Quote (ManaJunkie @ Feb 26 2020 01:47pm)
Yeah... this is the sad truth. I hope that signing goes great for you! Wish I could make that one!
Me too man! I was checking out some of his stats, crazy. 24 years in NHL all with Red Wings
Third all-time in games played in a Red Wings uniform (Nicklas Lidstrom and Gordie Howe).
Retired as the overall leader and held record for 32 years for games played in a career spent with only one team (from 1980 until 2012), since passed by Lidstrom, still a record for forwards.
3-time Stanley Cup champion with Detroit (1952, 1954, and 1955).
Named a Second Team All-Star in 1953 (at centre) and 1959 (at left wing).
Played in the All-Star Game 13 times (in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967), a total surpassed by only six players.
Served as team captain for twelve years, a mark surpassed only in Wings' history by Steve Yzerman.
Remains 11th all-time in NHL history in games played and 27th in points scored.
Third in points and goals, and fourth in assists, in Red Wings history.
In 1998, he was ranked number 82 on The Hockey News' list of 100 greatest hockey players.
Detroit Red Wings #10 retired on November 10, 1991.
On October 16, 2008, The Red Wings unveiled a commemorative statue commissioned by artist Omri R. Amrany.
In January, 2017, Delvecchio was part of the first group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.