Well, please don't misunderstand, I'm not at all trying to downgrade Lidstrom's achievements at all. For my money, the guy may be the best of all time and if it were up to me, I'd rename the Norris to the Lidstrom.
I just don't think that career achievement really matters much in this equation. Both are very good players who could still play, but are choosing not to. The reasoning doesn't really matter. What they've done in the past doesn't really matter. They both could easily come back and help their teams, but for personal reasons, have decided against it.
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