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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Brodie was an Yzerman fan? That seems odd. Yzerman was playing 6 years before TJ was born. TJ was only about 4-5 when Yzerman was a superstar scoring over 100 points per season. And if he wanted to cheer for a Red Wing from the 00s, I'd have thought Lidstrom.
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In 2002 he was 4-for-4 as an 11 year old at the Leafs' skills competition shooting. That was the same year Yzerman won both Olympic gold and the Stanley Cup. I don't see it being odd - Yzerman was one of the most popular NHLers in the world in that era, and the Wings won three cups with him to go with a handful of other great years. Lidstrom's actual popularity didn't really take off until after the lockout by which time Brodie was already in Junior hockey, and probably less impressionable and with less time to watch NHL games.