Who are your ten favourite (and least favourite) Flames ever?

[CliffFletcher]

Most favourite:

Loob
MacInnis
Niewendyk
Roberts
Fleury
Musil
Kiprusoff
Regehr
Giordano
Lindholm

Least favourite:

Makarov
Leeman
Reichel
Nylander
Kidd
Bure
Savard
Hamilton
Neal
Smith

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by timbit

IMO, Theoren Fleury deserves that designation.

Yup. I hate what’s happened to him but that dude was so talented. And as for skill, Kent Nilsson was up there too.

[CSharp]

Favorites:
1. Iggy
2. Kipper
3. Regehr
4. Fleury
5. Mullen
6. Makarov
7. Niewendyk
8. Yelle
9. Vernon
10. Brathwaite

Least Favorite:
1. Wideman
2. Housley
3. Warrener
4. Zyuzin
5. Brouwer
6. Lundmark
7. Butler
8. JBo
9. Anders Eriksson
10. Kadri

Really hard to pick the least favorite Flames - it was a toss-up between Stajan, the Legend of Sam Bennett, and Hanifin for me. The Flames current signing decided that for me.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by CSharp

Least Favorite:
1. Wideman
2. Housley
3. Warrener
4. Zyuzin
5. Brouwer
6. Lundmark
7. Butler
8. JBo
9. Anders Eriksson
10. Stajan

Really hard to pick the least favorite Flames - it was a toss-up between Stajan, the Legend of Sam Bennett, and Hanifin for me.

James Neal exists and you pick Stajan?

[CSharp]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

James Neal exists and you pick Stajan?

There, that was easy! It's Kadri now, not Stajan.

[TheRealPepman]

Originally Posted by TheRealPepman

Flames fan since 2015 here.

Likes:
Matthew Tkachuk
Johnny Gaudreau
Milan Lucic
Sam Bennett
Derek Ryan
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Andrew Mangiapane
Kris Versteeg
Chad Johnson

HM: Oliver Kylington, Tyler Toffoli, Elias Lindholm, Mikael Backlund, Rasmus Andersson, Chris Tanev, Michael Frolik, Micheal Ferland, Jaromir Jagr, Jon Gillies

Dislikes:
Mark Giordano
Mike Smith
James Neal
Troy Brouwer
Brian Elliott
Dennis Wideman
Nikita Nesterov
Calle Jarnkrok
Freddie Hamilton (nepotism 101)
Niklas Grossmann

I am indifferent on the rest of the Flames players from 2015 on. And I'll see if I'll add Jonathan Huberdeau and/or Mackenzie Weegar a few years from now.

Forgot Monahan, but he's on the HM. As for Kadri, he has top 10 fave potential.

[Aeneas]

Kadri.

[rumy]

Originally Posted by Sandman

Favorite:

1) Iggy
2) Kipper
3) Fleury
4) Lanny Mac
5) Sandy Mac (I don't care what anyone says-greatest heavyweight in Flames history)
6) Al Mac
7) Conny (I'll bet I was the only person in Calgary that was happy we got him, while giving up Stillman)
8) Hnat Domenichelli (don't mock me, I had high hopes for Iggy's junior linemate)
9) Tunnel of Death
10) Tkachuk

Least Favorite:

1) Chris Butler (so vanilla I wanted to puke)
2) Eriksson (kept getting minutes from Sutter)
3) Zyuzin (him and Eriksson should've started a bowling league)
4) Fleury (loved him until I met him, he's on my faves list too)
5) Mike Vernon ('ol five hole Vernie)
6) Andre Roy (worst enforcer of all time, even if he was a hilarious teammate)
7) Trevor Kidd (bad goalie, yells at disabled children. Loved Tabby though!)
8) Brouwer (Gully put him on every PP, the dreaded "Brouwerplay")
9) Drury (wanted to punch him right in his pouty face)
10) Neal (perfect hair, terrible at hockeying)

Had high hopes for Hnat too! Plus loved his name as a kid (I think that was the name of Hank Azaria's character on Mad About You).

[kipperiggy]

Jumped on the '04 bandwagon and never jumped off. Also lived abroad in 16-18 so missed some doozies.

1. Iggy
2. Kipper
Then everyone else in no particular order.
Lindholm
Regehr
The Eliminator
Rasmus
Gio
Backlund
Stajan
HMs Johnny, Langkow, Cammalleri

Chucko
Neal
Kotalik
Eriksson
Frolik
Hamonic
White
Janko
Mayers
Butler

I didn’t hate Smith when he was here but man I hate him now!

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by CSharp

There, that was easy! It's Kadri now, not Stajan.

James Neal exists and you pick Jaybo?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by CSharp

There, that was easy! It's Kadri now, not Stajan.

hopefully just as bad a take

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Aeneas

Kadri.

Like or dislike??

Does not compute!

[TheScorpion]

Can't imagine hating Kadri. He chose to come here. Seems like a great dude.

