I think people are being selective in their memory if they think that Glencross was a completely different player when he first came to town.
Even when he first joined the Flames he was a streaky player. He disappeared completely in the playoffs against Chicago. He still took stupid penalties and was constantly in the coach's doghouse, Brent's especially. Sure his line occasionally played a straight-line style of hockey, when he was on a line with Moss and Conroy. When he was moved up to play with Iginla or Jokinen he would play just like he does today, with his awful drop passes at the blue line. A player will usually look slightly different playing on the 3rd line vs playing on the top line
He is just that type of player and 5 seasons for the Flames should be enough for people to accept it. An example of a player that did change his game completely and for the worse while a member of the Flames would be Rene Bourque.
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