we do it on our gameworn jersey facebook group as well.. everyone posts their #<insert days til puck drop> jerseys, right up until puck drop (which nobody has yet that I've seen)
Scorp, hope you don't mind if I post some of these if you don't have the time.
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August 27...
Trevor Kidd, one of the best mask and pad combos in Flames history. Unfortunately, that's the best thing to be said about his time in Calgary.
Famously, the Flames swapped first round picks with the Devils at the 1990 Draft. The Flames moved up from 20th to 11th to take Kidd. New Jersey used their pick to also take a goalie -- I've heard he had a decent career.
WORST GOALTENDER IN NHL HISTORY. Ugh I can't believe Dave King didn't start Tabbaracci in game 7. Still makes me mad. He was awful that whole series.
Scorp, hope you don't mind if I post some of these if you don't have the time.
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August 27...
Trevor Kidd, one of the best mask and pad combos in Flames history. Unfortunately, that's the best thing to be said about his time in Calgary.
Famously, the Flames swapped first round picks with the Devils at the 1990 Draft. The Flames moved up from 20th to 11th to take Kidd. New Jersey used their pick to also take a goalie -- I've heard he had a decent career.
The bonus of being a young goalie and a fan of the Flames was Kidds obsession with gear. His gear was always awesome.
Also one time when I was young I was yelling his name during warm up from the lower bowl, he looked at me, skated by and waved. That was the coolest.
But yeah I still can’t help but associate his name with Marty’s.
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Slim pickings for this number. Troy Brouwer is probably the best player to have worn it, so that tells you a lot.
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Let's go with the goalie who's most-famous for having played his first NHL start in front of the smallest crowd in modern NHL history. Even smaller than the crowds Mike Smith used to play in front of in Arizona.
On January 22, 1987, a massive blizzard hit the New York metro area, shutting down many of the roads in the area, making it extremely difficult for people to make it safely to the Devils' remote Meadowlands home. Because the players and officials were already at the arena when the weather turned bad and scheduling a make-up game would have been difficult, NHL officials decided to go ahead with the game as scheduled.
Only 334 people braved the weather to attend. The Flames lost the game 7-5. Dadswell allowed 6 of the goals (the final one came into the empty net).
Dadswell would get his second career start later that season, earning a tie against the Oilers.
The following season, Reggie Lemelin left the Flames to join the Bruins and Dadswell served as Vernon's backup for most of the season. Despite Dadswell's lacklustre 8-7-2 record, the Flames were able to win their first President's Trophy.
At the trade deadline in 1988, Cliff Fletcher recognized the need for a significant improvement in the backup role and acquired Rick Wamsley from the Blues (so, you can also blame Dadswell for the Flames trading away Hull). Wamsley took over the backup role and Dadswell never played another NHL game after the 1987-88 season.
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This is a real dead-zone of a number for the Flames. A lot of mediocre goalies with a few skaters who were less than mediocre.
Henrik "The Calgary Tower" Karlsson.
None of Kiprusoff's backups played more minutes for the Flames than Karlsson did during his two seasons in Calgary. Well-liked in the room and an imposing presence in goal, Karlsson wasn't able to keep up with NHL competition. Traded to Chicago at the start of the lockout-shortened 2013 season, Karlsson left the Flames having amassed a 5-9-8 record.
In 2018-19, he will be playing his 6th season in the KHL. He is now also a citizen of Kazakhstan and has played for the Kazakhstan national team.
"Psst, hey Henrik, guess who's next in the countdown?"
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Carey Wilson, the man who gave his spleen to the Battle of Alberta.
After playing for Team Canada in the 1984 Olympics, Wilson joined the Flames to end the 1983-84 season and soon became a fan favourite.
Wilson spent much of his early time in Calgary partnered with #11, Colin Patterson and #22, Richard Kromm. They were known as the "Dice Line" because they all wore double numbers.
In Game 6 of the 1986 Smythe Division Final series, Wilson took a stick to the gut from Oilers rookie, Steve Smith. After the game, Wilson went to the hospital is serious discomfort and was told that he had internal bleeding and his spleen needed to be removed. Wilson was sidelined for the remainder of the Flames' first run to the Final (which was also aided by a bad swing of the stick by Steve Smith).
Wilson's career took an interesting path. He was traded from the Flames to the Whalers. Then, from the Whalers to the Rangers. Then, back to the Whalers. Then, finally back to the Flames. He retired as a Flame after the 1992-93 season.
Wilson's son, Colin is entering his 10th season in the NHL, most of which were spent wearing his father's old #33 in Nashville. When he went to Colorado last season, Colin had to switch to #22 because #33 wasn't available due to some goalie who used to play there.
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Carey’s father, Gerry, also played briefly in the NHL for the powerhouse Montreal Canadians in the 50s ,as a teenager.
He was a very strong player who succumbed to shoulder and knee injuries.
Forced to retire in his early twenties, Gerry went on to become an excellent orthopedic doctor.
He also was a forerunner in seeing the strong value of European and specifically Swedish hockey players.His scouting and relationship with Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson , Lars Erik Sjoberg led them to sign with his hometown Jets. I believe Gerry was on the board of directors for the Jets, at the time.
Three generations of NHL players and quality men is a remarkable accomplishment.
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