This coming May is the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Flames moving to Calgary. To commemorate this occasion, we’re counting down the Top 40 Calgary Flames in history.
Coming in at #18 is Joel Otto.
A product of Bemijdi State University in Minnesota, Otto was a rock-solid two-way center who spent most of his career battling Mark Messier in some way or another. He was signed as a college free agent after going undrafted. He split the 1984-85 season between the Flames and the Moncton Golden Flames, then spent the next decade as the team’s most trusted tough minutes center.