09-15-2024, 02:12 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Hockey News Mount Rushmore.
https://thehockeynews.com/news/ranki...24-28JqbNDzfGw
Hockey News is doing a Mount Rushmore for every team, the only rule is one of them has to be currently on the team.
The Flames Mt. Rushmore is Iginla, MacInnis, Kiprusoff and Kadri.
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09-15-2024, 02:19 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: Victoria, BC
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Kind of ruins the concept of a mount rushmore when one needs to be a current player.
Iggy, Lanny, MacInnis, and Kipper is the only correct answer in my opinion. But if we have to pick a current Flame to put in there it's definitely Backlund.
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09-15-2024, 02:36 PM
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All I can get
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What a tired, hackneyed premise.
Can't wait for the season to begin.
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09-15-2024, 02:39 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Gemnoble
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alright I will relax
And when Oiler fans talk #### we can point out Kadri's cup ring while knocking those losers out
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09-15-2024, 02:42 PM
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis_D
Kind of ruins the concept of a mount rushmore when one needs to be a current player.
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There are quite a few teams with pretty good histories that are currently in a big lull. Like asking Montreal or Detroit to make a player on their current roster part of this is asinine.
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09-15-2024, 02:49 PM
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Iggy, Lanny, MacInnis, D. Sutter(still under contract with the team lol)
That said, I agree with Lewis it has to be Backlund from the current roster.
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09-15-2024, 03:29 PM
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Franchise Player
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Ken Campbell is horrible. He's one of the reasons I ended my subscription to THN. He's not a jerk or anything. But his opinions are just terrible.
Case in point this article. If you're doing a Mt. Rushmore, whats the logic for one player having to be current? That makes zero sense
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09-15-2024, 03:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Even if you do have to have a current player, the obvious choice is Backlund.
#2 All time Games Played (BTW, less than 3 full seasons from #1)
#8 All time in Points
#11 All time in Goals
#10 All time in Assists
Kadri? I like the dude but on the team for 2 seasons and arguably pretty much the same career as Backlund minus the Cup. What a weird choice.
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09-15-2024, 03:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach
Even if you do have to have a current player, the obvious choice is Backlund.
#2 All time Games Played (BTW, less than 3 full seasons from #1)
#8 All time in Points
#11 All time in Goals
#10 All time in Assists
Kadri? I like the dude but on the team for 2 seasons and arguably pretty much the same career as Backlund minus the Cup. What a weird choice.
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Tell me Ken Campbell doesn't watch or follow the Flames without telling Ken Campbell doesn't watch or follow the Flames. This Mount Rushmore does it.
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09-15-2024, 03:59 PM
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Franchise Player
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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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09-15-2024, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Here's the real Mount Rushmore, but instead of Lincon, here's a stone mug of Joe Biden.
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09-15-2024, 04:29 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Dec 2021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster86
There are quite a few teams with pretty good histories that are currently in a big lull. Like asking Montreal or Detroit to make a player on their current roster part of this is asinine.
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For real, each original six team you could do a Mount Rushmore for every decade, every 5 years.
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09-15-2024, 07:08 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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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.
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09-16-2024, 05:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blaster86
There are quite a few teams with pretty good histories that are currently in a big lull. Like asking Montreal or Detroit to make a player on their current roster part of this is asinine.
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How about Chicago LOL.
Bedard has to be their current guy.
Then pick 3 from:
Hull
Mikita
Pilote
Hall
Toews
Kane
Keith
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09-16-2024, 05:21 AM
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Pent-up
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
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.
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It also sucks. I hate that every conversation about the greats in different fields has to reference this American joke of a landmark.
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09-16-2024, 06:18 AM
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Imagine picking Kadri over Backlund
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09-16-2024, 08:13 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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Mike Vernon.
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09-16-2024, 08:24 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Calgary
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I think you have to put Fleury on there. I get he's kind of a PoS -but the guy has had an incredibly rough road in life, I just see a guy in a lot of pain who hasn't been able to really recover from his past trauma.
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09-16-2024, 08:26 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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Off topic, but I still think Gary Suter should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. This might be a hot take, but I think he was better than Kevin Lowe.
Suter is 4th all time in US defense scoring, behind only Housley, Leetch, and Chelios.
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09-16-2024, 09:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
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.
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Except Washington was there from the start and stayed on front and centre for a lengthy period of time. Lanny was added year 2, had a monster goalscoring year in his 3rd year here (but was way behind Nilsson in points), then faded into being a role player. If we are going eras:
80-85: Nilsson
85-95: MacInnis
95-mid10s: Iggy
mid10-2020s: Gaudreau
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