The Best Detroit Red Wings Player to Never Win the Stanley Cup (But Should’ve)

[Gniwder]

Probert is easily the most popular player.

Best player is another discussion.

Popular sure, but your second point brings up the question as to if he deserved a Cup. Does a player really deserve a Cup for punching other players in the face? Enforcers are much more replaceable than a player like Larkin or Oates. Oates lead a team (98 Caps) to the finals and played in a second one at the end of his career.

 

[Austrianwing]

Popular sure, but your second point brings up the question as to if he deserved a Cup. Does a player really deserve a Cup for punching other players in the face? Enforcers are much more replaceable than a player like Larkin or Oates. Oates lead a team (98 Caps) to the finals and played in a second one at the end of his career.

In all fairness, Bob was just shy of 0.55 points per game while doing all that face-punching for the Wings in the regular season, and 0.68 in the playoffs.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Mike Modano
Patrick Kane ( shut up)
Paul Coffey
Wendel Clark ( i said shut up)
Petr Klima

 

[AlwaysSunnyInDetroit]

brady cleveland. the question was BEST detroit red wings player to not win the stanley cup (yet)

 

[FissionFire]

Reed Larson deserves a mention

 

[simonedvinsson]

Mike Modano
Patrick Kane ( shut up)
Paul Coffey
Wendel Clark ( i said shut up)
Petr Klima

clark is the only player in this group who didn't win a stanley cup.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

clark is the only player in this group who didn't win a stanley cup.

I thought the thread is about "with the Red Wings" or overall?

 

[Gniwder]

I thought the thread is about "with the Red Wings" or overall?

Overall. You can't feel sorry for a guy who won a Cup with a different team.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

Overall. You can't feel sorry for a guy who won a Cup with a different team.

Ok i get it now.

Dino Ciccarelli for sure.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Mickey Redmond.

The guy was an absolute weapon in the 70s before his back problems.

 

[Retire91]

Mickey Redmond.

The guy was an absolute weapon in the 70s before his back problems.

I had not realized he didn't win a cup. Man I could listen to that guy talk about hockey all day long.

When I see this thread pop up the one that keeps coming to me is Probert, that would have been cool to see.

 

[Sadekuuro]

Mickey did win the Cup, but with the Habs.

 

[FMichael]

Dylan Larkin

Sad but true…At 28 it ain’t promising for him unless he’s traded to an actual contender.

 

[Austrianwing]

Mickey did win the Cup, but with the Habs.

Two of 'em.

 

[RabidBadger]

The obvious answer is Jake Walman. No other player in Wings history has inspired 56....56 (and counting), pages of bitching after they were traded. There should be a mural of him instead of Yzerman at the LCA and his bronze statue should be on the main concourse next to Ted Lindsay's.

Aside from that, he's a better choice than Justin ****ing Abdelkader.

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

Popular sure, but your second point brings up the question as to if he deserved a Cup. Does a player really deserve a Cup for punching other players in the face? Enforcers are much more replaceable than a player like Larkin or Oates. Oates lead a team (98 Caps) to the finals and played in a second one at the end of his career.

Probert was more than punching guys in the face. Just like McCarty was. In Detroit at least, Probert was a legit top 6 forward who happened to be great at punching face.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInDetroit]

The obvious answer is Jake Walman. No other player in Wings history has inspired 56....56 (and counting), pages of bitching after they were traded. There should be a mural of him instead of Yzerman at the LCA and his bronze statue should be on the main concourse next to Ted Lindsay's.

Aside from that, he's a better choice than Justin ****ing Abdelkader.

 

[GMR]

The obvious answer is Jake Walman. No other player in Wings history has inspired 56....56 (and counting), pages of bitching after they were traded. There should be a mural of him instead of Yzerman at the LCA and his bronze statue should be on the main concourse next to Ted Lindsay's.

Aside from that, he's a better choice than Justin ****ing Abdelkader.

That thread isn’t going away after Walman wins the 2027 Conn Smythe.

 

[RabidBadger]

That thread isn’t going away after Walman wins the 2027 Conn Smythe.

He'll have to squeeze it in between his Hart and multiple Norris trophies.

 

[Hobnobs]

Ray Sheppard

Wut? He had the same compete level as the current team. Talented, yes but I honestly think this might be a worse name than Abdelkader.

For my two cents

Ullman
Larson
Probert
Bergman
Gallant
Lang
Chiasson
Nedomansky
Godfrey
Crozier

 

[RRhoads]

Wut? He had the same compete level as the current team. Talented, yes but I honestly think this might be a worse name than Abdelkader.

Just putting his name out there.
He had at least 30 goals in each of his four seasons here, and he also had a 52 goal season. One of the seasons was a shortened lockout season.

 

[CanadaIsIrrelevant]

Gustav Nyquist
Damien Brunner

Jk or whatever.

 

[theYman]

"C'mon Jimmy f***in Howard
Can't believe nobody said that yet.
Mike Green

 

[theYman]

The obvious answer is Jake Walman. No other player in Wings history has inspired 56....56 (and counting), pages of bitching after they were traded. There should be a mural of him instead of Yzerman at the LCA and his bronze statue should be on the main concourse next to Ted Lindsay's.

Aside from that, he's a better choice than Justin ****ing Abdelkader.

C'mon man he was scoring with his ass. Nobody did it better than Justin.

 

[wingerdinger]

Alfredsson joined the wings about 5 seasons too late. I never understood why he didnt chase a cup like Iginla did at the end of his career.