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Originally Posted by krynski
My vote goes to Turek. He was all class, and wasn't really a part of it afterwards, but certainly helped define the organization.
https://thehockeywriters.com/what-ha...o-roman-turek/
"Turek had two years remaining on his deal, but he understood that Miikka Kiprusoff would be the future in Calgary’s crease and restructured his deal so the Flames could potentially have enough money to re-sign Kiprusoff and Jarome Iginla. Even though the 2004-2005 NHL lockout would change Turek’s future plans of playing hockey in North America, the goalie’s ability to put his team before himself was an action that defined the Czech’s selfless and professional attitude." |
I voted Turek too, he played behind a couple absolutely awful teams and then when the team in front of him finally got good, he got hurt and we acquired Kipper. After returning from his injury, he was almost as good as Kipper was. Then as you noted he restructured his deal to help the team out before the lockout ended his NHL career. I feel like had there been no lockout season and Turek returned, he would have taken so much pressure off Kipper in the regular season that maybe he'd have taken us further in the playoffs.