Paul Coffey was one of the greatest offensive Defensemen in the history of Hockey, but it is fascinating how many teams he played for at an elite level.

An unheralded player who played most of his career with the Detroit Red Wings, Gary Bergman finally cracked the NHL at age 26 in the 1964-65 Season.

When you are taken in the 10^th Round in the NHL Draft, making the parent club for a cup of coffee usually is a translated success.  Tomas Holmstrom, who was selected 257^thOverall in 1994, would give the Detroit Red Wings 1,026 Games.

One of only a select group of players to have won a Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings (1997, 1998, 2002 & 2008), Kris Draper was a famed "grinder" of those teams.