Players who have left the red wings and watched their careers disappea

[Patrick Roy 5]

Ray Sheppard, Paul Yzerbart, Paul Coffey, Steve Duschene, etc. help me complete the list...

I figure we can add Glass Jaw and Hossa to that list as well...

Detroit has a solid system in place...that is why guys like Cleary, Samuelsson, etc. can step in and play out of their minds and then disappear after they leave town...like Sheppard, and Yzerbart, etc.

[Patrick Roy 5]

hindsight is always 20/20:

http://thegregger63.wordpress.com/category/uwe-krupp/

Let's talk about Hossa at this time next year and see how we all feel!

[titanium2 867]

I don't remember Duchesne leaving. I thought the Wings chose not to offer him a contract.

[MadMan Mark 0]

Amen

[AtomicPunk 296]

How could we forget Martin LaPointe?

Oh, wait...once he left he was easy to forget about.

[gcom007 1,465]

Ummm, Hossa's been a superstar player for awhile now. His one season for the Wings was par for the course for him and not even his best. Nice try though.

[gcom007 1,465]

And Paul Coffey was 90 when he left, wasn't he? His career was already over.

This thread is absurd.

[Louisville 112]

Sergei Fedorov anyone? He was still good when he left but never the same player.

[tux 0]

Ray Sheppard, Paul Yzerbart, Paul Coffey, Steve Duschene, etc. help me complete the list...

I figure we can add Glass Jaw and Hossa to that list as well...

Detroit has a solid system in place...that is why guys like Cleary, Samuelsson, etc. can step in and play out of their minds and then disappear after they leave town...like Sheppard, and Yzerbart, etc.

Don't forget about Fedorov.

[rick zombo 3,739]

This is an interesting thread. But I don't think Hossa will disappear. That's laughable.

Schneider would make my list though.

[Louisville 112]

And Paul Coffey was 90 when he left, wasn't he? His career was already over.

This thread is absurd.

What? Coffey was still good when he was traded, and I remember many Wings fans being not too pleased with Scotty after getting rid of him. Good thing it worked out.

Granted, he didn't do much after but neither did his teams.

Your absurd.

[betterREDthandead 58]

Coffey and Duchesne were on the downswing of their careers when they left here, what's that prove? And we traded Sheppard, it's not like he up and left when we wanted to keep him, and besides that he still had a pretty solid career after leaving. I don't get this.

Besides, Hossa's not suddenly going to suck next year. What kind of sour grapes is this?

[10 Minute Misconduct 104]

Hossa had 100 points with the Trashers.

'Nuff said.

[scotzman 29]

Don't forget about Fedorov.

Primeau, Dandenault, Derveraux, Lapointe, and the biggest loser had to be Feds. He never lived up to potential in Anaheim and eventually Columbus.

[Mjolman 0]

kozlov, even though i hated seeing him go.

[GMRwings1983 8,803]

Marian Hossa.

[b.shanafan14 733]

haha unfortunately, there is no possible way to flop as bad as Krupp did for the Wings, and I wouldn't wish that on Hossa either way. Sucks he left for a rival, but thats that.

[tux 0]

Marian Hossa.

I see what you did there.

Well played.

[scotzman 29]

Primeau, Dandenault, Derveraux, Lapointe, and the biggest loser had to be Feds. He never lived up to potential in Anaheim and eventually Columbus.

Forgot about Schneider... wah-wah. Anaheim, Atlanta, Montreal... where to next?

By the way, I don't know what the original poster was thinking, but I would say, whether the player was traded or left town, which former Wing has left or been traded and played out of his mind? Adam Oates... anyone else?

[b.shanafan14 733]

Fedorov more than anyone. Lapointe gets honorable mention. Hossa was great before and will be after. I wish him personal luck and a great professional career with Chicago, just not against the Wings.

[gcom007 1,465]

What? Coffey was still good when he was traded, and I remember many Wings fans being not too pleased with Scotty after getting rid of him. Good thing it worked out.

Granted, he didn't do much after but neither did his teams.

Your absurd.

He got dealt to the floundering Whalers and "he was good" is really relative. Coffey was on the tail end of a long career and even suggested that he'd retire if traded. Fans might not have been thrilled at the thought of losing Coffey, but the second Shanahan was introduced as a Wing in a game the night of the trade, they instantly forgot.

[Guest Shoreline]

Ysebaert was flaky anyways, so I wouldn't say his career disappeared after he left. Keith Primeau cannot even be mentioned, he was just as good when he left for years, and his production went down as his career went on like most players. Dandy, Devereaux, those guys were never good and still performed as usual after they left. Coffey, Sheppard, and Duchesne, I defer to BRTD.

We could also come up with a very decent list of players who had even better careers when they left the Wings.

There's no reason to be vengeful about Hossa signing with the Hawks. He was a rental all along, this was emphasized time and time again, he didn't keep the Wings hanging.. there's NO reason to have ill feelings.

[mmorland 16]

Ysebaert was flaky anyways, so I wouldn't say his career disappeared after he left. Keith Primeau cannot even be mentioned, he was just as good when he left for years, and his production went down as his career went on like most players. Dandy, Devereaux, those guys were never good and still performed as usual after they left. Coffey, Sheppard, and Duchesne, I defer to BRTD.

We could also come up with a very decent list of players who had even better careers when they left the Wings.

There's no reason to be vengeful about Hossa signing with the Hawks. He was a rental all along, this was emphasized time and time again, he didn't keep the Wings hanging.. there's NO reason to have ill feelings.

[T.Low 1,011]

Ray Sheppard, Paul Yzerbart, Paul Coffey, Steve Duschene, etc. help me complete the list...

I figure we can add Glass Jaw and Hossa to that list as well...

Detroit has a solid system in place...that is why guys like Cleary, Samuelsson, etc. can step in and play out of their minds and then disappear after they leave town...like Sheppard, and Yzerbart, etc.

You mean the Little Cheeky Bastard.

How 'bout an ex Wing that has gone on to enjoy great success.

Feder...no...

Schnei...no...

Bertu...no...

Sha...no...

uhh...anybody?

(...crickets...)

Seriously, though, anybody?

[gcom007 1,465]

Ysebaert was flaky anyways, so I wouldn't say his career disappeared after he left. Keith Primeau cannot even be mentioned, he was just as good when he left for years, and his production went down as his career went on like most players. Dandy, Devereaux, those guys were never good and still performed as usual after they left. Coffey, Sheppard, and Duchesne, I defer to BRTD.

We could also come up with a very decent list of players who had even better careers when they left the Wings.

There's no reason to be vengeful about Hossa signing with the Hawks. He was a rental all along, this was emphasized time and time again, he didn't keep the Wings hanging.. there's NO reason to have ill feelings.

Yeah, I would say it's more like Primeau's career appeared once he left Detroit. He struggled immensely here to get going and always had the whole Jagr thing hanging over his head. Once dealt, he found some calm and became a steady leader and pretty descent player.