10 Greatest Red Wings Of All Time...

[BeeRYCE 2]

I spin off way too many threads, but it is a topic that I haven't really seen discussed here for the 3 years I've been here so why not?

Note: This is only counting their time with the Red Wings. It's fair to say a guy like Dominik Hasek is one of the best goalies ever, and Chris Chelios is one of the better defensemen ever, but their best days were not with the Wings... So including them in the top 10 seems invalid.

Anyways...

1. Gordie Howe

2. Steve Yzerman

3. Terry Sawchuk

4. Nicklas Lidstrom

5. Sergei Fedorov

6. Ted Lindsay

7. Alex Delvecchio

8. Red Kelly

9. Brendan Shanahan

10. Norm Ullman

Edited April 1, 2008 by BeeRYCE

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

I spin off way too many threads, but it is a topic that I haven't really seen discussed here for the 3 years I've been here so why not?

Note: This is only counting their time with the Red Wings. It's fair to say a guy like Dominik Hasek is one of the best goalies ever, and Chris Chelios is one of the better defensemen ever, but their best days were not with the Wings... So including them in the top 10 seems invalid.

Anyways...

1. Gordie Howe

2. Steve Yzerman

3. Terry Sawchuk

4. Nicklas Lidstrom

5. Sergei Fedorov

6. Ted Lindsay

7. Alex Delvecchio

8. Red Kelly

9. Brendan Shanahan

10. Norm Ullman

I love Stevie Y, but there's no way he's above Gordie Howe. Yes, I know he was better defensively and all that, but back then being a complete player didn't mean as much. Hell, Fedorov was a more complete player than Gordie Howe, but that doesn't mean he should be ahead of him too.

Otherwise, your list looks pretty much what mine would look like if I wasn't too lazy to make one.

[BeeRYCE 2]

I love Stevie Y, but there's no way he's above Gordie Howe. Yes, I know he was better defensively and all that, but back then being a complete player didn't mean as much. Hell, Fedorov was a more complete player than Gordie Howe, but that doesn't mean he should be ahead of him too.

Otherwise, your list looks pretty much what mine would look like if I wasn't too lazy to make one.

Are you lazy or high? I didn't put Stevie above Howe...

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Are you lazy or high? I didn't put Stevie above Howe...

Sorry, I guess I'm a little bit of both.

Oh well, I'll just save that post for whoever puts Stevie ahead of Howe, since I know someone will.

[Never_Retire_Steve 35]

Sorry, I guess I'm a little bit of both.

Oh well, I'll just save that post for whoever puts Stevie ahead of Howe, since I know someone will.

You're right....... I will

1. Yzerman

2. Howe

3. Sawchuk

4. Lidstrom

5. Lindsay

6. Delvecchio

7. Abel

8. Kelly

9. Ullman

10. Fedorov

[Guest Hank=FutureCaptain]

You're right....... I will

1. Yzerman

2. Howe

Same here...

[Drapes33 0]

Same here...

No one is going to go out on a limb and pick Jamie Macoun?????

WTF

[HomeNugget 2]

i love Steve Yzerman, but there is no way he's above Gordie Howe. the thread title is 10 GREATEST Red Wings, not 10 FAVORITE Red Wings.

1. Gordie Howe

2. Steve Yzerman

3.Terry Sawchuk

4. Nicklas Lidstrom

5. Ted Lindsay

6. Red Kelly

7. Sergei Fedorov

8. Alex Delvecchio

the top eight is set in stone for me. any number of guys could be argued into the last two spots.

[Dano33 41]

i love Steve Yzerman, but there is no way he's above Gordie Howe. the thread title is 10 GREATEST Red Wings, not 10 FAVORITE Red Wings.

1. Gordie Howe

2. Steve Yzerman

3.Terry Sawchuk

4. Nicklas Lidstrom

5. Ted Lindsay

6. Red Kelly

7. Sergei Fedorov

8. Alex Delvecchio

the top eight is set in stone for me. any number of guys could be argued into the last two spots.

Like Tomas Sandstrom and Yves Racine?

[HomeNugget 2]

Like Tomas Sandstrom and Yves Racine?

i was thinking more along the lines of brendan shanahan, norm ullman or ebbie goodfellow.

[timothy1997 0]

#1 Uwe Krupp

[Booster313 138]

What about players like Chelios, Hasek, and Hull...how much of their career do they have to play here to be consider greatest Wings of all time. Because those 3 certainly would qualify and some of the greatest in their respective roles.

