What a great story Regehr's NHL career is. When he was traded as part of the package for Fleury, I was pissed. Who the hell is this guy that just got traded for my favourite Flame? Then the car accident and article after article about how he would never play hockey again. Then he made the team. He was then the cornerstone of the defence during the '04 cup run. He made us into one of the most physical teams after the '05 lockout. Got to play in Torino for the '06 Olympics. He got to live the sibling dream and play with his brother Richie on the same NHL team. He got to play over 1000 NHL games with this hard hitting style of play. He even took a hometown discount on his last contract with the Flames.
Phaneuf might have had the more ''highlight' style hits, but no one was more physical on the backend during their prime the Regehr. I was sad to see him get traded to Buffalo. But extremely happy to see him get a cup with Sutter in LA.
As much as we all don't like the 'Forever a Flame' theme, he deserves it as much as anybody who played for the team.
