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Originally Posted by Detroiter
Thank you. Finally someone that gets it. Yzerman is so badly underrated even by Wings fans that it's disgusting. It surprises me how much more he is respected outside of Detroit than he is by his own fans. It almost makes me wish that Yzerman had played somewhere else.
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Yzerman might be a little underrated simply because he was scoring 50+ goals a season from 1988-1993 when the Wing's stunk. It wasn't until the finals loss to the Devils that people started to take notice of the team. Stevie put aside goal scoring to win Stanley Cups so many people that ended up being huge Red Wing fans were not there to see him when he was a scoring machine. Yzerman is honored and respected by even those sports fans that don't follow hockey. The city of Detroit still greatly appreciates him. The bottom line is that some may underrate his scoring ability, but nobody underrates his leadership and work ethic.