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[Jedi]

To help pass the time during the lockout, the Detroit Red Wings and Farmers Insurance are hosting a bracket style vote with the fans voting on the greatest Red Wing Alum of all time.

Each day, the fans will vote on one matchup between two players (32 total players). The bracket, shown below, is up on the Wings Twitter and Facebook pages.

Should be interesting to see who the fans vote as the greatest.

[Nev]

Of course, after umpteen rounds we all know its going to come down to Yzerman v Lidstrom v Howe. I would have put Sawchuk in there as the 4th semi-finalist, but they've got him in the same bracket at Yzerman, so Lindsay or Fedorov then.

[GMRwings1983]

Fans will obviously vote for Yzerman, because the twitter people are too young to remember Gordie Howe or what he did for the franchise and the NHL in general.

[55fan]

Holy crap. Some of those match-ups are hardly fair and others are too close to call. I think it stands to reason that whomever gets paired with Yzerman is screwed. Imagine me voting against Murph!

[GoWings1905]

Stevie is going to win this easily. The generation that will vote primarily connects with him the most.

Lots of special names on that bracket.

[frankgrimes]

I expect it to come down to Stevie versus Lidas

[martinezsvsu]

stevie y easily, more voters watched him play than they watched gordie play.

[DRAPES RULES]

who is Lidas ?

[The Axe]

Yzerman / Lebda.

[Gordie Howe hat trick]

I personally would have Gordie win if I filled it all out. But I think in the first round the closest match-up is Shanny, and Dino. I do love them both.

[Nev]

Mickey Redmond v Igor Larionov today, tougher than I thought. Larionov was clearly a better player overall, won 3 cups with Detroit and also scored one of the most iconic goals in RW history. But Redmond was a very good player on a very bad Wings team, but furthermore, and perhaps more importantly, has gone on to be the voice of the Redwings.

[Johnz96]

Fans will obviously vote for Yzerman, because the twitter people are too young to remember Gordie Howe or what he did for the franchise and the NHL in general.

I'm too young too.
I've been a Wings fans since 77. Dale Mccourt gave me an autographed stick after a game in the 77 OHL playoffs, he went on to lead my hometown Hamilton Fincups to their second consecutive Memorial Cup championship. The wings drafted him 1st over all and he led them in scoring as an 18 yr old. He never lived up to expectations however. I heard rumors that it was because he became an alcoholic. But I remained a Wings fan and went through some lean years.
Yzerman would have to be the greatest wing alum that I have seen

Edited by Johnz96, 21 September 2012 - 01:00 PM.

[irishock]

No way Howe beats Yzerman. Sorry. Nobody would say that Wilt is the GOAT, not Michael.

Edited by irishock, 21 September 2012 - 05:09 PM.

[Motown4013]

How about Cheli and vladdy. I wish that Vladdy had been able to play longer...he was amazing to watch

[toby91_ca]

I expect it to come down to Stevie versus Lidas

Impossible for 2 reasons:

1) Lidas does not exist
2) Seriously though, typo aside, Yzerman and Lidstrom could only meet in the semis, not the finals.

Shanny vs. Fedorov is a good second round matchup

[Barrie]

I'll be honest, I'd vote Yzerman every time.

[Jedi]

Impossible for 2 reasons:

1) Lidas does not exist
2) Seriously though, typo aside, Yzerman and Lidstrom could only meet in the semis, not the finals.

Shanny vs. Fedorov is a good second round matchup

Look at the bracket again. Lidstrom and Yzerman are in different "conferences" (so to speak), so it's definitely possible for them to face off in the finals. Whoever designed the bracket did an odd job of it, with the finals lines above and below the Farmers Insurance logo, rather than on opposite ends of it to the left and right.

[toby91_ca]

Look at the bracket again. Lidstrom and Yzerman are in different "conferences" (so to speak), so it's definitely possible for them to face off in the finals. Whoever designed the bracket did an odd job of it, with the finals lines above and below the Farmers Insurance logo, rather than on opposite ends of it to the left and right.

Yeah, I see that now, it originally looked like you would get a winner from the Yzerman bracket take on the winner from the Lidstrom bracket...the winner of which would be in the final against the winner between the Lindsay and Howe brackets.

I'll be interested to see the results from Lidstrom vs. Howe as I assume that is what it will come to in the semis. My guess is the Lidstrom would win because of population likely to be voting on this.

[Opie]

For me this is a two horse race.
Stevie and Gordie.
My eyes lean towards Stevie, but Gordie was Mr Red Wing for many many years before Stevie even put the Winged Wheel on.

My final 4 based on those brackets would be
Yzerman Vs. Feds /Lindsay(the man doesn't get the credit he deserves)
Howe Vs. Lidstrom/Abel (this one is a close one for me but I go with Lids due to seeing him play)

[Jedi]

I'll be interested to see the results from Lidstrom vs. Howe as I assume that is what it will come to in the semis. My guess is the Lidstrom would win because of population likely to be voting on this.

I think you're exactly right. Since the voting is done on Facebook and Twitter, the generation that would vote for Gordie Howe are going to be at a natural disadvantage, because they don't use social media.

My guess, Yzerman vs Lidstrom in the finals, with Stevie taking the title. Regardless of who SHOULD BE in the finals, I just don't see the online voting panning out in any other way.