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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
This guy was the best Calgary Flame of all time. Bar none. It actually kind of bugged me that so many during the press conference (which was well done I thought by the organization), mentioned "one of the greatest" or "one of the best" Flames to ever play.
No. The best. The guy should have a statue and encapsulates pretty much the perfect hockey player.
In his last couple years I was pretty highly critical of the guy, but I believed that it was in the best interest of the organization to move him (little did I know the return would be so terrible). But now looking back, I almost regret that the Flames moved him. Maybe I should have expected mixed feelings given how important he was to the city and the team at this press conference, but he really is a legend.
He was like a significantly upgraded Cam Neely, and as a kid I loved Cam Neely because he wasn't afraid of anything and he was just so talented. It's crazy looking back how lucky we were to cheer for Iginla over all the years and then package that with how classy he is, he really is the greatest Calgary Flame of all time. Cup or not.
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Iginla is probably the greatest Flame ever, but I can see the argument for McDonald, Fleury, Macinnis, Kiprusoff and Vernon as well.