The Zetterberg Era
Ball Hockey Sucks
Damn, by that logic guys like Vanek and Tarasenko should have been out of the league years ago.
Hell, Yzerman was one of the WORST players defensively for the first 10+ years of his career.
Yzerman was never a terrible defensive player, anybody suggesting that doesn't remember him.
He evolved into a Selke winner, but he was tasked with checking Gretzky and the big boy lines clear back to the mid-to-late 80's. He would gamble for offense at times but he was still above average defensively even before the Bowman lore starts in his career.