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.
#6 on the countdown is Miikka Kiprusoff.
Kiprusoff was quite the goaltender. Originally San Jose’s third goaltender stuck behind Evgeni Nabokov and Vesa Toskala for playing time, an injury to Roman Turek led to the Flames acquiring him in early November 2003. (The team had tried out Jamie McLennan and Dany Sabourin, then jumped on Kiprusoff when the results were fairly so-so.)
Immediately, Kiprusoff made the move look quite smart.