OT: Ranking 50 Best Flames From Past 15 Years.
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Ace Rimmer
Stoke me a clipper.
Any list of top Calgary Flames should not include Nigel Dawes in any manner whatsoever.
Your list is bad, and you should feel bad.
Your list is bad, and you should feel bad.
I agree. I'm surprised to see Dawes on any top-50 list. He doesn't really belong IMO, but this is Scorpio's list.
#47 - Brendan Morrison
Time with Calgary: October 4th, 2010 - January 27th, 2012
Statistics with the Flames: 94 GP, 13 G, 41 A, 54 PTS, 18 PIM, +12
Acquired: Signed on October 4th, 2010
Jersey Number(s) with Calgary: 8
Salaries with Flames: 2010-11 - $725,000, 2011-12 - $1,250,000
Other Teams: New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks
Career Achievements: 2004 WC Gold Medal, 2005 WC Silver Medal, 1997 Hobey Baker Award
Drafted: 2nd Round, 39th Overall, 1993 - New Jersey Devils
Following an exceptional tenure with Vancouver - he was a member of the West Coast Express there - Morrison bounced around quite a bit. One of the best stops of the journeyman phase of his career was undoubtedly in Calgary, where he was one of the greatest centres that Jarome Iginla ever had, although not for very long. Despite his short stint, Morrison had a great impact, really meshing with Iginla and Alex Tanguay to become a very successful first line. Morrison's 2010-11 season would have been one of his best ever, had he managed to play the whole year. He was injured late in the season in a game against his future club, the Chicago Blackhawks. Morrison had 43 points in 66 games with the Flames that year, for a 0.65 PPG average. He would have gotten well over 50 points in a full season if he had kept that average going, a great feat for a player past the age of 35. Also, Morrison was leading the Flames in +/- at the time of his injury.
His return the next year was good, too, as he amassed 11 points in 28 games, for a 0.39 PPG average. He was traded midway for the season to Chicago for Brian Connelly, a minor league defenseman. In Chicago, Morrison went pointless in 11 games before retiring.
#47
BRENDAN MORRISON
BRENDAN MORRISON
Time with Calgary: October 4th, 2010 - January 27th, 2012
Statistics with the Flames: 94 GP, 13 G, 41 A, 54 PTS, 18 PIM, +12
Acquired: Signed on October 4th, 2010
Jersey Number(s) with Calgary: 8
Salaries with Flames: 2010-11 - $725,000, 2011-12 - $1,250,000
Other Teams: New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks
Career Achievements: 2004 WC Gold Medal, 2005 WC Silver Medal, 1997 Hobey Baker Award
Drafted: 2nd Round, 39th Overall, 1993 - New Jersey Devils
Career with Flames:
Following an exceptional tenure with Vancouver - he was a member of the West Coast Express there - Morrison bounced around quite a bit. One of the best stops of the journeyman phase of his career was undoubtedly in Calgary, where he was one of the greatest centres that Jarome Iginla ever had, although not for very long. Despite his short stint, Morrison had a great impact, really meshing with Iginla and Alex Tanguay to become a very successful first line. Morrison's 2010-11 season would have been one of his best ever, had he managed to play the whole year. He was injured late in the season in a game against his future club, the Chicago Blackhawks. Morrison had 43 points in 66 games with the Flames that year, for a 0.65 PPG average. He would have gotten well over 50 points in a full season if he had kept that average going, a great feat for a player past the age of 35. Also, Morrison was leading the Flames in +/- at the time of his injury.
His return the next year was good, too, as he amassed 11 points in 28 games, for a 0.39 PPG average. He was traded midway for the season to Chicago for Brian Connelly, a minor league defenseman. In Chicago, Morrison went pointless in 11 games before retiring.
I guess I am a Scorpio, and a little biased - I always enjoyed Dawes. I promise, there's only one more oddball pick.
Yung Rotini
6 Summers
#46 - Dave Lowry
Time with Calgary: July 24th, 2000 - c. 2004
Statistics with the Flames: 193 GP, 31 G, 38 A, 69 PTS, 27 PIM, -24
Acquired: Signed on July 24th, 2000
Jersey Number(s) with Calgary: 10
Salaries with Flames: 2000-01 - $525,000, 2001-02 - $500,000, 2002-03 - N/A, 2003-04 - 250,000
Other Teams: Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks
Career Achievements: No notable trophies
Drafted: 6th Round, 110th Overall, 1983 - Vancouver Canucks
Dave Lowry was an exceptional defensive forward whose impact has been felt in Calgary ever since he retired. Though never a noted scorer, he did hit 35 points for the third time in his career in 2000-01 - his inaugural season with the Flames - past the age of 34. Lowry last did that in 1993-94 before that season. Lowry's defensive abilities were very highly regarded around the NHL, despite never winning the Selke trophy.
