I love Nieuwendyk, Gilmour, Loob, McDonald, MacInnis, Suter, Iginla, Vernon, Kipper, Otto, Hunter, etc., etc., etc., but when I have to pick a single player that epitomizes what the Calgary Flames were, there was no better example than Gary Roberts.
Guy was all heart and soul, and thinking about his comeback still sends me shivers. Flames should have kept him and made him the captain. He is exactly what you wanted your 'young guns' to aspire to. He never quit - ever! - and would do whatever it took for the Flames to win.
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