Flames Mount Rushmore Round One

[activeStick]

Yeah I had MacInnis in my original list at 3, but the points made about him being more of a Blue than a Flame are true.

Fletcher has a good case, but he was also the same person to send the Flames into the dark days by killing his protege in the worst trade in franchise history. Probably shouldn't get up there because of that.

[Hey Connor, It's Mess]

I saw a series of polls done on a different hockey site recently with all fans voting on each team's Rushmore. The Flames voting ended with Iginla, MacInnis, McDonald and Kiprusoff in that order. Fleury was a very close #5. It will be interesting to see what CP votes. I like the addition of non-players in this poll too.

[iggyloob12]

Changed my mind and removed MacInnis due to his Blues associations. You can't be a face of two teams.
1. Iginla - no brainer. All-time team captain and best player.
2. Lanny - the face of the Cup-winning team and all-around team ambassador for decades.
3. Vernon - Cup-winning goalie and Calgary kid.
4. Gio - Only Norris winner in team history, long-time captain, did lots of great things in the community. Plus he's got the never-been drafted story going for him! Never won anything but that's true of everyone outside the '89 team.

[Kidder]

Iginla and Lanny are no brainers.

Interested to see how the rest shakes out.

My mind has already considered MacInnis, Bearcat, Kipper, Vernon, Gio.

If the Flames do somehow win that unfinished business Cup, Sutter would belong no question.

Gaudreau if he signed the 8 year contract extension would have probably earned a place. Now, no chance.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Is it bad that its hard to relate to the cup winning team and pick players more from the 2000's.

I was pretty much a baby during the 89 team winning, so I have no recollection of the team. The names and highlights you watch they are great and won us a cup, but all my memories of this team involve the young guns era, Iggy, Kipper and the group who left.

[iggyloob12]

I get that but as much as I loved watching Kipper, it's hard to put his face on a team mountain when he'd rather be hiding in a forest in Finland. He'd probably skip out of the sculpture modelling to go fishing.

[topfiverecords]

Theo can be on our Crazy Horse.

[Kidder]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Is it bad that its hard to relate to the cup winning team and pick players more from the 2000's.

I was pretty much a baby during the 89 team winning, so I have no recollection of the team. The names and highlights you watch they are great and won us a cup, but all my memories of this team involve the young guns era, Iggy, Kipper and the group who left.

Not bad, but I’d say use this opportunity to educate yourself more about the Cup winning team.

Without their heroics we’d be like the Dirty, No good Vancouver Canucks. Some cup final appearances to our name but ultimately a franchise cloaked in failure deserved of the endless mockery they rightfully endure.

Only team to win the Cup on Montréal Forum Ice. I was 3 when they won the cup but I read stories and watch videos to remind me of the glory years I was too young to appreciate. It’s a team worth remembering and celebrating.

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Theo can be on our Crazy Horse.

Nah. Theo can be our Nathan Bedford Forrest.

[Calgary4LIfe]

McDonald easily for me, and it isn't any slight against Iginla at all, or even because McDonald won a cup and Iginla didn't. I don't think you penalize a player for not winning a team trophy, and besides... it was in!


I pick McDonald for what he has done and continues to do with the community. He continues to tirelessly give his time and energy into many causes for the Flames, and for the city of Calgary. I argue that he has surpassed being the face of the franchise, and has become an iconic face of the city.

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

The Username is of course first. Then Iggy Vernon and lastly Badger Bob

Good call on Johnson, no reason to only consider players.

If it were only players, I would swap in MacInnis for Badger.

[Cowboy89]

I understand the nostalgia reasons for picking Lanny over Iggy, but I personally don't see it. Lanny was a healthy scratch in many playoff games in 89 so while he does have an iconic goal in the clinching game 6, I think the fact that he wasn't even a 'good' player on that cup winning team negates picking him over Iggy solely based on being on that cup winning team.

