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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Lehtinen? He was really good, for sure, but jersey retirement? Wouldn’t that be like us retiring Pepper’s or Otto’s jerseys?
Jerseys you retire: #2, #9, #12, #14, #30, #34
Players you honour: #1, #10, #12, #22, #24, #25, #28, #29
If I was looking at Dallas’ all-time roster, I would put a player like Modano or Ciccarelli in the first group and a Lehtinen or Hatcher in the second.
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Lehtinen won 3 Selkes, was nominated another 3 times, and overall was the best defensive forward in the entire league for a long period of time. Incredibly, he played his entire career as a winger. I'm too lazy to look up how many wingers were Selke caliber players, but I don't imagine it's that many. When was the last time a winger even got a Selke nomination?
He was incredibly underrated his entire career. He's certainly above Hatcher and IMO deserves to be retired alongside Modano.