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b_b  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Greatest athlete of all time? If not, who is?
Orr, beyond a shadow. He won the Art Ross trophy twice. Coffey never played a lick of defense. Bourque and Chelios were both awesome, but to me, Orr and Lidstrom are hands down the two greatest hockey has ever seen.




thenewgreen  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I would only consider Coffey because Lindstrom is good enough to have his back while he basically acts like a forward.

Alright, while we are at it name your centers and wingers on your dream line.

b_b  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My dream line (not necessarily who I think is the best of all time) would be Datsyuk in the middle with Bossy on the right and Hull (Bobby, that is) on the left.
thenewgreen  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
My dream line based purely on wanting to watch them all play together: Yzerman, Datsyuk and Federov up front-Mix them up as you see fit. Lindstrom and Konstantinov on "D". Those 3 up front are some of the best 2 way players that have ever worn red for Detroit.

Love this Konstantinov quote: "For my game," he explained, "I don’t need to score the goal. I need someone to start thinking about me and forgetting about scoring goals." -Awesome.

b_b  ·  4679 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Actually, I agree with you basically 100%. For argument's sake, I didn't want to use all Wings.