In 2001-02, Lowry had a more difficult season, scoring only 13 points, and going -20, but he rebounded the next year, finishing second on a dismal Flames team possesion-wise in plus-minus, actually going above even for the course of the season, while putting together decent offensive numbers as well.
2003-04 was hampered by injuries for an aging Lowry, who suffered an abdominal injury. He played only 18 regular season games, but returned for the playoffs and played 10 games while providing valuable mentorship for the Flames' young guns.
Lowry remained in Calgary post-retirement, hanging on as a coach of the Calgary Hitmen from 2005 to 2009, the head coach in the last year. After that, he was an assistant on his old team, the Calgary Flames, until 2013.
#46
DAVE LOWRY
DAVE LOWRY
Time with Calgary: July 24th, 2000 - c. 2004
Statistics with the Flames: 193 GP, 31 G, 38 A, 69 PTS, 27 PIM, -24
Acquired: Signed on July 24th, 2000
Jersey Number(s) with Calgary: 10
Salaries with Flames: 2000-01 - $525,000, 2001-02 - $500,000, 2002-03 - N/A, 2003-04 - 250,000
Other Teams: Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks
Career Achievements: No notable trophies
Drafted: 6th Round, 110th Overall, 1983 - Vancouver Canucks
Career with Flames:
Dave Lowry was an exceptional defensive forward whose impact has been felt in Calgary ever since he retired. Though never a noted scorer, he did hit 35 points for the third time in his career in 2000-01 - his inaugural season with the Flames - past the age of 34. Lowry last did that in 1993-94 before that season. Lowry's defensive abilities were very highly regarded around the NHL, despite never winning the Selke trophy.
In 2001-02, Lowry had a more difficult season, scoring only 13 points, and going -20, but he rebounded the next year, finishing second on a dismal Flames team possesion-wise in plus-minus, actually going above even for the course of the season, while putting together decent offensive numbers as well.
2003-04 was hampered by injuries for an aging Lowry, who suffered an abdominal injury. He played only 18 regular season games, but returned for the playoffs and played 10 games while providing valuable mentorship for the Flames' young guns.
Lowry remained in Calgary post-retirement, hanging on as a coach of the Calgary Hitmen from 2005 to 2009, the head coach in the last year. After that, he was an assistant on his old team, the Calgary Flames, until 2013.
Yung Rotini
6 Summers
Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
I actually would have been happier with Lundmark.
Or how about THE ANTON?!
I really was not contemplating Babchuk.
SaintMorose
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Anglesmith
Setting up the play?
SaintMorose
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Setting up the play?
I dunno. Both of Iggy and Kipper were among the best at what they did for a stretch of years. For Kipper, that was about 5 years. For Iggy, it was about 8.
Iginla
Kiprusoff
Giordano
Tanguay
Regehr
Phaneuf
Bouwmeester
Conroy
Cammalleri
Jokinen
Langkow
Glencross
Hudler
Huselius
Gelinas
Lombardi
Bourque
Donovan
Leopold
Yelle
Reinprecht
Warrener
Stajan
Morrison
Kobasew
Ference
Hamrlik
Aucoin
Sarich
Gauthier
Amonte
Moss
Dawes
Pardy
Nystrom
Bertuzzi
Nolan
Saprykin
Turek
Lundmark
Prust
Lowry
**** this **** it takes too long.
Kiprusoff
Giordano
Tanguay
Regehr
Phaneuf
Bouwmeester
Conroy
Cammalleri
Jokinen
Langkow
Glencross
Hudler
Huselius
Gelinas
Lombardi
Bourque
Donovan
Leopold
Yelle
Reinprecht
Warrener
Stajan
Morrison
Kobasew
Ference
Hamrlik
Aucoin
Sarich
Gauthier
Amonte
Moss
Dawes
Pardy
Nystrom
Bertuzzi
Nolan
Saprykin
Turek
Lundmark
Prust
Lowry
**** this **** it takes too long.
Gritty
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Johnny Hoxville
The Return of a Legend
or the top 50...
I have now spent seven hours thinking of this... and yeah, I'm sort of still thinking. Dawes was the inevitable left field bomb.
Gritty
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Yeah, it is. It's sort of tough picking a list of the top 50 Flames from the past decade and a half, since there haven't been many good ones. I could've put Rob Niedermayer ahead of Dawes, but we traded Valeri Bure for him and he was never a great scorer or producer. I could have put Steve Montador ahead, but he was never sustained. I could have put anyone ahead, but there weren't very many candidates.
