When scrolling through the franchise record book, MacInnis pops up everywhere, naturally. Third all-time in career points (822) and first among defencemen, a whopping 378 ahead of second-positioned Paul Reinhart. Third highest in regular-season games played (803), first in assists (609) and seventh in goals (213). No one has collected more playoff points (102) over the course of a Calgary career and while modelling Flames' silks he became one of only five D-men in history to crack the 100-point plateau, reaching an astounding 103 during the run of the 1990-91 season.
"Did I realize what I was doing that year?'' MacInnis confessed later, in retirement. "Not really. I mean, I look at it now, and go 'Wow. A hundred points.'
"Seems crazy."
The personal high-water mark, though, undoubtedly arrived during those '89 playoffs. En route to the Conn Smythe Trophy as post-season MVP, MacInnis became the first at his position to lead in scoring, with 31 points, and finished with a 17-game scoring streak, the longest by a defenceman in NHL playoff history.
Following a dozen seasons of gathering achievement at the Saddledome, the team's first pick (15th overall) in the 1981 entry draft would go on to ongoing success in St. Louis. He collected his only Norris Trophy as top defenceman out in the Show Me State, but it was here that MacInnis developed his all-around game to an elite level, made his name, where he reached the pinnacle of the profession and savoured the ultimate moment.
"Thinking back, that Stanley Cup is the one thing I'm proudest of in my career,'' he said. "No question. That's what you dream about as a kid, on the street or down at the local rink. Someone's Danny Gallivan, announcing the game, right? And everyone is pretending to be their favorite player.
"And you always win Game 7, score the big goal and get to lift the Cup.
"And there I was, living that dream.
"I'll always be tied to the Flames' franchise, the city of Calgary. That's how it should be. I wouldn't want it any other way."