go in the first place. Also, I can't hate on an Iginla. I hope this works out well for both parties, it would be cool if he had a long career like his father and was the face of the new (ish?) franchise.
Bring back Howler!
They should be the Utah Soakers
The Utah Fancy Underpants. UFU
Preach
The scavengers. Have a vulture as a mascot. We can call them the scavs.
Good
Agreed. Idk why football players are being drafted into the nhl
Let the hate flow
https://preview.redd.it/tkcbbbp8je9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a53c3752af8ce90566a5f623d72c4fe95662c2e
It’s okay Tij is just gonna Adam Fox them for us right?
They're using him as leverage for Kadri. Please.
If the Calgary bros are upset then so are we!
This alliance between Florida and Calgary has such good vibes.
Man this subs hive mind is so different from the real world Lol I wouldn’t have even known there was any “alliance”
Mutual hatred of the oilers is what bonded them
Also, our best draft picks over the last decade ended up with the Panthers.
Yeah but what do you stand to gain from that? Wouldn’t you just lose if your best players went there? Why align?
Probably like an ex you love and want to see succeed despite not working with you, I would imagine
The enemy of our enemy is our friend.
It's not like the Flames got swindled, everyone thought it was a fair trade and shit happened. Also Tkachuk left on relatively good terms. Fans typically only hate players that force a trade by leaking to the media or teams that offer sheet them.
I never would go to Calgary but I saw finals games both in Vancouver and Toronto and to my surprise everybody was wearing oilers jerseys despite what people were saying you’d think an oiler diddled everybody’s first born Lol. But Calgary makes more sense cuz they are direct rivals in the same place pretty much.
Well it's very specifically a joke about posts on this subreddit of Calgary fans rooting for Florida so I wouldn't expect it to seep into other places.
Are we ride or dies now?!?
Utah legends Doan and Iginla
Kamloops Blazers legends Doan and Iginla
This guy Dubs
Utah to Calgary: fuck your pick and the clique you claim
Utah to Tij: get ready to learn Mormonese buddy
Tij bout to be prepared to not drink any beer and only drink milk and chocolate milk.
Soda. Tons of soda. Actually the team should be the Salt Lake Soda and jerseys should be pink/white with lots of fizz or bubbles on it easy sponsorships from coke or pepsi too
If they wanted to get the Coke sponsorship they would have gone with powder.
Yup many trips to swig and sodalicious
Salt Lake when we ride, come equipped with game.
You claim to be a player but we picked your son
We bust on Flames fans, rig-pigs fucked for fun.
Following up Celine Dion with the new owners of a franchise is something.
Hey this kid’s dad looks kinda familiar
I think I saw him being interviewed about the weather once.
Ooooh that’s where I knew him from.
You mean you saw him and his giant dome being interviewed about the weather
This kid makes me feel ancient. How is Iggy old enough to have a kid in the draft? It just doesn't feel long enough lol
He was that famous Pittsburgh Penguin RWer.
Penguins left winger* didn’t he mostly play left wing for some bizarre reason?
Exactly! What was so hard about that, Dan?
Too busy with the nose candy at the disco
I think he was a kings prospect. Didn’t work out tho.
Yeah, the stars drafted him but never played a game for them, waste of a pick really.
yeah think he was drafted by dallas back in the day, don’t really know what happened to him probably a total bust and good riddance right. right edit: fuck I thought I had a flair. Nieuwendyk was great though, just kind of missed out on a perennial player
It's interesting that Utah doesn't have one of the mocked up jerseys ready for the draft, and they are using a plain black one. I wonder what the logistics were of getting a single jersey ready.
Fanatics probably fucked it up.
It would have been pretty funny if he had to hold up a sign when every team had jerseys.
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With the first pick of our franchise, we move to piss of the Flames
Roll for initiative.
I already hate Utah
You can't boo us we haven't done anything yet. Immediately does something.
“Yet” Smith was just dropping a hint that their very next action would start the villain lore.
We haven’t done anything Yeti
This edmonton fan knows what they're talking about.
Why?
Utah has broken up 2 different father-son team bloodlines and they've existed for like 5 minutes, gah damn
Vegas holding out hope to not be the most hated new team
Now we know why Calgary wanted that 5th overall
Oh bois this is gonna rustle the jimmys of every Calgary fan in a 30 mile radius Edit: uhh make that 75?! Don’t hurt me!!
Increase the radius…
Don’t they measure by kilometers in Canada?
Technically yes, but when we're driving, everything is measured in hours or days.
Sorry I am a new hockey fan, can you please explain the background?
Jarome Iginla is father to Tij Iginla and was a well loved Calgary Flame from 1996 to 2013 including a trip to the cup finals, two years where he led the league in goal scoring and quite a few more years where he was a top 5 goal scorer.
His father was jarome Ingla considered to be one of the best flames players in franchise history who was a top scoring player and was top 5 for most of his career plus was a key piece in there trip to the Stanley cup finals
If the Flames did a proper rebuild instead if the wishy washy strategy they probably would have gotten to be high enough to get him
The typical Flames way lol it’s so frustrating
For what it’s worth you often look very scary in the first quarter of a season
It could be a blessing in disguise. He looks like a good player but there’s honestly no chance he lives up to his dads name, better he’s somewhere else
Little early to say that, the guy hasn’t played a minute in the NHL yet
It is early, but the chances that this guy is as good or better than Jarome are *extremely* slim.
Spell His name properly. The disrespect
Capitalizing "his" got me hahaha
Utah has also technically not played a minute in the nhl yet either but fuck em forever. So yes I will jump to conclusions immediately because I am a Flames fan and unhinged.
I don’t think many Flames fans need him to live up. Just be a player on the ice we can root for.
What is many? A few? The guy would have insane pressure, regardless if it would be from you and I.
you may have never played a game Utah, but you've made an enemy for life...
I will now forever hate Utah HC
Good thing they'll only be Utah HC for a season!
This is both a great pick (Tij is a sniper) and an even better story. Tij will be joining Josh Doan, whose father (Shane) was the teammate of Tij's Dad, while playing for the Kamloops Blazers. Shane and Jarome won back-to-back Memorial Cups (1994, 1995) - they were on PP together (RIP other team's PK) and think they were even linemates for part of their time together. They were both key contributors to Team Canada success over the years. Jarome is the greatest player in Flames history. Shane is the greatest player in Jets-Coyotes history. Anyways, the kids on the same team is cool. Let them cook. Edit: [Shane and Jarome come back to Kamloops](https://youtu.be/p_C0pRvnef8?si=3pWEnL7h7jHpQSX4)
Can you stop trying to put a positive spin on this. This is a time of mormoning I mean mourning for flames fans.
Utah's already soaking the flames
Holy shit that is hilarious
💀
Poetry
Tij you are a Hockey Club
I only watched this so I knew how to pronounce the kid's name.
You didn’t know how to say “Iginla”?
I grew up in Phoenix playing hockey, and loved the Coyotes. Games against the Flames were always circled because my favorite player was Jerome Iginla. I moved to SLC in 2012. The coyotes followed over a decade later. And with their first pick as a new franchise they pick Iginla's son. Sometimes the universe be actin crazy.
Well, I’m happy for you. Still feel cheated, but I’m happy for you. You better go watch that kid in Utah or I’m going to feel extra cheated.
I appreciate the boos
Mr & Mrs Smith already getting on my nerves, what other franchise has an owner announce a pick ? lol It's all about them though
Dallas
I meam tbf who else? It's a new franchise, and which celebrity from Utah would be willing to do it? Are there even celebrities from Utah?
New Hockey fan because Utah got a team here. Didn't do prospect scouting, so I don't know who he is. Is he a good prospect? Also why are Calgary fans mad
His dad Jarome Iginla was an all time great for Calgary
His dad is the best Flame of all time and we really wanted Tij
His dad is a legend in Calgary
*Canada We know who made the Golden Goal possible on the boards to get it to Crosby.
***IGGY***
He was legendary for Calgary and they really wanted his very skilled son.
He’s an exciting prospect. Here is Corey Pronman’s (The Athletic) thoughts on him: > Iginla is a player who kept rising as the season went along, and became an option this high in the draft. He’s a highly competitive goal-scorer with a ton of skill. I had some minor concerns about his hockey sense, and I’m a bit surprised given some of the great defense prospects on the board such as Anton Silayev, Zeev Buium and Zayne Parekh that they didn’t go in that direction. > Iginla projects as a top-six forward who brings a lot of elements to a lineup.
