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Originally Posted by heep223
Hmm, while they all showed flashes I'm not sure I agree that a single one of those guys is a "bona fide #1 line player". I think Cammy could have been but he was always riddled with injuries. I just don't think you can make the claim that Iggy had a tough time "gelling" with 1st line players because he never really played with many for any length of time.
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I really have to disagree. I think our views are skewed because we saw them fade and certainly weren't the players who we had when first getting them.
-Drury was here for like a year? Not a lot of time, but he was a top line player in Buffalo, Colorado and New York.
-Conroy was a Selke finalist centerman. The Bergeron-type of his era. Langkow was a similar mold as well, and I would say was a better offensive player than Conroy.
- Cammy and Tanguay were both 80 pt players, and Cammy was the first player to outscore Iginla in what, a decade?
- Jokinen was a first line player on every team he played on before coming to the Flames.
- Huselius is kind of an aberration, but while he was here, he was certainly a top-line player for the Flames and a catalyst for most of our offense from that time.
I'm not sure how much validity there is to "he couldn't gel with top guys", I just think people are a little sour on these players because of the way they finished here.