Meet the man who does everything

[Otto-matic]

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flam...ed/c-288303016

"I can't remember the player - I should, but I don't - but I did help Bearcat bring somebody down the stairs at the old Chicago Stadium that had been hurt.

"I also remember watching guys getting stitched up.

"Mostly, though, what I remember is Bearcat's shoes clicking as he was running across the ice. Click! Click! Click!

Sutter bringing Depo into the fold.

"I thought Darryl was just calling about a player, you know what kind of person he was, is he a good guy,'' says DePasquale. "Equipment guys see the true colours of people. Everybody has their moments.

"But he was beating around the bush and Darryl never really beats around the bush.

"The Flames had a good team, just had a good Cup run. And he finally got around to asking me: 'What would you think about moving to Calgary?' It really caught me off guard.

Kipper sharing his wisdom, you could tell that was his motto on the ice.

"My favourite since I came to Calgary,'' he reckons, "would probably be Kipper. He was just a different breed. I never found someone more mentally tough.

"He'd sit in my office and we'd talk. I learned life lessons from Kipper. Hey, he'd say, things go wrong, so his philosophy was: 'Be a Man.'

"That was his thing. Be a Man.

"Own up to things.

"We all make mistakes. That includes me. The other day in Winnipeg, I changed a blade for Mikael Backlund. We're in a rush, tight bench, I grabbed my steel and put it in a skate after he blew an edge. After the period he says: 'Hey, Depo. My skates don't feel right.' I took his steel out and I said: 'That's why they don't feel right.' I'd put Gio's steel in there. Gio's is much sharper.

"But I owned it. (Backlund) scored a goal that period so I told him they couldn't fine me. Everybody laughed.

And Reggie broke Babchuk

"(Anton) Babchuk was one guy I remember. He used to go in the same toilet stall before every game. And he'd be in for a while. No one was quite sure what the ritual was there.

"We're out of the playoffs and it's a great group of guys then so we're trying to figure what's going on with Babchuk."

The first step was to lock the particular bathroom stall of choice and slap an Out of Order sign on the door. That didn't work. Babchuk crawled underneath the door anyway.

"So Robyn Regehr finally ended up taking the door off and the toilet seat off, just to see what he would do.

"So he heads over to the stall and …

"He was lost. Just lost.

[EVERLAST]

Those are pure gold.

Love the rituals, superstitious stuff....it gets crazier during the playoffs.

[Otto-matic]

When Gio scored at the end of that game in Vancouver (Feb. 18),'' he recalls, "the love that came across was … well, it was something I hadn't experienced in a long time. I actually told Gio: 'Something special just happened.'

"You could feel it. I'm not saying there wasn't care before but that care had .. elevated, somehow.

"Then we won 10 in a row. Does it mean anything?" Shrugs. "Who knows? Sometimes I think I have a pretty good read on things. And sometimes …

"But was definitely … different. I couldn't tell you what it was.

Shows you how close knit this group is as well.

[Da_Chief]

Unlucky for him, he leaves Hawks and they become a dynasty and the Flames sucked.

Hopefully the Flames can win couple of them now.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by Da_Chief

Unlucky for him, he leaves Hawks and they become a dynasty and the Flames sucked.

Hopefully the Flames can win couple of them now.

If he leaves and the Flames become a dynasty, he if officially confirmed as the Blitz from HIMYM.

[dissentowner]

I seriously thought this thread was going to be about sureloss.

[getbak]

What a change...

"At the time, in Chicago we were getting 4,000 people to games. It was to the point where the back of my business card had a code for two free tickets in the lower bowl. I'd give them to the airport guys, my family …

[codynw]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

I seriously thought this thread was going to be about sureloss.

I thought it was gonna be a Backlund thread.

[icarus]

That Babchuk story is unbelievable! Forgot he even played here.

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