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Originally Posted by StrayBullet
Easily the best D in the game and arguably the greatest of all-time.
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Originally Posted by cyclone3483
That'd be a losing argument. Lidstrom is great, but he's no Bobby Orr.
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Pshaw...we all know the real best D-man!
With our 1st Selection (16th overall) team
Halifax Explosion is happy to welcome a great Nova Scotia boy, #2, Chopper!
Shot-blocking defencemen feared him. Goalies cringed when they saw him climb over the boards. It comes down to two words, 'the shot.'
The seven-time winner of the Hardest Shot competition at the annual NHL All-Star Game, Al MacInnis is acknowledged as possessing the hardest slapshot in the NHL.
MacInnis was drafted in the first round, fifteenth overall, by the NHL's Calgary Flames.
- Played in 15 NHL All-Star Games
- Max Kaminsky Trophy - 1983 (most outstanding defenceman in the OHL)
- 1988–89 - Conn Smythe Trophy winner
- 1988–89 - Stanley Cup Champion
- 1998–99 - James Norris Memorial Trophy winner
- 2002 Winter Olympics, Gold medal, Men's Ice Hockey
- Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007
- 33rd place in all-time NHL scoring with 1,274 points
- 14th place in all-time NHL assists with 934
- 24th place in all-time NHL games played list with 1,416
- 3rd among all-time NHL defensemen in points
- 3rd among all-time NHL defensemen in assists
- 3rd among all-time NHL defensemen in goals with 340 goals
- Seven-time winner of the hardest-shot competition at the NHL All-Star Game