02-12-2026, 12:02 AM
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#101
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: Richmond upon Thames, London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Major Major
Kesler, Bieksa, kassian
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Kassian was just a clown. Didn't hate him so much as pitied him.
Kesler? Ok you've got me there.
The fact that he boiled Iggy's blood should say enough.
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02-12-2026, 07:37 AM
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#102
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Scoring Winger
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The 1972 through 2026 Edmonton Oilers and it's not even close.
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02-12-2026, 10:03 AM
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#103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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For me it's Scott Stevens. His dirty head shot hits had a huge negative impact on the game. Who knows how good Lindros would have been. He ended careers of star players.
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02-12-2026, 01:29 PM
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#104
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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UPDATE: Bracket has been set with the randomizer, below you’ll find the matchups. Polls will be made later tonight.
The list is also in the 2nd post in case this gets buried. Also please review the list and make sure there’s no mistakes or players in there twice.
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02-12-2026, 02:15 PM
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#105
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
UPDATE: Bracket has been set with the randomizer, below you’ll find the matchups. Polls will be made later tonight.
The list is also in the 2nd post in case this gets buried. Also please review the list and make sure there’s no mistakes or players in there twice.
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fascinating, some of these initial pairings barely get a rise out of me and others are throwing me into rage just by their existence
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02-12-2026, 02:43 PM
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#106
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Franchise Player
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If there are any really close votes in round one I think we should have a couple wild cards sneak through. Hate to have someone gone in the first round because they matched up with say Kesler lol
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02-12-2026, 02:51 PM
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#107
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Jamie Benn
Mike Smith
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James Neal
Adam Fox
That's a couple of heavyweight tilts right off the hop!
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02-12-2026, 02:54 PM
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#108
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Jamie Benn
Mike Smith
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James Neal
Adam Fox
That's a couple of heavyweight tilts right off the hop!
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James Neal for coming to the Flames v Adam Fox for not coming to the Flames is kinda funny.
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02-12-2026, 03:08 PM
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#109
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Jamie Benn
Mike Smith
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James Neal
Adam Fox
That's a couple of heavyweight tilts right off the hop!
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I think Matthew Tkachuk vs Scott Steven’s takes the cake for me
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02-12-2026, 04:38 PM
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#110
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Jamie Benn
Mike Smith
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James Neal
Adam Fox
That's a couple of heavyweight tilts right off the hop!
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Lemieux
Burrows
That's the biggest heavy weight tilt IMO. A good stylistic matchup in one of the dirtiest hitters, vs one of the biggest divers, and most punchable faces in the NHL.
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02-12-2026, 05:13 PM
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#111
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gvitaly
Lemieux
Burrows
That's the biggest heavy weight tilt IMO. A good stylistic matchup in one of the dirtiest hitters, vs one of the biggest divers, and most punchable faces in the NHL.
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Burrows for me - he had no redeeming value, whereas you had to give it to Lemieux as a playoff stud.
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02-12-2026, 06:34 PM
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#112
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Burrows for me - he had no redeeming value, whereas you had to give it to Lemieux as a playoff stud.
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Same here, but Lemieux deserve to get out of the 1st round. He was a piece of work.
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02-12-2026, 07:22 PM
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#113
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Burrows for me - he had no redeeming value, whereas you had to give it to Lemieux as a playoff stud.
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Burrows was always willing to take a bite out of the competition
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02-12-2026, 07:24 PM
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#114
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rebiggling, Alberta
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Lemieux v Burrows? It’s a decision that’s a hair puller for sure.
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Future historians will celebrate June 24, 2024 as the date when the timeline corrected itself.
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02-12-2026, 07:34 PM
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#115
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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I also wonder how the Draisaitl vs Fleury matchup will play out. Obnoxious opponent from your biggest rival vs a very well liked player of the flames who took a major turn as a heel post hockey career.
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02-12-2026, 08:31 PM
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#116
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
In the early days of COVID, Sportsnet showed a bunch of old Stanley Cup clinching games, and when they played that game, the Flames' website set up a livestream with a bunch of the players from the team watching along on Zoom. When that play happened, they were all still as angry about it 31 years later as they were the day it happened.
Then, they started talking about what a horrible ref Denis Morel was and how he had it out for the Flames. That was always a conspiracy theory among Flames fans, so it was funny to hear the players thought the same thing.
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It was absolutely brutal and blatantly obvious slewfoot. No mention of course on the pro Habs CBC broadcast.
Morel was also the one that called the penalty in OT in Game 3 that series, and the ref on the wrap around against the Kings the next year that he waved off, and if I recall correctly the goal not called vs the Oilers in 1991 playoffs.
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02-12-2026, 08:42 PM
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#117
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Calgary, AB
Exp: 
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Sorry, didn't read all but i have always hated Chris Chelios. Not sure if he was mentioned.
Smug looking fu$%er, even though playing such a long career was impressive, it just seemed to give me more years to hate him....
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02-12-2026, 09:53 PM
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#118
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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02-12-2026, 11:09 PM
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#119
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2024
Location: Victoria, BC
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Thanks for putting this together Bagger, brings some fun to the board during an otherwise boring time, especially for Flames talk!
I will say though there were a few brackets I didn't vote on because I'm too young to have seen either of the guys play. So if you're seeing some skewed numbers between brackets in this round it's probably other people following my method.
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02-12-2026, 11:27 PM
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#120
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Browndog71
Sorry, didn't read all but i have always hated Chris Chelios. Not sure if he was mentioned.
Smug looking fu$%er, even though playing such a long career was impressive, it just seemed to give me more years to hate him....
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He got away with a million cross checks in the back.
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