To build on a previous post: the Flames came from humble beginnings in regards to centres, which is to say, they had none. At all. For years, cries of "Please get Iggy a number one centre!" went unfulfilled, and instead, the Flames tried different strategies.
Remember Alex Tanguay the centre? What the hell was that?
It goes without saying that these different strategies never worked. Craig Conroy was one of the best Jarome Iginla ever played with (and all love and respect to Connie, but...), and it was only once Iginla was traded away the Flames were able to draft a future potential number one in Sean Monahan.