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Originally Posted by midniteowl
My first would definitely be McDonald, I think he was the one who glued the team together and after he retired, he still associate himself with the team. And of course his tireless works in the community. My second would be Vernon, without his save on that Canucks' breakaway, the Flames would have lost in the first round. Iginla would probably my third. I wouldn't put McInnis on there, yeah, he played great on that playoff run and won the Conn Smyth but other than that I don't remember him much. And at the end, he wanted out, wanted to be traded. And he considers himself a Blues over a Flames. I would rather have Gio over him.
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certainly respect your opinion, and I understand those people who feel that way about the Blues and his departure even if personally I don't feel that way
but he was a FANTASTIC Flame, much more than just during the cup run. Frankly I'm strongly of the opinion he was better as a Flame than he was a Blue, but unfortunately he carried a 'liability with a slapshot' reputation for his early tenure with the Flames (and while that was briefly true ) he was a fantastic player by about 1985. even if he was underrated as a Flame he was a 5 time first or second team all star, and a 3 time Norris runner up as a Flame
MacInnis (5) and Iginla (4) are the only 2 Flames to be named to a post season all star team more than once. Fleury, Lanny and Vernon FWIW each had one single 2nd team all star team to their credit