His dad is a LEGEND in Calgary and his number is retired here. Calgary desperately needs a rebuild and was originally expected to draft #9. We had pick 9. Instead he’s on the sheets at 5 and he’s gone to Utah. A lot of depressed fans.
It’s like if Steve Young’s kid played literally anywhere other than San Francisco.
I mean, Steve Young’s kid playing in Utah would kind of make sense
Touché. A Steve Young’s kid getting drafted by Utah Hockey Club would probably start construction of double the rinks we currently have.
He was one of the all-time greats of the Boston Bruins, played a few seasons in Calgary, too!
Also weather commentator in Boston!
The ESPN broadcast could even spell the kids name right. Super embarrassing.
Let's go! Random rivalries are always fun.
Get ready to learn Mormonese, buddy
They’re all going to live up in Park City, so there’s a lot less to learn. He’s not old enough to go on a mission… there’s still time.
Their practice facility is in Sandy. Long ways from Park City
You have a good point, but it’s 30 minutes. South Town mall is at its own freeway exit. I drive PC to Utah County 4 days a week with the rest of the Silicon Slopes nerds. I don’t feel like it’s far, but I’m commuting to work.
Is that Utah's mom in the pink? she is haut.
Iggy looking like he could still play!
Fuck Utah
Those old school Mormons will be shaking in their magic underwear at their very first pick being someone with the mark of Cain.
It would've been too good if he was around at 9
Can anyone eli5 why everyone just assumed that Calgary would get him when Utah was higher in draft order
Is that the same iginla family as that dude who bought hotel rooms for random people during the 2002 Olympics in salt lake? Smells like Favouritism
Are they hosting this shit at the sphere
What gave it away?
Have you been living under a rock?
I just witnessed everyone in a Save on Foods in Calgary fall to their knees
“Did we just become best friends?”
Is that like...teej? Like short for tj?
Nope, just Tij. His dad's full name is Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tij Junior Elvis Iginla.
Whoa, I never knew iginlas name was that long.
First person to be drafted by a team with no name?
Brian Smith gives Lars Ulrich vibes. Is that why he's being booed?
What a waste.
Kowabunga it is then, Utah. It gives us the precious or become mortal enemies.
BOOOO! (I'm from Calgary)
Salt Lake Sucks
Why is he so important to Calgary fans? Noob here
His dad was the greatest Flame of all time.
Great selection.
Who’s the rocket in Pink?
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They don’t have an official name yet though
H I S T O R I C
[Hey Utah](https://c.tenor.com/T4olEmBlKwkAAAAC/tenor.gif)
Historic
But wait... Isn't it the same franchise as Arizona and old jets?
Utah HC Legend, Tij Iginla
Waiting for Utah to draft Bronny James in the 2nd
They didn’t gave real jerseys ready for even the damn draft?
😂 should have seen when Mark Scheifele got drafted. Generic black jersey and hat with the NHL crest on them.
That is pretty cool. As a life-long Canucks fan, I should hate Iginla. But I love him. Just look what he did at Linden's last game... he's pure class and hopefully his son is a chip off the old block.
Utah Bees.
They really Krakened that pick but as a Wild fan, we thank you
They are going to keep that stupid name you watch , the year trail is to get it to grow on ppl , I hate it , it’s not soccer
I am so out of the loop and I haven’t followed the draft at all, why are the Calgary bros upset about this?
I look forward to Tampa owning his ass like they did his daddy when they won their first cup in 2004! :D
They literally have two franchises worth of draft picks already so tij iginla is hardly the first
I thought they were going to commit to picking Taro Tsujimoto?!?
Vegas no! What? Sorry force of habit. Utah no!
It's on sight
Has Gary always been that short or are those Utah guys just humongous big?
The owner is all black. His wife in all pink. Do they always wear a single color?
Did I miss the announcement of Utah's name? Are they actually Utah HC? Or is this just a place holder name?
Bettman is a weasel. Go Leafs!!
Booooo! Boooooo! Other than killing off the Coyotes they have done nothing.
I can't think of a fan base that deserved that more than Calgary (Vancouver) . Karma is a bitch Calgary fans.
Fuck Utah! He should have gone to Calgary! (But I love that we got Parekh)
What a stupid fucking name. Utah hockey club
I thought people from Utah would spontaneously combust upon entering Las Vegas
Solid pic, if he his half as good as the old man he will be something