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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I don't know, if Reg qualifies as forever a Flame, what's the criteria. Pretty good one dimensional D man who played here a long time.......... Not sure there's much else to say about him other than I liked him. But not sure that should get you into the FF club. It's meant to be an honour for some pretty special players for the franchise, I don't thin Reg qualifies as that.
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I beg to differ that he was a one dimensional player. Just because he lacked any realy offensive abilities doesn't mean he was completely inept. Reggie was a 22 minute/night, +30 defenseman in Calgary (+70 in his years after the SCF run) in an era where the 'shutdown' defenseman has thinned out completely, he stays relevant.
3 time allstar, 2 time norris balloted, 1 time olympic appearance. most games played by a single Calgary Flames defenseman. I think he ranks in the top 5-10 in all-time Flames defenseman as well, so not jersey retirement status, but hovering around the FaF honors for sure.
Plus, the NHL's only Brazilian!