Evening Line

As Lidstrom enters his 20th season, Detroit?s success cannot continue to flow thorough him. Yet, it does, still. Obviously, long-term, it can?t. After all, Lidstrom was a minus player (-2) for the first time in his career despite his robust offensive numbers (16 goals, 46 assists) and Norris hardware. Even now that Brian Rafalski has retired with one year remaining on his contract, this seems like the appropriate time for the Red Wings to move away from Lidstrom as their linchpin.

-Darren Eliot of Sports Illustrated where you can read much more on Lidstrom.

thanks to a KK member for the pointer

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