I read in the newspaper today (the Toledo Blade) that the Hockey News named Nicklas Lidstrom the greatest European NHL player since 1967 (as well as the tenth best player since that year).
While I strongly believe Lidstrom is one of the ten greatest defensemen ever, as well as the greatest Swedish-born hockey player of all time (with apologies to Peter Forsberg, Pelle Lindbergh, and Mats Sundin), there is no way I would forgo the talents of Jaromir Jagr, Pavel Bure, Dominik Hasek, et al among the European elite. The question here is this: is Lidstrom really the greatest European-born NHL player since 1967?
2007-12-27
17:37:21
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