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Originally Posted by Pablo Fanque
Why? Lidstrom has been captain for how many years? Three seasons? In that time, he's brought one Stanley Cup and, if I remember right, 2 President's Trophies.
Some of you have short memories. There were a few seasons there in the early to mid 90's when Yzerman's teams just couldn't get it done in the playoffs. They lost to worse teams and looked bad doing it at times. YZERMAN WAS ALMOST TRADED FOR **** SAKE. Management wanted him gone but Illitch, wisely, told them that Yzerman stays put. Sportswriters and fans were calling for his head and claiming that he would never be a great leader until he could win a cup. So for as talented as he was, his "leadership abilities" were questionable (or at least questioned) for years!
Not bashing Yzerman. He's my favorite NHL player. But let's not go off the deep end about what a tremendous captain he was. It took him years to make that team his and help it get a Stanley Cup and he didn't do it alone.
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Two seasons. 2 Central Division Championships, 2 Western Conference Regular Season Championships, 1 Presidents' Trophy, 1 Western Conference Championship, 1 Stanley Cup
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"Picked off by Michigan State, 3 on 1 down the ice. Abdelkader to the slot, fires. OFF THE POST! Over to the near boards, picked up by the Spartans. 25 seconds left in the period. Around behind the net, Kennedy. Kennedy out in front. GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLL! MICHIGAN STATE SCORES! OH MY GOODNESS! The Spartans, with 19 seconds to play have taken a 2-1 lead over Boston College!"
-Scott Moore, calling Justin Abdelkader's National Championship Winning Goal, 4/7/07
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