Bounces R Way
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As this is likely to be the last day Gio is the Captain of the Calgary Flames thought I'd get a thread going to recognize his contributions over the years.
Undrafted, debuted in the 2006-07 season for the Flames and then played in the KHL for a season to prove himself, Gio came up through Calgary as a relative nobody that continued to get better every year. Never the fastest, biggest, or naturally gifted player he rose to the top of his profession through sheer power of will. Not only was he a great player, winning the Norris trophy in 2018-19, but also a great person giving back to his community and displaying great leadership. He won the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for athletes in 2017 for his work in Calgary schools and Habitat for Humanity.
Highlights from his Norris year courtesy AC :
Gio dummying that idiot Brown is a favourite for me as well
If it is indeed the end of Gio wearing the Flaming C it's fair to call it a unceremonious one. Filling Iggy's shoes was no small task and despite the lack of results as a team I feel Mark did a great job of it. Have a ton of respect for Gio for the way he conducts himself on and off the ice. Still have a faint hope he'll be back for us next season but if not thanks for the memories and good luck in the future.
Undrafted, debuted in the 2006-07 season for the Flames and then played in the KHL for a season to prove himself, Gio came up through Calgary as a relative nobody that continued to get better every year. Never the fastest, biggest, or naturally gifted player he rose to the top of his profession through sheer power of will. Not only was he a great player, winning the Norris trophy in 2018-19, but also a great person giving back to his community and displaying great leadership. He won the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for athletes in 2017 for his work in Calgary schools and Habitat for Humanity.
Highlights from his Norris year courtesy AC :
Gio dummying that idiot Brown is a favourite for me as well
If it is indeed the end of Gio wearing the Flaming C it's fair to call it a unceremonious one. Filling Iggy's shoes was no small task and despite the lack of results as a team I feel Mark did a great job of it. Have a ton of respect for Gio for the way he conducts himself on and off the ice. Still have a faint hope he'll be back for us next season but if not thanks for the memories and good luck in the future.
