uhhh..
-Finished top 10 in scoring 5 times from 1984-1993
(After 1993, he started developing his defensive game while still putting up great numbers)
-1989 Lester B award
-1998 Conn Smythe
-2000 Selke Award
-Captain from 1987-2006
-lead his team to the Cup in 1997, 1998, and 2002 and lead his team in points 2 out of 3 of those years.
and you put him 10th....
Like I said, Yzerman had a very good career. That does not change the fact that each player I put higher on the list had a better career than him.
Let's go through your arguments:
-Finished
top 10 in scoring 5 times from 1984-1993
Lindsay finished
top 5 in scoring 6 times, Howe 20 times.
-1989 Lester B award
Of the players on my list only Lidstrom and Hasek were eligible for the award during their peak.
Hasek won it twice. It's now called the Ted Lindsay award btw.
-1998 Conn Smythe
Lidstrom and Hall have one too. Besides, it has only been awarded since 1965.
-2000 Selke Award
You are right about this, no other player on my list has a Selke. The players above him on my list have
15 Norrises, 12 Vezinas and 8 Harts combined though.
-Captain from 1987-2006
Noone beats him there, good point.
-lead his team to the Cup in 1997, 1998, and 2002
Doug Harvey won the Cup
six times, Red Kelly
eight.
-lead his team in points 2 out of 3 of those years.
Gordie Howe was the leading playoff scorer
six times.
On all the points you listed, except number of years as a captain and winning a Selke, others on the list equal or surpass Yzerman's accomplishments. None of this means that Yzerman career wasn't spectacular, it's just that he doesn't have the same kind of hardware as the others.
Are you stupid or something?
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Nice discussing with you too. Hope to hear soon from you again.