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View Poll Results: Pick the best Calgary Flames (Atlanta) draft pick from the following ...
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Brett Hull
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44.26% |
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Gary Roberts
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1.64% |
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Gary Suter
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0.82% |
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Derek Morris
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Theoren Fleury
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35 |
28.69% |
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Mikael Backlund
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0.82% |
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Dion Phaneuf
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Cory Stillman
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0.82% |
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Paul Ranheim
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0% |
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T.J. Brodie
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0.82% |
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Willi Plett
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0.82% |
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Robert Reichel
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0% |
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Sean Monahan
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0% |
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Tim Hunter
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0% |
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Dan Quinn
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0% |
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Mike Vernon
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19 |
15.57% |
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Jim Peplinski
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0% |
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Sam Bennett
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0% |
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Paul Reinhart
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0% |
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Matthew Tkachuk
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3 |
2.46% |
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Guy Chouinard
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0% |
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Kent Nilsson
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0% |
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Rasmus Andersson
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0% |
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Hakan Loob
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3 |
2.46% |
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Adam Fox
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0% |
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Sergei Makarov
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1 |
0.82% |
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Connor Zary
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0% |
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Matt Coronato
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0% |
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Dustin Wolf
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08-21-2025, 07:55 AM
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Best Calgary Flames Draft Picks - Round 4
Ranking
1. MacInnis 32%
2. Nieuwendyk 35%
3. Gaudreau 36%
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08-21-2025, 12:20 PM
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First Line Centre
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Hull for the 3rd time.
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08-21-2025, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Yeah, I really think Gaudreau went too high. He's maybe 6th or 7th for me.
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08-21-2025, 01:04 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Nov 2016
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Vernon's number is hanging in the rafters. All that needs to be said.
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08-21-2025, 01:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Yeah, I really think Gaudreau went too high. He's maybe 6th or 7th for me.
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A few spots too high for sure. Hull, Fleury and Vernon would have been ahead of him in my books.
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08-21-2025, 01:23 PM
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Definitely some recency bias.
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08-21-2025, 01:55 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Normally, my desk
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Originally Posted by Hoop27
Vernon's number is hanging in the rafters. All that needs to be said.
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Totally fair, but Hull is #5 all time in goals scored in the history of the game. I know he didn't do that in Calgary. If the Calgary angle is weighted high in a persons criteria, then Vernon should be there. I, personally, don't have any weight on whether the player was prolific on the Flames.
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08-21-2025, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Definitely some recency bias.
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I said before that all of Gaudreau's achievements were bettered by Kent Nilsson (who was, until Lanny got to Calgary, a "face" as well).
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08-21-2025, 02:58 PM
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Hull is like Fox. Great picks, but the Flames received very little value in return which negated them being great picks IMO.
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08-21-2025, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Kipper_3434
Hull is like Fox. Great picks, but the Flames received very little value in return which negated them being great picks IMO.
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Would be like considering Savard or St. Louis on a Flames all star team.
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08-21-2025, 03:22 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
I said before that all of Gaudreau's achievements were bettered by Kent Nilsson (who was, until Lanny got to Calgary, a "face" as well).
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Kent Nilsson had some great seasons but was also unpopular and had worn out his welcome before Lanny arrived. His buzz was short lived compared to Gaudreau and little kids weren't skating in his jersey at the neighborhood rink they way they did for Gaudreau. He was traded for two seconds (Calgary had to throw in a third).
There is some sentimentality around Johnny and deservedly so. Johnny was also never quite the face of the franchise the way Lanny, Iginla and Fleury were. But I'd say there is a gap between him and Nilsson in that regard.
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08-21-2025, 03:44 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Kent Nilsson had some great seasons but was also unpopular and had worn out his welcome before Lanny arrived. His buzz was short lived compared to Gaudreau and little kids weren't skating in his jersey at the neighborhood rink they way they did for Gaudreau. He was traded for two seconds (Calgary had to throw in a third).
There is some sentimentality around Johnny and deservedly so. Johnny was also never quite the face of the franchise the way Lanny, Iginla and Fleury were. But I'd say there is a gap between him and Nilsson in that regard.
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Achievement-wise Nilsson is way above. And he wasn't that unpopular - that's a bit of a myth - more like he wasn't driven like some other guys and he was ineffective in POs despite being PPG in them(a little like the accusations against Gaudreau) when he was dipping to 70 points. Nilsson won the league scoring his first year here - he was the star of the team. He set a franchise record that first year that's never been beaten. And wearing player jerseys weren't really a big thing back then.
Yes, he was traded for a couple seconds, one of which was Newy, and then he was still PPG after that. It was an unpopular trade, and one of many panicky ones the Flames have made in their time.
Last edited by GioforPM; 08-21-2025 at 03:47 PM.
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08-21-2025, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kipper_3434
Hull is like Fox. Great picks, but the Flames received very little value in return which negated them being great picks IMO.
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Not to me it doesn't.
The draft pick is graded.
The asset management is graded.
Fox wouldn't sign in Calgary, so they included him in a deal that actually still continues to bear fruit. But great draft pick.
Hull was moved for two vets that cemented a Stanley Cup. But great pick.
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