Roberts in a landslide. one of my favorite Flames ever and when he was on his game (ie healthy) he was the closest thing to Iggy we've seen around here
Quinn- now that's interesting. Quinn and Roberts were near contemporaries- drafted one year apart- but barely overlapped- Quinn went roaring out of the gate as a teenager, actually led the team in regular season scoring in 85-86, but by playoff time was relegated to fourth line and PP duty..was gone early the next year for Bullard...Roberts on the other hand moved a bit more slowly out of junior, he was brought into the fray in the 86 finals when bodies were dropping like flies- he didn't play (Hull did) but I remember a pregame radio interview with him- he was the next man up
he donned 32 the next year , or some such number, while Quinn was still in the fold
took awhile to get going (I think he's part of the 'power forwards take longer' narrative that was popular for a while) but once he did ..woo boy
I guess honorable mentions to Lowry, Ryan, BigERN
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