Datsyuk really loses his one argument we always get to use with him in this case. There is so much more than points, well Fedorov did it too, you had guys like Lemieux and Gretzky calling him the toughest matchup in hockey. They hated playing against the guy.
I figured some would harbor the good old Sam Jones argument, assassinate his character as some locker room cancer and pick on his he didn't play at that level every night. Most of the points being made here are saying why didn't he play at that level every night, guess what the guy isn't a machine, nobody has played at his highest level every night ever. Somehow that needs to be attached to Fedorov especially those that dislike him. That is ultimately unfair, what Fedorov was is our first Hart Trophy winner since Gordie Howe, our most talented player since Mr. Hockey, maybe ever.
My favorite players are Yzerman, Lidstrom, and Zetterberg, I don't know who else will come after them, but the most complete hockey player and the best hockey player I have seen on the Wings is Fedorov. Really the Eurotwins remain a ways off the trio of Lidstrom, Yzerman, and Fedorov. You can call that being sentimental for the time before, but in my case as many of you know Zetterberg has boarder on the unthinkable in that I like him as much as I liked Yzerman and he doesn't belong on that next tier, neither does Dats.