Top 50 Flames of the Last 25 Years - #5

[Wayne Primeau]

Oops, sorry - I forgot this morning. Have had a weird day.

With all seriousness, please stop joke-voting for Backlund - it messes with the tallies. I’m writing about these results on my website as soon as the Top 10 is up - I’d like the results to matter. Thanks

(1) JAROME IGINLA - 78.05%
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1931865

(2) MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF - 55.10%
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1932145

(3) THEOREN FLEURY - 60.98%
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1932593

(4) AL MacINNIS - 54.29%
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1933073

Here are the 35 candidates for the 5th-best Flame since 89-90 (new addition in red):

WHAT COUNTS IS THE PLAYERS’ PRODUCTION SINCE 1989-90. IN THE CASE OF DOUG GILMOUR, FOR EXAMPLE, HIS CUP AND ALL THE STATS PRIOR TO 89-90 DON’T COUNT. THANKS

GARY ROBERTS
MIKE CAMMALLERI
VALERI BURE
MARK GIORDANO
ROBYN REGEHR
ALEX TANGUAY
MIKE VERNON
CRAIG CONROY
PHIL HOUSLEY
DION PHANEUF
GARY SUTER
DAYMOND LANGKOW
CORY STILLMAN
JOE NIEUWENDYK
SEAN MONAHAN
JOHNNY GAUDREAU
DEREK MORRIS
FRED BRATHWAITE
SERGEI MAKAROV
PAUL RANHEIM
ROBERT REICHEL
CURTIS GLENCROSS
RENE BOURQUE
DOUG GILMOUR
MARC SAVARD
OLLI JOKINEN
DEAN McAMMOND
MARTIN GELINAS
JAY BOUWMEESTER
RHETT WARRENER
T.J. BRODIE
MIKAEL BACKLUND
JOE MULLEN
JIRI HUDLER
ANDREW CASSELS

And here are the remaining players, of whom you can vote into consideration for the next round by posting their names. (Or I just pick one if no one votes)

KRISTIAN HUSELIUS
ADRIAN AUCOIN
DAVE GAGNER
MARTY McINNIS
JOE MULLEN
JAMIE MACOUN
STEPHANE YELLE
MICHAEL NYLANDER
TODD BERTUZZI
TONI LYDMAN
GERMAN TITOV
JORDAN LEOPOLD
MATT LOMBARDI
SHEAN DONOVAN
STEVEN REINPRECHT
ANDREW FERENCE
MATT STAJAN
KRIS RUSSELL
DENNIS WIDEMAN
ROMAN HAMRLIK
TONY AMONTE
RENE CORBET
TODD SIMPSON
DAVID MOSS
NIGEL DAWES
ROMAN TUREK
JOEL OTTO
JONAS HOGLUND
CALE HULSE
ANTON BABCHUK

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[Johnny GODreau]

Nieuwendyk

 

[Wayne Primeau]

I voted Vernon. It was between Roberts and Vernon for me.

 

[Skobel24]

****. Meant to vote for Nieuwendyk, but I accidentally chose Stillman. Can a mod fix this?

 

[Wayne Primeau]

Um, who voted Stillman?

 

[Yung Rotini]

Your warning won't stop me, in fact, it tempts me more

Backlund4lyf

 

[Wayne Primeau]

VERNON 1
STILLMAN(!) 1
NIEUWENDYK 2
BACKLUND(!) 3

Dang it.

 

[Yung Rotini]

#Backlund2015

 

[herashak]

i really think regehr deserves it. I think his game injuring our top line at the end of the year made me realize again what a force he is physically. backlund is more meme than he is man he doesn't belong up there

 

[Wayne Primeau]

i really think regehr deserves it. I think his game injuring our top line at the end of the year made me realize again what a force he is physically. backlund is more meme than he is man he doesn't belong up there

Wut?

 

[herashak]

Wut?

right at the end of the year against LA i remember regehr pounding on hudler. And i think he was making sure monahan and gaudreau were gonna get roughed up a bit as well.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

right at the end of the year against LA i remember regehr pounding on hudler. And i think he was making sure monahan and gaudreau were gonna get roughed up a bit as well.

Yeah, I know that, but you liked that?

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Yeah, I know that, but you liked that?

He didn't say he liked.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Should absolutely be Joe.

Regehr is maybe the only player I would take before Roberts at #6.
Tough one for me though....

 

[InfinityIggy]

#TeamBacklund

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Has to be Niewy IMO. Then I wanna say Gilmour because he was such a stud player, but Roberts probably meant more to th Flames for a longer period. Vernon and Regehr are definitely right there as well.

If people didn't watch Niewy though, it's a shame. In his prime I would compare him to a Ryan Johansen, maybe.

 

[Skobel24]

Has to be Niewy IMO. Then I wanna say Gilmour because he was such a stud player, but Roberts probably meant more to th Flames for a longer period. Vernon and Regehr are definitely right there as well.

If people didn't watch Niewy though, it's a shame. In his prime I would compare him to a Ryan Johansen, maybe.

I wouldn't say Gilmour just yet. He only played 2 and a half seasons here in the last 25 years.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

I wouldn't say Gilmour just yet. He only played 2 and a half seasons here in the last 25 years.

The criteria here is flawed, should be since they moved to Calgary. Scorps dropped the ball.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

The criteria here is flawed, should be since they moved to Calgary. Scorps dropped the ball.

No.

This way is better - it symbolises the talent - or lack thereof - since the cup win.

The only noticeable guys missing, really, would be Kent, Guy Chouinard, and Reggie Lemelin.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

No.

This way is better - it symbolises the talent - or lack thereof - since the cup win.

The only noticeable guys missing, really, would be Kent, Guy Chouinard, and Reggie Lemelin.

I dunno, I have a really hard time only voting for some players based on 1-2 years.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

I dunno, I have a really hard time only voting for some players based on 1-2 years.

That's why you vote for Backlund.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

No.

This way is better - it symbolises the talent - or lack thereof - since the cup win.

The only noticeable guys missing, really, would be Kent, Guy Chouinard, and Reggie Lemelin.

Lanny?

I agree, it is tough because that was our most talented era ever, and we are cutting a line in the middle of the career of some of the best players we ever had. But the line has to be drawn somewhere I guess, and not many on here remember those heydays.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

Lanny?

I agree, it is tough because that was our most talented era ever, and we are cutting a line in the middle of the career of some of the best players we ever had. But the line has to be drawn somewhere I guess, and not many on here remember those heydays.

Yeah, and him, and Peplinski too. But I stand by what I said.

 

[Lunatik]

and Loob

 

[Ace Rimmer]

The criteria here is flawed, should be since they moved to Calgary. Scorps dropped the ball.

Which is why I vote the way I do.