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Originally Posted by chedder
Except we're not taking about the hall. Were talking about the flames not retiring his number.
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It was a late night for me (not out drinking, just recovering data from my cell with its freshly busted screen) but maybe this will do for a recovery:
The 3 Flames players in the Hockey Hall of Fame who played the most seasons of their careers with the Flames are Lanny, MacInnis and Nieuwendyk. Lanny's # is retired while MacInnis and Niewendyk are "Forever a Flame"
So... if I'm right that Fleury deserves to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame, the fact that the Flames have also significantly recognized every Flame player to do so (players like Fuhr and Hull don't count) really makes the lack of recognition all the more egregious: it's a double slap in the face!
And yet people complain that Theo likes to toot his own horn? Neither the Hall nor his former team seem to want to extend him the recognition they extended to others, so why hold it against him that he's not going to meekly wait around for them to do it.
Also, interesting to note that Fleury has more Molson Cups as a Flame than those 3 combined and is tied with MacInnis for franchise lead in All-Star Game selections.