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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Yzerman was the captain of his favourite team as a kid. How is that odd?
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Odd is too strong. I just thought it funny because he was really a baby when Yzerman was at the top of his game, before he started to miss 20-30 games a year and changed his game. And also because he's a defenceman (so attracted to Lidstrom's game). Detroit when Brodie was playing early junior hockey would have also had Fedorov, Larionov, Datsyuk, Shanahan, Zetterberg - flashy high points guys who would be attractive for a kid. I just think of Yzerman as a star in the previous era.
Then again, you are right, it's like having Gio as your favorite now, I guess, but if Gio was Eric Karlsson in an earlier part of his career.