There are very few players that are worthy of a statue IMO. Orr, Gretzky, Lemieux, Richard, Howe, maybe Messier.... players of absolutely legendary calibre deserve them. Anything else seems very lame and contrived.
No offence to Roger Neilsen.... but he never won a thing, and his statue is one of a man surrendering? But Vancouver is terrible at everything so I kinda get that one.
The Flames really have never had a player that was a true league legend, that will be discussed and argued as one of the all time greats, league wide, amongst fans and rivals for the next 100 years. To me, those are the players that should get that type of honour.
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