The Fifth Liners

As I awoke from my slumber on this cloudy and possibly rainsoaked Manchester morning, I found Mike's question of the week sitting in my phone, which read thusly, "Imagine if you will, a Seven Days In Hockey Hall Of Fame. Sounds like plan. But there's a catch. You can only have one player of each nationality.Which do you pick and why?" This will be quite possibly the toughest question I have ever faced! So as always, let's go to war!! To the other talent players left out of this list- its not a personal, I just didnt have space! Seven Days in Hockey Hall of Fame Canada Wayne Gretzky : We'll start with the most obvious candidate in our hall of fame- The Great One's achievements are the ones that we mere mortals only dream about and during his glorious 21 Year career which took in four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, LA Kings , St Louis Blues and the New York Rangers , he held over 60 hockey records at the time of his retirement, including...

There will soon be a new banner hanging from the rafters at the Joe Louis. There was never any doubt that  Nicklas Lidstrom 's number would be retired after the great man retired, the Detroit Red Wings announced last week that Lidstrom's retirement ceremony will be held before the Wings' game against the Avalanche on 06 March next year. Lidstrom will join Steve Yzerman, Terry Sawchuck, Alex Delvecchio, Sid Abel and Gordie Howe in having his name and number watch over the players below. The big Swede played all 20 of his NHL seasons at the Detroit Red Wings and is probably the most respected defenseman to ever play in the league. In his time he never missed a postseason.