I don't know about now, because that naturally involves looking back at a whole career, but it's hard to say he was overlooked during this specific period. He was the starter in the all-star game in January and got the most fan votes of the three Flames' choices on the ballot.
In the previous season (1987-88) he finished 3rd in the Norris voting behind only Ray Bourque and Scott Stevens.
At the end of the 1988-89 season, he naturally suffered in the voting exactly because of this current injury that would eventually cause him to miss over a month.
It was after this season that you could make a strong case that he started to get taken for granted, but two things worked against him --- the Flames drifting back toward middle-of-the-pack status and MacInnis' gargantuan numbers.
My opinion - I would tend to agree overall that he was undervalued/appreciated and the Norris voting through the early 90s backs that up, but it wasn't the case during the two seasons around this (spoiler alert) Cup run.
People considered him the Flames' best defenseman.
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