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JD · 08-09-2017, 01:13 AM

We're getting a pretty good glimpse of what CP or twitter could have been like in the 80's and 90's!

Arguments over Ramage vs. Murzyn vs. Macoun vs. Suter, people claiming Trent Yawney was a decent defencemen, people gleaning over the fact that Trevor Kidd was a straight-up dominant star goalie in his junior years. Good fun.

From my recollection, which could be wrong, the Flames' even-strength pairings back in the day were
Murzyn-MacInnis
Suter-McCrimmon
Macoun-Ramage
Nattress

Which is absolutely incredible depth. It's no wonder they didn't miss a beat when Suter went down with that season-ending injury in 1989. But the fact that Murzyn played 1st pairing shows that he was more than just a 3rd pairing scrub. Ramage was probably a better player than him but the coach relied on Murzyn pretty heavily.

MacInnis made a career out of making slugs look pretty good. I remember in 1991 he was paired with Frank Musil and they worked really well together too. It's weird because it's not like MacInnis was a great skater himself, he just played such a strong positional game. His transition game was 2nd to none, he could hit a streaking forward with a crisp pass from anywhere. Wonder what he could have done in today's game with no red line.

08-09-2017, 01:13 AM	#195
JD First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Not Abu Dhabi Exp:	We're getting a pretty good glimpse of what CP or twitter could have been like in the 80's and 90's! Arguments over Ramage vs. Murzyn vs. Macoun vs. Suter, people claiming Trent Yawney was a decent defencemen, people gleaning over the fact that Trevor Kidd was a straight-up dominant star goalie in his junior years. Good fun. From my recollection, which could be wrong, the Flames' even-strength pairings back in the day were Murzyn-MacInnis Suter-McCrimmon Macoun-Ramage Nattress Which is absolutely incredible depth. It's no wonder they didn't miss a beat when Suter went down with that season-ending injury in 1989. But the fact that Murzyn played 1st pairing shows that he was more than just a 3rd pairing scrub. Ramage was probably a better player than him but the coach relied on Murzyn pretty heavily. MacInnis made a career out of making slugs look pretty good. I remember in 1991 he was paired with Frank Musil and they worked really well together too. It's weird because it's not like MacInnis was a great skater himself, he just played such a strong positional game. His transition game was 2nd to none, he could hit a streaking forward with a crisp pass from anywhere. Wonder what he could have done in today's game with no red line.