Lidstrom: the second best Red Wing all time?

Pablo Fanque · 06-05-2008, 01:24 AM

I think it would be pretty hard to argue convincingly that Gordie Howe wasn't the greatest player in Red Wings franchise history. He's Mr. Hockey for **** sake.

The obvious name that would be mentioned for no. 2 best player would be Steve Yzerman.

As much as I thought Steve Yzerman was great -- my favorite NHL player ever -- Lidstrom's gotta be right there with him.

Lidstrom:

Plays constantly. The guy's practically the Lou Gehrig of hockey.
He logs a ****load of minutes, playing against the opposing teams' best lines, night in, night out
He's won 5 Norris Trophies, soon to be six
He's been no. 1 or no. 2 on the Norris Trophy ballot nine (9) times!
He's never had a major penalty
He has 4 Stanley Cups

Yzerman himself said Lidstrom was the best player he's ever played with, an amazing statement considering Stevie played with a ton of hall-of-famers like Shanahan, Hull, Chelios, Vernon, Federov, Larionov (the "Russian Wayne Gretzky"), Fetisov, etc.

What do you think?

06-05-2008, 01:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pablo Fanque Walk-On 25,000+ posts Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Plymouth, Michigan Posts: 26,756 #8 Kirk Cousins	Lidstrom: the second best Red Wing all time? I think it would be pretty hard to argue convincingly that Gordie Howe wasn't the greatest player in Red Wings franchise history. He's Mr. Hockey for ** sake. The obvious name that would be mentioned for no. 2 best player would be Steve Yzerman. As much as I thought Steve Yzerman was great -- my favorite NHL player ever -- Lidstrom's gotta be right there with him. Lidstrom: Plays constantly. The guy's practically the Lou Gehrig of hockey. He logs a **load of minutes, playing against the opposing teams' best lines, night in, night out He's won 5 Norris Trophies, soon to be six He's been no. 1 or no. 2 on the Norris Trophy ballot nine (9) times! He's never had a major penalty He has 4 Stanley Cups Yzerman himself said Lidstrom was the best player he's ever played with, an amazing statement considering Stevie played with a ton of hall-of-famers like Shanahan, Hull, Chelios, Vernon, Federov, Larionov (the "Russian Wayne Gretzky"), Fetisov, etc. What do you think? __________________ + 1953 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1969 1978 1984 1987 1990 1993 1995 1999 2001 2008 2009