There are Selke winners, and then there are Selke winners.
Selkes you retire: Francis, Yzerman, Fedorov, Datsyuk (all-time greats)
Selkes you honour: Lehtinen, Bergeron, Kopitar (top defensive forwards)
I will acknowledge that “impact on a franchise” plays a huge role in these things too. Since I was a huge Avs fan during those years, I hated Dallas big time. I’m probably underestimating the effect he had on the franchise, to be fair. Some guys, when they retire, you know their jersey is going to hang in at least one arena, but Lehtinen wasn’t one of those guys for me.
Last edited by FanIn80; 11-24-2017 at 09:25 AM.
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