Sometimes a player makes an indelible impression on a franchise in a very short time. There’s one person on our Top 50 list that was only a Flames player for two seasons, but he was incredibly clutch during those two seasons.
Friends, let’s talk about #32 on our list: Martin Gelinas, otherwise known as “The Eliminator.”
Player, 2002-04; Assistant Coach, 2012-21; Development Coach, 2021-present A Quebec product, Gelinas played his junior hockey with the Hull Olympiques and was drafted by Los Angeles in the 1988 NHL Draft. He was traded to Edmonton in the Wayne Gretzky trade and subsequently spent time with Quebec, Vancouver and Carolina.