The Detoit Red Wings have many great NHL players over the years, but picking the four most iconic for their Mount Rushmore was a no-brainer, says Ken Campbell.
The Detoit Red Wings have many great NHL players over the years, but picking the four most iconic for their Mount Rushmore was a no-brainer, says Ken Campbell.
The Detroit Red Wings were an NHL juggernaut in the 1950s, then spent the better part of four decades being really bad before becoming hockey's gold standard in the 1990s and early 2000s.
In that time, they've had enough dynamic Hall of Fame players to make your head spin. But when it came to coming up with their Mount Rushmore, it might have been the easiest four choices of the 32-team NHL, both for past icons and the one to fill the requirement that at least one player on the monument has to be a player who is currently on the roster.
Here's the Red Wings' Mount Rushmore:
And here's how the NHL Mount Rushmore rankings have gone so far:
32. Seattle Kraken
31. Columbus Blue Jackets
30. Arizona Coyotes/Utah HC
29. Minnesota Wild
28. Ottawa Senators
27. Winnipeg Jets
26. Vegas Golden Knights
25. Nashville Predators
24. Carolina Hurricanes
23. Anaheim Ducks
22. San Jose Sharks
21. Calgary Flames
20. Vancouver Canucks
19. Buffalo Sabres
18. Florida Panthers
17. Dallas Stars
16. Washington Capitals
15. St. Louis Blues
14. New York Rangers
13. Toronto Maple Leafs
12. Los Angeles Kings
11. Philadelphia Flyers
10. New Jersey Devils
9. Chicago Blackhawks
8. Tampa Bay Lightning
7. Colorado Avalanche
6. New York Islanders
5. Boston Bruins
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