Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Name some retired players that never played with the Wings that you always wanted in a Detroit jersey. I'll start this off by saying I always wanted Gary Roberts to play in Detroit. Discuss. 1 F.Michael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kipwinger 8,458 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 I always like Ryan Smyth...and Colton Orr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jedi 1,865 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Ray Bourque, without a doubt. Imagine a 1-2 of Lidstrom and Bourque in '00-'01. IIRC, the Wings were on a short-list of teams for Boston to trade Bourque to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carman 387 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Pavel Bure. 1 Cloune reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,789 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Not counting enforcers (which would be 95% of my list), I'll name a few. Bure Belfour Price Bure is my favorite non-Wing ever, and like many Wings fans, I often fantasize about other teams' goalies playing for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Not counting enforcers (which would be 95% of my list), I'll name a few. Bure Belfour Price Bure is my favorite non-Wing ever, and like many Wings fans, I often fantasize about other teams' goalies playing for us. ;)/> Bure was unbelievable. One enforcer I always wanted in Detroit was Scott Parker. I wish Mark Recchi played here, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crymson Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Pavel Bure. If not for a spell of idiocy amongst the draft officials, the Wings would have had him. 1 IrishWing19 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,789 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Bure was unbelievable. One enforcer I always wanted in Detroit was Scott Parker. I wish Mark Recchi played here, too. Don't get me started. I spent a year posting pictures of Parker on here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegerkin 189 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Trevor Linden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vladdy16 2,154 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Khabibulan, Hedberg, the Esposito brothers, Lafleur. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest irishock Report post Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) Won't fit your criteria, but prime 2001-2004 Todd ***'en Bertuzzi for me. Arguably the best forward in the league during those years, he could do anything on the ice you asked for. Absolute freight train in front of the net, nasty slap/wrist shots, good defensively and can skate 25 minutes a night for the entire season. We'd have more than 2 cups during 2002-2008 if Colorado didn't have be such ******* and we find a way to get him. Prime Bert with Datsyuk and Zetterberg would have been incredible to watch, maybe all 3 could've exceeded 100 points in 2008 for Christ sakes. Edited December 22, 2012 by irishock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) I'll also go with the list minus tough guys disclaimer. With that said: Pavel Bure Scott Stevens Cam Neely Ray Bourque Mats Sundin Joe Juneau Al MacInnis Al Iafrate Teemu Selanne just to name a few... Edited December 22, 2012 by stevkrause Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings4Life19 150 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Scott Stevens and Ray Bourque. Lidstrom-Bourque Vladdy-Stevens The wings would have won 60+ games and every cup for 5 years with that top 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Won't fit your criteria, but prime 2001-2004 Todd ***'en Bertuzzi for me. Arguably the best forward in the league during those years, he could do anything on the ice you asked for. Absolute freight train in front of the net, nasty slap/wrist shots, good defensively and can skate 25 minutes a night for the entire season. We'd have more than 2 cups during 2002-2008 if Colorado didn't have be such ******* and we find a way to get him. Prime Bert with Datsyuk and Zetterberg would have been incredible to watch, maybe all 3 could've exceeded 100 points in 2008 for Christ sakes. It would be nice if Franzen realized he has all the tools to be a prime Bertuzzi... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoWings1905 2,694 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) Along the Bertuzzi line, always liked Markus Naslund. Edited December 22, 2012 by GoWings1905 2 Hockeymom1960 and Motown4013 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest irishock Report post Posted December 22, 2012 It would be nice if Franzen realized he has all the tools to be a prime Bertuzzi... Franzen has good hands and a decent skater, but Bert had THE hands and the skating ability at 6'4 250-ish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Axe Report post Posted December 22, 2012 I would have liked to see Forsberg with Fedorov and Yzerman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,205 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Anything to change the course of our history so that we don't become the pansy-ass patty-cake playmakers club that we are today. Did we learn nothing from the latter half of the 90s? 2 Hockeymom1960 and F.Michael reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Axe Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Anything to change the course of our history so that we don't become the pansy-ass patty-cake playmakers club that we are today. Did we learn nothing from the latter half of the 90s? The PAPCPMC? 1 kipwinger reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achildr1 255 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Peter Forsberg, Chris Pronger, Scott Niedermayer, and Shea Weber. Maybe Pekka Rinne. To be honest, right now, two of the guys I'd want on our team the most are Datsyuk and Kronwall...check. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PROBIE4PREZ 58 Report post Posted December 23, 2012 Stevens Mogilny Khabibulan Lindros Jagr Nolan Forsberg Sakic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barabbas16 499 Report post Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Anything to change the course of our history so that we don't become the pansy-ass patty-cake playmakers club that we are today. Did we learn nothing from the latter half of the 90s? Ugh. It's times like these that I wish for a 'dislike' option. I can't fully express how much I dislike the above post. Mine would be Doug Gilmour and Joe Nieuwendyk. Actually, I would also have said Wendel Clark and Ulf Samuelsson, but well... they don't technically meet the criteria. Edited December 23, 2012 by barabbas16 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vladdy16 2,154 Report post Posted December 23, 2012 And that conversation ends here, please. This is a thread about players you would have liked to play for the Wings, not who's tougher, what Cup team was the best, not whether we need an enforcer or not or whether Hank has dreamy eyes. Let's keep it on topic, okay? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,916 Report post Posted December 23, 2012 It would be nice if Franzen realized he has all the tools to be a prime Bertuzzi... The only way Franzine becomes a prime Bertuzzi is when he plays NHL 2004. Personally, I would have wanted to see JR circa 2001. Would have possibly been nice to see Gretzky realize his childhood dream of playing for the Wings before he retired, but the Wings were already stacked at that time and had no room for him! FRK me! I also would have loved it if Detroit was allowed to draft Bure! They would have had Fedorov AND Bure at the same time! Conspiracy I say! Keith Tkachuk in his prime also comes to mind! So does Marty Broduer, Doug Weight, Sergei Zubov, Craig Conroy, Peter Bondra, Bill Geurin, BObby Holik, Adam Deadmarsh, Tie Domi, Rob Blake....and out of criteria, but I really wish Adam Graves got to stay here longer! (although in a weird way he got us Brendan Shanahan via Jimmy Carson via Paul Coffey...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted December 23, 2012 Pavel Bure Gary Roberts Scott Stevens Mark Recchi Shayne Corson Ron Francis Owen Nolan Sergei Zubov Ken Daneyko Tie Domi Scott Parker Eric Godard Teemu Selanne, too. He's not technically retired yet, but his future is up in the air. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites