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Ken Holland on the Wings, Now and Later

Ken Holland is on the phone from Kelowna, B.C., which is where Detroit coach Mike Babcock played junior hockey and which is not far from where Holland, the Red Wings' GM, grew up. The Red Wings deserve a bit of a breather in this resort town after their most trying season in nearly two decades -- and after a clutch...

They Are Who We Thought They Were

In sports, we always talk about certain players as being overrated, underrated, or so overrated that they're now underrated. But which players are as good as we think they are? Here are three players that are simply as good as advertised, including brief write-ups from team bloggers that know them best.Nicklas Lidstrom,...

Will We See a 100-Point Defenseman In The NHL Again?

Before Bobby Orr entered the NHL way back in 1966, the idea of a defenseman scoring 100 points would have been considered lunacy. After all, forwards were rarely coming within spitting distance of the century mark, and defensemen were never really used as offensive weapons. Orr, of course, changed all of that, and not only...

Lidstrom Had 'Nearly Catastrophic' Testicle Injury

It was a pretty big deal when Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom, for the first time in his NHL career, missed a playoff game in the Western Conference finals. The future Hall of Famer missed Games 4 and 5 against the Chicago Blackhawks (both Detroit wins) and, as it turns out, he had a pretty good -- and extremely...

New Faces in New Places in Cup Finals

So the rematch is set: Pittsburgh vs. Detroit. For the first time in 25 years, the same two teams will meet in back-to-back years for the right to fight for Lord Stanley's Cup, and while one of these teams is relatively similar to last year's version (with one big exception) the other is very, very different.Pittsburgh...

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Nicklas Lidstrom Retires: Red Wings Star Done After 20 Seasons

Defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom retired Thursday after 20 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, ending one of the best careers in NHL history.

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06/01/12 Nicklas Lidstrom On Stoney And Bill Source: CBS - WWJ TV - Detroit MI On Friday's Stoney and Bill show former (can you believe it?)
06/01/12 NHL star Lidstrom hangs up skates Source: The Japan Times Nicklas Lidstrom retired Thursday after 20 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, ending one of the best careers in NHL history.
06/01/12 Nicklas Lidstrom's Perfect Career Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA It was the spring of 1997, and fans of rock'em sock'em hockey were getting all kinds of fired up.
06/01/12 #NHL Ryan Suters productive talks with Nashville;... Source: LetsGoKings.com Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
06/01/12 Euro 2012 Rosters Source: CBC.ca Van Koeverden, Oldershaw paddle into finals Adam van Koeverden and Mark Oldershaw won their opening heats Friday and advanced directly to finals at the third Sprint Canoe/Kayak World Cup in Moscow. more Â» Floyd Mayweather Jr. reports for jail in Las Vegas Unbeaten five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. surrendered Friday morning to a Las Vegas judge to begin serving a jail sentence that will last up to 87 days. more Â» Lidstrom's standard, Feaster on spot: 30 Thoughts Nicklas Lidstrom was unyielding in his personal standards, writes HNIC commentator Elliotte Friedman, while Flames GM Jay Feaster's fate likely rests with how well Bob Hartley performs.