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Originally Posted by GioforPM
It's heresy but I'd have a few players before Lanny. He's not top 5 in any big category except single season goals. Iggy, Macinnis, Kipper are locks. The 4th? If Fleury wasn't a d-bag it'd be him. Newy and Gaudreau are next up in most normal categories.
Unpopular but IMO Lanny's rep as a Flame is bigger than his actual contribution.
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Keep in mind that the actual Mount Rushmore is not supposed to be the four greatest presidents, but 4 presidents who represent 4 eras of US history up to that point -- the nation's birth (Washington), growth (Jefferson), development (T. Roosevelt), and preservation (Lincoln).
If we're talking about just the Calgary era of the Flames, Lanny was very much the George Washington of the franchise.