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Originally Posted by GioforPM
In addition to Makarov, Val Bure and, I would argue, Nazarov.
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Naz is underrated as a Flame.
He had really difficult personal circumstances that he kept to himself for as long as possible. On off days he'd fly back to San Jose to be with his wife and child who was hospitalized in a children's hospital in California.
He caught fire in his last year on a line with Stillman and Bure. Was a really effective line for 30 or 40 games in the darkest of times for the franchise.
After leaving the NHL he had some pretty frank comments on NHL enforcers and steroids.