Flames Best #27 Of All Time: Eric Vail

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty ImagesOnce again we’re jumping into the time machine to back to the prehistoric roots of the Flames and look at the first player to ever wear #27, who turned out to be the best #27 in Flames history and that player is named Eric Vail.

Eric Vail was a member of the Atlanta and Calgary Flames from 1973 to 1982 and was a points producing machine during his tenure in the league. For seven consecutive seasons Vail never had a point total under 45 with his best point year coming in 1978-79 where he scored 35 goals and had 48 assists.

Vail would break into the NHL with Atlanta after being a second round pick in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft. As a rookie in 1974-75 he would…