"Time passes in funny ways. Certain events that happened 10, 20 years ago can feel disturbingly fresh (especially as you get older). At the same time, other similarly spaced moments seem more like ancient history than a contemporary occurrence.

Personally speaking, it's almost hard to believe that the Calgary Flames made their run to the Stanley Cup finals in 2004. Blame it on the lockout and all that changed after it if you'd like, but it almost feels like Jarome Iginla and Miikka Kiprusoff's captivating run to just short of a championship was mummified in an Egyptian tomb or carved in some prehistoric cave.

Obviously, neither franchise player has gone anywhere, but they've been bumped down the league-wide totem pole for such a long time that it's easy to forget that they've been collecting the kind of numbers that allow them to knock on history's door. That's especially true for Kipper because Iginla has at least been a very productive first-line forward.

Iginla is making his way toward being the Flames' franchise all-everything when it comes to scoring, but it seems like Kipper's work was slipping under the radar. (Struggling mightily for a season or two and missing the playoffs here and there will do that.)"