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Originally Posted by Pablo Fanque
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?
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They are both great players, however, Stevie Y wins the 2nd best Wings all time. The guy is far and away my favorite professional player to watch and respect. The fact that Yzerman compliments him in that way adds to the respect. He changed his game when Bowman showed up. The Wings were struggling mightly when Yzerman came into the league. Blew out a knee that normally is career ending and personally carried the Wings to the Cup in 2002. It's a tough call because both guys are classy. In another thread some Pitt fan tried to compare Crosby with Stevie Y. That is a joke right now. Someday? Doubtful. He must have been watching too much of the NBC pimp cast of "the Kid".