And when I say big five, I mean Stevie, Nick, Pavel, Henrik, and Kronner.
For me it’s a tossup between Henrik and Kronwall. Henrik just because of the way he went out, it’s clear he didn’t want to retire but his back forced him to. And Kronwall was my favorite player for a long time and just seeing him retire really hurt me.
Think about it. 1997:Stevie gave it to Igor and Slava F 1998: Stevie gave it to Vladdy 2002: Stevie gave it to Scotty 2008: Nick gave it to Dallas Drake.
I know this is all been said before but just hear me out. i’ve been watching videos of the last 2 cups that he won: which was 1998 and 2002. In each of those last 2 cups, he was not the one that did the victory lap. In 1998 it was Vladdy and the team and in 2002 he gave the cup to Scotty to skate around with. I’ve watched those videos 1000 times and I never put that together until today.
People will have different thoughts and different reasons but I'm curious as to y'alls thoughts.
When I say underrated, I mean one that you don’t hear talked about enough. My moneys on Valtteri Filppula. He was a great second/third line player back when he was here
I cannot for the life of me remember her channel name. Anyone know what it or know who I’m talking about?
Man I hope the LCA is that loud when we win our first cup there
I miss him and his insane goals.
Their first park was NOT Briggs/Tigers stadium, it was Boulevard Park near Bell Isle
They were the first major league team to have a mascot on their hats. It wasn't the old English 'D', which came 2 years later, it was a red tiger on a dark background.
Al Kaline was, and still is, the youngest player to ever win the batting title, hitting .340 in 1955.
Ted Lindsay was the one who started the cup-lifting and skating tradition.
“I knew who paid our paychecks,” he said in an interview later that day, “and it wasn’t the owners. It was the fans”
I'm a red wings/history nerd, so I did a just-for-fun research paper on the Wings. Here are a few facts that people may not know:
In 1938, Detroit--along with the Canadians--were the first teams to play over in Europe, which was not only essential to promoting professional hockey over in Europe, but also, it helped in pioneering the concept of an international hockey tour.
On February 23rd, 1944, Syd Howe scored 6 goals in one game, which was a 12-2 win over the new York Rangers. He scored 2 goals in each period. Only 2 other players in the history of the league has done this
Marguerite Norris, the daughter of James Norris, is the first and still the ONLY WOMAN to own an NHL franchise.
Mickey Redmond was the first 50-goal scorer ever on the Red Wings
For a bonus, you could also tell me your favorite Zetterberg or Datsyuk goal(s)
Edit: I don’t want to hear any negativity over him as GM. This sub does that enough. I wanted to talk about something positive
Edit #2: since people can’t read, I said tell me your favorite Stevie, Zetty or Pavel goal. I didn’t want to make the title too long which is why I added them into the body of the post
What would y’all say is the biggest BS call the refs have made against the wings in the last 30 years or so?
How can Steve wait patiently for 13 years, change his game from offense to defense, not make excuses, all for a Stanley Cup but Dylan can’t??
I love Dylan but it makes no sense….what are your thoughts?