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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Kind of sad to see someone think he has to break one player down to build up another player.
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Or someone think he has to break down another poster to build up his favorite player. This thread can only be interesting if we focus on bringing up positive facts, stories and achievements about two of the Flames all-times greats.
So, for those who think that Nieuwendyk was just a piece on stacked teams, here are some quotes from the staff of said teams:
"What he did to our franchise in Dallas
took our team in a direction of excellence," Button said. "There is not a lot of pomp and circumstance to him, just a whole lot of substance."
"Whenever you talked to him, whether it was at a practice, in your office, or just off-handed, he was always on top of what he was doing. You never saw Joe being frivolous. He had a good sense of humor, but he was always focused. You just knew Nieuwy was on the ball. He always had it together." -- Terry Crisp
"He brought both tangibles and intangibles," Devils GM and Hockey Hall of Fame member Lou Lamoriello told NHL.com. "Certainly (the tangibles were) the quality player he was even at that time, how good he was defensively as well as always finding a way to get big goals. It was also about how good he was on faceoffs. And the intangibles, which are really more tangible than anything, are what he brought in the locker room from leadership and unselfishness. It was obvious that when he didn't play he was still so active in his support. He's genuine in every sense of the word. He was a true team player."
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=599887&print=true