[J79]

Favourite:

1.
Matthew Tkachuk
- If I was a NHL player I would want to be like Matthew.

2.
Miikka Kiprusoff
- Such an iconic Flame for a decade. Cult.

3.
Jarome Iginla
- what a treat to watch him. Most important Flames player ever.

4.
Theo Fleury
- My first favourite Flame.

5 - 10.
Kristian Huselius
Johnny Gaudreau
Joe Nieuwendyk
Sean Monahan
Ville Nieminen
Micheal Ferland

Honourable mentions:
Deryk Engelland
Jaromir Jagr

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Least favourite:
(in random order)

Nazem Kadri
- I dislike everything about him. His playing style, his attitude, his contract (both term and cash), his throat slash gesture at Giordano.
I don't think he will do well for us, his contract will become a problem and I think he could become a locker room problem.

All that being said; I also thought Troy Brouwer and James Neal would be a good fit for the Flames, so what do I know?
I just hope I'm completely wrong about Kadri.

James Neal
Corey Potter
Ales Kotalik
Mike Smith
Tom Erixon
Niklas Grossman
Anders Eriksson
Shane O'Brien
Curtis Lazar

[Dion]

Favourite:

1. Kent Nilsson
2. Joey Mullen
3. Hakan Loob
4. Mikka Kiprusoff
5. Fred Brathwaite
6. Johnny Gaudreau
7. Neil Sheehy
8. Robyn Regehr
9. Tim Hunter
10. Mark Giordano


Least favourite:

1. Scary Eloranta
2. Fatty Morris
3. Dennis Wideman
4. Dion Phaneuf
5. Marc Savard
6. Stu Grimson
7. Trevor Kidd
8. Chris Butler
9. Mark Jankowski
10. Denis Gauthier

[FlamesAddiction]

Put Kadri in my top 10 now. He was always meant to be a Flame, it just sucks that it took until now to happen.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by J79

Favourite:

1.
Matthew Tkachuk
- If I was a NHL player I would want to be like Matthew.

2.
Miikka Kiprusoff
- Such an iconic Flame for a decade. Cult.

3.
Jarome Iginla
- what a treat to watch him. Most important Flames player ever.

4.
Theo Fleury
- My first favourite Flame.

5 - 10.
Kristian Huselius
Johnny Gaudreau
Joe Nieuwendyk
Sean Monahan
Ville Nieminen
Micheal Ferland

Honourable mentions:
Deryk Engelland
Jaromir Jagr

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Least favourite:
(in random order)

Nazem Kadri
- I dislike everything about him. His playing style, his attitude, his contract (both term and cash), his throat slash gesture at Giordano.
I don't think he will do well for us, his contract will become a problem and I think he could become a locker room problem.

All that being said; I also thought Troy Brouwer and James Neal would be a good fit for the Flames, so what do I know?
I just hope I'm completely wrong about Kadri.

James Neal
Corey Potter
Ales Kotalik
Mike Smith
Tom Erixon
Niklas Grossman
Anders Eriksson
Shane O'Brien
Curtis Lazar

Says the guy who has Tkachuk #1 lol
playing style? he is one of the best 2 way centers in the NHL

locker room problem based on what? his team mates love him

there is so much irrational hate of this player

1.22 points per game in a secondary role, shut down top lines, great in the playoffs including OT winner in the Stanley cup finals, we could do worse.

[J79]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Says the guy who has Tkachuk #1 lol
playing style? he is one of the best 2 way centers in the NHL

locker room problem based on what? his team mates love him

there is so much irrational hate of this player

1.22 points per game in a secondary role, shut down top lines, great in the playoffs including OT winner in the Stanley cup finals, we could do worse.

Well, it's my opinion.
Like I said, I hope I'm wrong... and I very well could be.
It's not your task to prove me wrong, it's Kadri's 'task' (he probably cares less about my opnion than you do, and it's not like he owes me anything)

I was aware of the facts you pointed out before I posted so I hope you don't mind I won't change my opinion.

I think Kadri's last season does not reflect his true production/stats and I think he will be nothing more then the player he was in Toronto.

And if in 3-4 years time it turns out I'm completly off, then I'm the first one to admit that. Happy to even.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Says the guy who has Tkachuk #1 lol
playing style? he is one of the best 2 way centers in the NHL

locker room problem based on what? his team mates love him

there is so much irrational hate of this player

1.22 points per game in a secondary role, shut down top lines, great in the playoffs including OT winner in the Stanley cup finals, we could do worse.

I kinda laughed at Lazar being on that list. I never knew anyone who disliked Lazar. Sure he wasn’t good, but lots of players aren’t that good.

[schteve_d]

Favourite

Jerome Iginla
Lanny MacDonald
Miikka Kiprusoff
Theo Fleury (at the time)
Johnny Gaudreau
Brian McGrattan
Mark Giordano
Robyn Regehr
Craig Conroy
Al MacInnis

Least Favourite

Todd Bertuzzi
Brian Marchment
James Neal
Dion Phaneuf
Troy Brouwer

I think that's about it for truly disliked. There are a few more I could say that disappointed or weren't by any means my favourites, but if we're talking true dislike that is all.

I'm surprised Robyn didn't make more favourite lists.