In the illustrious history of the Calgary Flames, they’ve had some legends play for their club well after they’d already been established as legends of the sport. Remember when Jaromir Jagr was briefly a Flame? That was fun.
But Sergei Makarov is an exception: he was likely already a Hall of Famer before he arrived in North America, but his performances wearing the Flaming C erased any doubts about his excellence. He’s #31 on our countdown.
Player, 1989-93 A product of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Makarov came up through his local minor hockey system and joined Russia’s famed CSKA Moscow (Red Army) system in 1978.