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Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom (center) are easily two of the greatest Red Wings ever.

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With the city of Detroit celebrating its 313th birthday, the Detroit Free Press decided to take a look at the greatest teams in the history of the 313. (The 313 represents the city's area code just in case you were wondering.)

So with that in mind, we got to thinking: Which six players would make up the best starting lineup in Detroit Red Wings history.

With 11 Stanley Cup championship banners hanging at Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings certainly aren't short of candidates and there are sure to be some great players left out.

The Red Wings are loaded with Hall of Famers.

Candidates to be the center on the Red Wings all-time team have to include Alex Delvecchio, Sid Abel, Norm Ullman, Marcel Dionne, Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Fedorov and Steve Yzerman.

Wingers who would have to be considered part of the mix include Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Frank Mahovlich, Brett Hull, Brendan Shanahan and Henrik Zetterberg, who could also crack the lineup at center if that's your choice.

Defensemen could include Red Kelly, Nicklas Lidstrom, Larry Murphy, Chris Chelios, Slava Fetisov, Paul Coffey and even Vladimir Konstantinov given his body of work in six seasons before his career was tragically cut short.

And goaltenders in the discussion would have to include Terry Sawchuk, Dominik Hasek, Glenn Hall and Chris Osgood.

See how tough this could be?

So limiting it to six players – by position although we'll let you put the wingers on either side of the ice – what is your all-time Red Wings starting lineup?

Heck, if you want to go as far as to select a coach, feel free. Would it be Jack Adams, Tommy Ivan, Scotty Bowman or Mike Babcock?

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