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Originally Posted by Teroy
The criteria may have changed but in Al MacCinnis' day he was an average defenceman at best with a big shot.
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That was true in 1983-84, when MacInnis broke into the league. It was still true to some extent in 1986, when the Flames made their first trip to the Finals. It was no longer true at all by 1989, when he deservedly won the Conn Smythe. At that time, he was the #1 defenceman on the second-best defensive team in the NHL – and that should say something.