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Originally Posted by Detroiter
I would have to say no. No, I don't know the years and I really don't care. I just know that there were years he didn't deserve it, kind of like that conn smythe in 2002 that should've went to Yzerman. You also have to remember that Lidstrom didn't start his NHL career at as young of an age as Yzerman and he didn't have to carry a team like Yzerman did. For years, Yzerman was the team. So Yzerman had more wear and tear on him than Lidstrom. Lidstrom started when he was 22, well when Yzerman was that age that was when he suffered his knee injury that should've ended his career. He was suppose to retire, but he chose not to. So all that time Yzerman played on a bad knee. Just think what he would've did with a healthy knee.
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The things you are unable to do on the ice or the playing field don't count in your favor. If they did, Vladimir Konstantinov would be the best defenseman of the last 30 years. No, ever! We can imagine all the success he would have had if only he hadn't been in that car accident.
Yzerman "was the team" for about 3 years. By the late 80's, the Wings were a playoff caliber team and there was talent around him. By the early 1990s, when guys like Federov, Lidstrom and Konstantinov came along, the team was loaded. MOST OF YZERMAN'S CAREER WAS PLAYED WHILE ON GOOD TEAMS. You can keep saying otherwise, but the numbers don't support you.
You can talk about Lidstrom starting at age 22. Who the eff cares? He's 37 and playing as well as anyone in the NHL! In terms of ability and stamina, he's got plenty left in the tank. He's not done playing yet.