In the 102-year history of the National Hockey League, 348 individuals have played 1,000 or more regular season games. 44 of them, or 12.6%, have played some part of their career with the Atlanta or Calgary Flames. We call these players Long-Timers.
Let’s take a look at Brett Hull.
Hull is arguably the best “Flame that got away,” in that he was in the system and had his best success elsewhere. The son of NHL legend Bobby, Hull became known as a great junior A player who became great college player. He was selected by the Flames in the sixth round of the 1984 NHL Draft.