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Detroit Red Wings 2002 Depth chart

raffael3d

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the 2002 Detroit team was stacked with great players.

what was the depth chart and line arrangements they played with though (most of the time). is there any place that can be looked up?
 
raffael3d said:
the 2002 Detroit team was stacked with great players.

what was the depth chart and line arrangements they played with though (most of the time). is there any place that can be looked up?
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The playoff run is what I remember the most and what Bowman ran with when it mattered most:

Shanahan - Fedorov - Yzerman
Robitaille - Larionov - Holmstrom
Devereaux - Datsyuk - Hull
Maltby - Draper - McCarty

Lidstrom - Olausson
Fischer - Chelios
Duchesne - Dandenault

Hasek
Legace

Fedorov usually ended up playing centre but Yzerman took a lot of face-offs as well. The first line of forwards was obviously the top line. After that it's tough to actually label the importance of each line cause the Grind Line played a big role and sometimes the ice times weren't spread out like we'd expect them to be based on the names.

Jason Williams played forward when Larionov and Datsyuk missed time. Krupp played the first two games of the playoffs but was a disaster cause he hadn't played much all season. Slegr played the Cup clinching game cause Fischer was suspended.
 
danincanada said:
The playoff run is what I remember the most and what Bowman ran with when it mattered most:

Shanahan - Fedorov - Yzerman
Robitaille - Larionov - Holmstrom
Devereaux - Datsyuk - Hull
Maltby - Draper - McCarty

Lidstrom - Olausson
Fischer - Chelios
Duchesne - Dandenault

Hasek
Legace

Fedorov usually ended up playing centre but Yzerman took a lot of face-offs as well. The first line of forwards was obviously the top line. After that it's tough to actually label the importance of each line cause the Grind Line played a big role and sometimes the ice times weren't spread out like we'd expect them to be based on the names.

Jason Williams played forward when Larionov and Datsyuk missed time. Krupp played the first two games of the playoffs but was a disaster cause he hadn't played much all season. Slegr played the Cup clinching game cause Fischer was suspended.
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The grind line actually averaged enough ice time to be considered the second line on that team, while that Larionov line averaged the least amount of ice time.
 
ESH said:
The grind line actually averaged enough ice time to be considered the second line on that team, while that Larionov line averaged the least amount of ice time.
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Yup the grind line was the second line. Then we have the usual line jumbling of Bowman but Larionovs line played alot in the finals and Hull usually played on the other three lines.
 
TheDevilMadeMe said:
Yeah. Not a Wings fan (obviously), but I thought the Devereaux - Datsyuk - Hull was clearly the 4th line at even strength, with Hull picking up lots of extra ice time on the powerplay.
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Thats putting Hull down. He was on the first line when they rested Yzermans knee and on the second line instead of Homer at times.

Fun fact: Homer actually the least amount of ice-time out of any forward.
 
Hobnobs said:
Basically... I dont think theres been a better PP-unit since the dynasty Oilers... I might be wrong but my statement wouldnt be far off if thats the case.
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95-96 Pittsburgh?

I think Washington had some pretty crazy years as well around 2010-2013.

But definitely one of the best.

Post-lockout Detroit also had some good PP units when Lidstrom was still there and Holmstrom, Datsyuk and Zetterberg were all in their primes.
 
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Hobnobs said:
Who did they use on D except for Zubov? Jagr?
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Good one, I have no clue.I just remembered they had a sick PP that year (probably also in the early-90s).I verified and they were 25%+, the 2nd was 21%.

I guess when you have Lemieux and decent players to help him you're likely to have a strong PP.

I really don't remember what the PP unit was, surprising since it's one of the year I watched very closely as a kid and particularly Pittsburgh given Lemieux & Jagr's dominance for the scoring race.Did Francis play the point? Maybe Sandstrom or Nedved.My gut feeling thinks it's Francis but I don't know.

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Found this.Looks like Zubov was alone and they played some type of triangle-shaped blueline with two men in front of the net, with Lemieux and Francis being the board-vertices of the triangle and Zubov the blue-line vertex.

 
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BenchBrawl said:
Good one, I have no clue.I just remembered they had a sick PP that year (probably also in the early-90s).I verified and they were 25%+, the 2nd was 21%.

I guess when you have Lemieux and decent players to help him you're likely to have a strong PP.

I really don't remember what the PP unit was, surprising since it's one of the year I watched very closely as a kid and particularly Pittsburgh given Lemieux & Jagr's dominance for the scoring race.Did Francis play the point? Maybe Sandstrom or Nedved.
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Yea they had Francis on the point but Nedved/Sandström brings that unit down (In context of Oilers and Red Wings)

Yea just confirmed it

Sandström/Nedved - Lemieux - Jagr
Zubov - Francis (Daigneault in the Panthers series)
 
Hobnobs said:
Yea they had Francis on the point but Nedved/Sandström brings that unit down (In context of Oilers and Red Wings)
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It really doesn't given how the high-end players were.The 5th man isn't as important on a PP.The way I see it PPs are constructed around some weapons or go-to plays with some variations to keep the opposition honest, but there's often 2-3 key players and interchangeable ones.

Mario Lemieux is the greatest PP player of all-time so it can compensate for Sandstrom.
 
Hobnobs said:
Yea they had Francis on the point but Nedved/Sandström brings that unit down (In context of Oilers and Red Wings)

Yea just confirmed it

Sandström/Nedved - Lemieux - Jagr
Zubov - Francis (Daigneault in the Panthers series)
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Yeah pretty much what's going on in the video I linked above.
 
BenchBrawl said:
It really doesn't given how the high-end players were.The 5th man isn't as important on a PP.The way I see it PPs are constructed around some weapons or go-to plays with some variations to keep the opposition honest, but there's often 2-3 key players and interchangeable ones.

Mario Lemieux is the greatest PP player of all-time so it can compensate for Sandstrom.
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Yea, definitly but I meant in terms of all-time players at each position. Pens 96 was defo a PP-unit for the ages.
 
Hobnobs said:
Yea, definitly but I meant in terms of all-time players at each position. Pens 96 was defo a PP-unit for the ages.
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I just checked the team on hr and man that team's core was old as hell.Maybe I'm missing some relativity but at face value they're all in their 30s and not necessarily 30-33 years old.
 
BenchBrawl said:
I just checked the team on hr and man that team's core was old as hell.Maybe I'm missing some relativity but at face value they're all in their 30s and not necessarily 30-33 years old.
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You mean Detroit right? Because Pens didnt have a single player over 33

Lets make that PP unit better btw

Shanahan - Yzerman - Hull
Lidström - Fedorov
Hasek :laugh:
 
Hobnobs said:
You mean Detroit right? Because Pens didnt have a single player over 33

Lets make that PP unit better btw

Shanahan - Yzerman - Hull
Lidström - Fedorov
Hasek :laugh:
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Yes Detroit.

Not sure if it's better, Robitaille scored the most PP goals on that Detroit squad in 2002.

Edit: Joke went above my head.Pulling an allnighter at my age is not as good an idea as when I was 20 years old :laugh:
 
Yes, that team was stacked to high heaven and a pleasure to watch. It's a darn shame they couldn't repeat the next year. Clearly all of them were post-prime (except Lidstrom and Holmstrom, with pre-prime Dats). Also the hunger wasn't quite there. And then there was Giguerre.
 
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