By CHUCK CARLTON / The Dallas Morning News ccarlton@dallasnews.com DETROIT – Nicklas Lidstrom was the NHL's best defenseman before he became the Detroit Red Wings captain. The same qualities that have made Lidstrom so effective for so long have translated into locker room leadership for a team...
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Subtleties of his game help fashion greatness for Detroit star While the play of Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom is not eye-catching, it is consistenly great, putting the veteran in a class by himself, writes Bill Clement of NBCSports.com. Once again this season Nicklas Lidstrom of the Red...
Subtleties of his game help fashion greatness for Detroit star While the play of Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom is not eye-catching, it is consistenly great, putting the veteran in a class by himself, writes Bill Clement of NBCSports.com. Once again this season Nicklas Lidstrom of the Red...
By Chuck Carlton • The Dallas Morning News • May 17, 2008 Nicklas Lidstrom was the NHL’s best defenseman before he became the Detroit Red Wings captain. The same qualities that have made Lidstrom so effective for so long have translated into locker room leadership for a team that leads the Stars,...
It's time for Lidstrom to take charge DETROIT -- Their Red Wings were on the brink of the Stanley Cup Finals and there is always this mood of entitlement among the hockey addicts in Detroit. And after the game did start, these diehards dressed in their replica Wings jerseys with the names of...