Even if Iggy's career ended in 2013 and never played another game for the Flames he would have been a first ballot hall of famer none the less. He also along with Kipprusoff willed a 6th place team to one goal of the Stanley Cup without any other elite players in the lineup. Why should we notch Iggy down one notch because the refs / video review personnel didn't allow the Gelinas goal in game 6 of the STF in 04?

[boogerz]

Originally Posted by iggyloob12

4. Gio - Only Norris winner in team history, long-time captain, did lots of great things in the community. Plus he's got the never-been drafted story going for him! Never won anything but that's true of everyone outside the '89 team.

To be fair to MacInnis, he was a Norris runner-up three times while he was a Flame...losing to Bourque (twice) and Chelios. Gio wouldn't beat Bourque or prime Chelios either.

[midniteowl]

My first would definitely be McDonald, I think he was the one who glued the team together and after he retired, he still associate himself with the team. And of course his tireless works in the community. My second would be Vernon, without his save on that Canucks' breakaway, the Flames would have lost in the first round. Iginla would probably my third. I wouldn't put McInnis on there, yeah, he played great on that playoff run and won the Conn Smyth but other than that I don't remember him much. And at the end, he wanted out, wanted to be traded. And he considers himself a Blues over a Flames. I would rather have Gio over him.

[PuckSlap]

Theo can be as crazy as he wants. He was a great player and ahead of his time.

I've also met the man on two occasions, and both times he was ####ing super nice. I was working at the Sobeys and had a copy of his book at home, and asked him if he would sign it and he said sure. The next time he was in the store at the post office, I walked past him (I was having a #### day) and he asked if I had the book to sign. I said ya, it's in my car. He came out and signed it for me and we chatted for 15 minutes. It made my week.



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[looooob]

Originally Posted by midniteowl

My first would definitely be McDonald, I think he was the one who glued the team together and after he retired, he still associate himself with the team. And of course his tireless works in the community. My second would be Vernon, without his save on that Canucks' breakaway, the Flames would have lost in the first round. Iginla would probably my third. I wouldn't put McInnis on there, yeah, he played great on that playoff run and won the Conn Smyth but other than that I don't remember him much. And at the end, he wanted out, wanted to be traded. And he considers himself a Blues over a Flames. I would rather have Gio over him.

certainly respect your opinion, and I understand those people who feel that way about the Blues and his departure even if personally I don't feel that way



but he was a FANTASTIC Flame, much more than just during the cup run. Frankly I'm strongly of the opinion he was better as a Flame than he was a Blue, but unfortunately he carried a 'liability with a slapshot' reputation for his early tenure with the Flames (and while that was briefly true ) he was a fantastic player by about 1985. even if he was underrated as a Flame he was a 5 time first or second team all star, and a 3 time Norris runner up as a Flame


MacInnis (5) and Iginla (4) are the only 2 Flames to be named to a post season all star team more than once. Fleury, Lanny and Vernon FWIW each had one single 2nd team all star team to their credit

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by looooob

certainly respect your opinion, and I understand those people who feel that way about the Blues and his departure even if personally I don't feel that way



but he was a FANTASTIC Flame, much more than just during the cup run. Frankly I'm strongly of the opinion he was better as a Flame than he was a Blue, but unfortunately he carried a 'liability with a slapshot' reputation for his early tenure with the Flames (and while that was briefly true ) he was a fantastic player by about 1985. even if he was underrated as a Flame he was a 5 time first or second team all star, and a 3 time Norris runner up as a Flame


MacInnis (5) and Iginla (4) are the only 2 Flames to be named to a post season all star team more than once. Fleury, Lanny and Vernon FWIW each had one single 2nd team all star team to their credit

That's an understatement.

IIRC he was among top 10 scoring for defensemen 9 times, top 5 six times i believe?

He was the best #1D this team ever saw IMO and for a long stretch of time at that.

[trublmaker]

Lanny's big stache and smile need to be front and center where Washington is

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

BTW who were the Bruins voted?

I’d go Orr, Espo, Bourque then probably Chara. Their next 4 would be awfully good too.

#### Ray Bourque. Never liked that dink since he decided to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a rah rah pep talk before Game 7 of the 2004 Cup final.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Backlund.