By far the toughest vote so far. No real standouts, but a bunch of good candidates.
Eric Vail was a longtime Atlanta Flame, but not much of a Calgary Flame.
Really liked Eddy Beers. He put up some big years in the early 80s.
I had a real soft spot for John Tonelli, and he was a good secondary scorer. Just a couple years of tenure.
MacLellan was a hard nosed checking winger and good all-around player. Won a cup with the Flames. *Fun fact, when he was traded at the deadline from Minnesota for Churla and Berezan, a 4th round pick came with him as well. That pick was used to select Robert Reichel, our top #26 of all time.
Todd Simpson was our captain during the dark days, and was a decent middle to bottom pairing defender with a physical edge. Just not an exceptional player, but a hard worker none the less.
Marc Savard was a great player, but didn't realize his full potential until leaving Calgary.
I was a big Reinprecht fan. Good #2 center, but not much more. Only played parts of two years.
Leclerc, Roy, Staios, Smith, and Czarnik were all short-term fillers.
Baertschi severely underwhelmed and couldn't stay healthy.
Hamilton was the real deal offensively, solid but questionable at times defensively, but the way he left certainly clouds my view of him. I found it really hard to give this vote to him, But I don't think anyone else really compares. Hamilton it is.
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