The Top 20 Red Wings of All-Time, #1

[SoupNazi]

Inspired by the Yzerman thread, I figured we'd go ahead and start this up.

Vote, discuss, and post an addition if you want.

We'll keep each poll open for 48 hours or so.

My personal rankings would be to judge each player on their contributions to the Red Wings, but since everyone is different, each person's rankings may be different.

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[SoupNazi]

Personally, I'm voting Howe on this one.

 

[Winger98]

I'm not sure how you could vote for someone other than Gordie for this. I think the second spot is more interesting where we see St. Nick going against The Captain.

 

[SoupNazi]

I'm not sure how you could vote for someone other than Gordie for this. I think the second spot is more interesting where we see St. Nick going against The Captain.

My thinking as well.

I'll probably end up closing this one by tomorrow and starting the second one, which is where I see a lot of discussion and debate starting.

 

[TheRatPoisoner]

Gordie. No brainer

 

[Ezekial]

Howe, easy.

 

[Bench]

Mr. Hockey.

 

[KJoe88]

Wowza. The top 10 should be interesting.

Howe #1 though.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

If we are going on talent it is Howe.

But if I just think pure Red Wings, I have to go with the guy who even has a C on his banner.

 

[Flowah]

I'm not sure how you could vote for someone other than Gordie for this. I think the second spot is more interesting where we see St. Nick going against The Captain.

As clear as you think Howe should be #1, I think it's just as obvious Steve should be #2.

The man was the catalyst for the success the Red Wings have had for 20+ years. He was a warrior, a gentleman, an elite hockey player. Lidstrom is one of the best defensemen of all time, but he wasn't the heart and soul like Yzerman was to me.

 

[Martinez]

The Captain

 

[Rzombo4 prez]

Uncle Gordie. He was more dominant in his era than Yzerman in his.

 

[SoupNazi]

Anyone have any suggestions for an add?

I grabbed 20 players at random off of a top 30 list but am not sure if anyone else has anyone they want to vote on.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Anyone have any suggestions for an add?

I grabbed 20 players at random off of a top 30 list but am not sure if anyone else has anyone they want to vote on.

Osgood should come in ahead of several of the guys already listed here in my opinion.

Also Ebbie Goodfellow is a no-brainer in terms of an add, the biggest omission in my opinion.

Quackenbush should also be listed ahead of other names here.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I would have probably voted for Gordie but I've never seen him so I just voted yzerman. I expect mr hockey to win

 

[Bench]

Next round is tough. I think Yzerman personifies the Red Wings during his tenure. But Lidstrom was probably the better player... so...

 

[Martinez]

If I could pick one red wing player to represent our organization, the guy who I think is the greatest Wing ever, it's a no brainer for me. The Captain, Steve Yzerman.
Gordie is a top 5 player of all time
Lids is a top 5 defender of all time
But there is only one guy known as the captain, the greatest captain we've had.

 

[Red Stanley]

These cross-era sports comparisons remind me of the rap battles of history series on youtube.

 

[RabidBadger]

Señor Hockey is my choice. On a side note, I think Sawchuk is the guy that gets overlooked the most. He put up numbers that took future goalies decades to come near.

 

[TooFlashy]

Primeau LOL.remove that loser
add ullman/goodfellow

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Señor Hockey is my choice. On a side note, I think Sawchuk is the guy that gets overlooked the most. He put up numbers that took future goalies decades to come near.

Yeah he's pretty underrated for one of the best goalies of all time

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Mr Hockey.

Add Osgood.

 

[needzmoarcleary]

Went with Mr. Hockey. Between him, stevie and Lids it's kind of a toss up since I never got to see Mr. Hockey play. All three contributed a ton to this organization and were all very important Wings.

 

[Peter Tosh]

I find it hard to compare players from back in the days with players that I actually have experienced during their active careers. My list, since 1995, when I started following DRW would probably look something like this:

1. Lidström
2. Yzerman
3. Fedorov
4. Datsyuk
5. Zetterberg
6. Shanahan
7. Chelios
8. Konstantinov
9. Osgood
10. Hasek
11. Larionov
12. Kronwall
13. Draper
14. Rafalski
15. Vernon
16. Maltby
17. Holmström
18. Cleary
19. Kozlov
20. McCarty

 

[SpookyTsuki]

I find it hard to compare players from back in the days with players that I actually have experienced during their active careers. My list, since 1995, when I started following DRW would probably look something like this:

1. Lidström
2. Yzerman
3. Fedorov
4. Datsyuk
5. Zetterberg
6. Shanahan
7. Chelios
8. Konstantinov
9. Osgood
10. Hasek
11. Larionov
12. Kronwall
13. Draper
14. Rafalski
15. Vernon
16. Maltby
17. Holmström
18. Cleary
19. Kozlov
20. McCarty

I don't know why people have hasek. He wasn't that great of a wing. He only played for a couple years