The Montreal Canadiens had their big three on the blueline in Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe and Serge Savard. Maybe no team will ever equal that kind of top-end defense corps again.

Since then, teams have had two high-end blueliners. Think about Detroit with Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Chelios or Anaheim with Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer, just to name a couple of them.

Calgary has incredible potential to boast three top-flight defensemen with the addition of Jay Bouwmeester to a crew that already boasts Robyn Regehr and Dion Phaneuf.

By acquiring Bouwmeester by trade at the draft and then inking him to a six-year, $33-million contract, the Flames have the potential for the best trio since Anaheim's 2007 Stanley Cup-winning crew which featured Pronger, ...More