08-01-2013, 11:47 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Wings will retire Lidstrom's number
RT @DetroitRedWings: UPDATE: The Wings will honor Nick Lidstrom by officially retiring #5 on March 6 when we host the Avalanche. http://t.co/j9hXNAiGXD
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08-01-2013, 11:49 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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I'm shocked.
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08-01-2013, 11:51 AM
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#3
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Should probably just 'honor' it.
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08-01-2013, 11:51 AM
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#4
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: TEXAS!!
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Not "Forever a Wing"?
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08-01-2013, 11:54 AM
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#5
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Good move by a classy organization.
Like the posts ahead of me, this whole Flame Forever crap is bush league.
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08-01-2013, 11:57 AM
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#6
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Lifetime Suspension
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An all-time great. In the top 10 all time?
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08-01-2013, 11:59 AM
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RANDOM USER TITLE CHANGE
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinordi
An all-time great. In the top 10 all time?
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For d-men? No question. I'd say top 5.
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08-01-2013, 11:59 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler
Like the posts ahead of me, this whole Flame Forever crap is bush league.
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it's something that really pisses me off and I still don't get it. Just retire 2, 12, 14 and 34 in a proper way, FFS.
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08-01-2013, 12:00 PM
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#9
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Franchise Player
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I'm hoping the Forever a Flame thing was just a one-off because MacInnis is with the Blues org and they still retire numbers properly. For the record, I still think they still should have retired #2 properly.
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08-01-2013, 12:36 PM
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#10
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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I guess they have officially given up hope that he'll come back and play for them.
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08-01-2013, 12:39 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
I'm hoping the Forever a Flame thing was just a one-off because MacInnis is with the Blues org and they still retire numbers properly. For the record, I still think they still should have retired #2 properly.
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I'm okay with not retiring numbers. I love seeing the banner with MacDonald's #9 hanging from the rafters but I would also be okay with seeing another player wearing the #9 on the Flames.
The same goes for 2, 12, 14, 34. All were great players and I really appreciate what each of them has done for the team but if we draft a kid who is going to be the future of the team and he has played all his life with one of those numbers, I would rather he keep playing with that number and possibly put another one up in the rafters instead of forcing him to switch.
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08-01-2013, 12:40 PM
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#12
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
For d-men? No question. I'd say top 5.
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Possibly the best d-man of all time. Players in the past may have had more success, but standards in the past were lesser. If you were to take all the players who've ever played defence in their prime, Lidstrom might be the best.
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08-01-2013, 12:42 PM
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#13
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: H E double hockey sticks
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No brainer...dude was an awesome D man.
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08-01-2013, 12:48 PM
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#14
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First Line Centre
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Geez they'll retire any bums number, I wonder what other ham and eggers had their numbers retired.
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08-01-2013, 01:20 PM
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Franchise Player
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Orr
then - in no particular order:
Neirdermeyer, Lidstrom, Bourque.
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08-01-2013, 01:22 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I guess they have officially given up hope that he'll come back and play for them.
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I just got your username.
Only took me 10 years.
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08-01-2013, 01:30 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Orr
then - in no particular order:
Neirdermeyer, Lidstrom, Bourque.
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no
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08-01-2013, 01:35 PM
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#18
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
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The spelling or Neidermayer himself as an all time great? I think he is up there for sure, maybe not top five but definitely top ten. Larry Robinson comes to mind when I think of top five D-men all time.
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08-01-2013, 01:49 PM
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#19
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Franchise Player
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For me it's:
Orr
Lidstrom
Bourque
(Shore and Harvey in there too, but hard to compare)
Then a bunch of guys in no particular order - Coffey, Niedermayer, Stevens, Leetch, Macinnis, Chelios, etc...soon to include Chara and Pronger in that conversation.
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08-01-2013, 02:23 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Is Lidstrom the best European-born player ever?
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