There are just some numbers in Flames history that don’t present you with the obvious choice or even multiple choices. The #32 is one of those. Truthfully, it should have been Jon Gillies based on potential alone, but the hip injury during his first year in Stockton completely changed his career trajectory. And after that it came down to a numbers versus tenure versus contributions and we finally had a player for this number (for seven straight seasons a different player wore 32). Toni Lydman.
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The Flames would draft the Finnish defenceman in the fourth round of the 1996 NHL Draft.