Best Red Wing

Pavel Datsyuk has contributed to two Red Wing Stanley Cup victories so far (2002 and 2008). He is fast, strong, has unbelievable hands and puck control, and is considered the best two-way forward in today's NHL. But why take our word for it? NHL players themselves are in agreement with MT readers on this one. In the 2011-2012 Hockey Night in Canada/NHLPA Player Poll (playerpoll.ca), league players voted Datsyuk the smartest player, cleanest player, toughest forward, most difficult to stop, most difficult to play against and the hardest to steal the puck from. With a career like that, it won't be long until Pavel Datsyuk earns his rightful place as one of the best players to ever wear the winged wheel, up there in the pantheon with Howe, Lindsay, Lidstrom and Yzerman.