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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Ha. Kinda fun.
The NJ Flames aren't bad because you get to include Lanny as part of the Rockies lineage.
So you go:
Lanny-Nieuwendyk-Jagr
Coleman-Gilmour-Cammalleri
Morrison-Bridgman-McAmmond
Toffoli-MacMillan-Ashton
Housely-Hamilton
Ramage-P. Russell
Mottau-Bahl?
Markstrom
Jeff Reese
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In the article I set three rules. The third one applies to the Flames and all the other relocated teams:
– Players must have played at least one regular season or playoff game for both teams to qualify. We’re not including guys who were drafted by one team but never played for them (looking at you, Craig Anderson). Generally speaking, precedence will be given to players who made strong contributions to both teams.
– We’re only taking into account the quality and quantity of games played for the two teams in question at any given time. For example, a guy like Grant Fuhr would be one of the top picks for a Calgary/Edmonton team, but he wouldn’t grade out particularly well for a Calgary/Los Angeles team.
– We’re not including anyone who played for Atlanta but not Calgary. However, if someone played in both cities, we’ll take their entire Flames tenure into consideration (call it the Nilsson Rule).
So I wouldn't give the Devils credit for Lanny. But I would give them Steve Tambellini and Brent Ashton, for instance, because they played for both the Devils and the Rockies, as well as the Flames. And I'd give them credit for their Rockies tenures, too.