It's time to wax poetic about our captain's (should-have-been-the-Norris-winning) season, which was devastatingly cut short by injury.
Coming off of a Norris-calibre season cut short by injury, Mark Giordano began the season in fine form, only to have history repeat.
He had a new personal best in points this season with 48 in 61 games played. Even with so few games played, the captain ended up fifth for the Flames in scoring (ninth in goals and fourth in assists). That also put him 13th in NHL defencemen for points, and he was a top 10 blueliner in points per 60 minutes.