[BeeRYCE 2]

What about players like Chelios, Hasek, and Hull...how much of their career do they have to play here to be consider greatest Wings of all time. Because those 3 certainly would qualify and some of the greatest in their respective roles.

Read my original post.

It's strictly based on their tenures with the Wings. Hasek, Hull, Robitaille, Chelios, Murphy, Sittler, Bucyk, Dionne, Coffey, Harvey, Salming... Are all elite names that have worn a Red Wing uniform, but their prime of their careers weren't with the Wings and/or they didn't spend nearly enough time with the Wings.

[Booster313 138]

LOL I guess it's late..and I should read before I post.

[Barrie 900]

1. Gordie Howe

2. Steve Yzerman

3. Terry Sawchuk

4. Nicklas Lidstrom

5. Sergei Fedorov

6. Ted Lindsay

7. Alex Delvecchio

8. Red Kelly

9. Brendan Shanahan

10. Norm Ullman

Good list BeeRYCE, the only thing I would do is switch Delvecchio and Fedorov, just because of the number of games Delvecchio played.

[miller76 463]

1. Gordie Howe

3. Steve Yzerman

4. Terry Sawchuk

5. Ted Lindsay

6. Alex Delvecchio

7. Sid Abel

8. Niklas Lidstrom

9. Norm Ullman

10. Red Kelly

Honorable mentions:

a. Larry Murphy

b. Kris Draper

c. Brendan Shanahan

Edited April 1, 2008 by miller76

[BeeRYCE 2]

1. Gordie Howe

3. Steve Yzerman

4. Terry Sawchuk

5. Ted Lindsay

6. Alex Delvecchio

7. Sid Abel

8. Niklas Lidstrom

9. James Norris

10. Red Kelly

Honorable mentions:

a. Norm Ullman

b. Larry Murphy

c. Kris Draper

d. Brendan Shanahan

James Norris was an owner...

[miller76 463]

James Norris was an owner...

I fixed it. Thanks. I typed the wrong name on there.

[arnoldbuck 0]

I could only think of Eight. haha.

Uwe Krupp

Michael Samuelson

Jason Williams

Robert Lang

Cory Cross

Mark Mowers

Tim Cheveldae

Andreas Lilja

and truth be told I really sont want Lang or Lilja on the list, I actually like/liked them.

[Cicada 4]

I could only think of Eight. haha.

Uwe Krupp

Michael Samuelson

Jason Williams

Robert Lang

Cory Cross

Mark Mowers

Tim Cheveldae

Andreas Lilja

and truth be told I really sont want Lang or Lilja on the list, I actually like/liked them.

no place for the true goliaths of the 99 trade deadline?

ulf samuelsson and wendel clark?

[Reds4Life 51]

1. Gordie Howe

2. Nicklas Lidstrom

3. Steve Yzerman

4. Red Kelly

5. Terry Sawchuk

6. Ted Lindsay

7. Alex Delvecchio

8. Sid Abel

9. Sergei Fedorov

10. Chris Chelios

HM: Larry Murphy, Brendan Shanahan

Edited April 1, 2008 by Reds4Life

[Sergeiwasmyfav 0]

1. Gordie Howe

2. Steve Yzerman

3. Ted Lindsay

4. Terry Sawchuk

5. Sid Abel

6. Alex Delvecchio

7. Nicklas Lidstrom

8. Sergei Fedorov

9. Red Kelly

10. Mickey Redmond (My own personal bias here)

[zombiewing 3]

no place for the true goliaths of the 99 trade deadline?

ulf samuelsson and wendel clark?

lest we forget

the legendary Maxim "great upside on that big kid" Kuznetzov

or even shawn "wow, he got fat" Burr

Edited April 1, 2008 by zombiewing

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Why the hell isn't Probert on more people's lists? He should get special consideration just for what he did for the team. Hell, if it were up to me, he'd be in the Hall of Fame.

[BeeRYCE 2]

Why the hell isn't Probert on more people's lists? He should get special consideration just for what he did for the team. Hell, if it were up to me, he'd be in the Hall of Fame.

I love Probert, I know him personally, and he is perhaps the best enforcer to ever play... But his Red Wing career was no more spectacular than guys like Draper, Osgood, Zetterberg, Datsyuk, etc. If you want to make an argument for Probie, you might as well include them guys as well.