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Originally Posted by FanIn80
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.
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You don’t think Kopitar or Berger get their numbers retired? I’m pretty sure they do. So why not Lehtinen. Juri Lehtonen was integral for their ‘99 cup run and was their most dependable defensive forward for the better part of a decade.
Makes sense to me.