Lidstrom Not Hanging Them Up Yet...

[SLY]

Detroit Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom to return for 20th season - ESPN

 

[devs30rko]

i jsut saw that, good. i love watching him play, hes so poised its unbelievable.

was really hoping he'd stick around for one more year, now just hoping he wont turn into a chelios

 

[Eddie_Shack]

FUUUUUUCK YEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

 

[dash]

Well, pencil it in (hell put it in ink) for the Wings to make the playoffs again next season...Vancouver will be there as well as the Sharks. 11 other teams battling for five playoff spots (actually 10, Oilers will still be terrible).

 

[SLY]

I'm ready for another Picks of the Year!!!

edit: Guess we should wait until just before preseason to see who goes where, lol. I hate summer.

 

[dash]

According to LeBrun, a one year deal for 6.2 million. That's good value.

 

[puckhead]

According to LeBrun, a one year deal for 6.2 million. That's good value.

really? he's approaching AARP.
you'd think he's got to start slowing down one of these years.
last season was his first minus season (-2) ever. is that the start of it?

anyways, with Rafalski' $6m gone, I would have thought he'd show a bit of a reduction.
still top dog, but the next highest on the pecking order is under $4m. no biggie.
Guess it leaves the salary window a bit wider to slot in a new d-man, though.

 

[dash]

really? he's approaching AARP.
you'd think he's got to start slowing down one of these years.
last season was his first minus season (-2) ever. is that the start of it?

16 goals and 62 points during the regular season (best point total since the 2006-07 season when he had, you guessed it, 62 points).

One more year of mentorship to the young guys on the team plus what he brings to the table individually equals good value in my book.

 

[Destroydacre]

Lidstrom's ice time was down in the series against San Jose, but he was still the scariest defenseman out there. Actually he was the only scary defenseman out there. Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Lidstrom damn near won that series by themselves.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I was hoping Detroit would have to completely retool their defense. Oh well. It wasn't a question of whether or not he can still play. So there really wasn't any reason for him to give it up.

 

[sherbert1421]

really? he's approaching AARP.
you'd think he's got to start slowing down one of these years.
last season was his first minus season (-2) ever. is that the start of it?

anyways, with Rafalski' $6m gone, I would have thought he'd show a bit of a reduction.
still top dog, but the next highest on the pecking order is under $4m. no biggie.
Guess it leaves the salary window a bit wider to slot in a new d-man, though.

i think the large increase in the salary cap allowed holland to sign him for the same amount as last year and still have lots of cap space to sign some free agents. his contract is only worth 10% of the cap next season, whereas it was 20% coming out of the lockout

2005-06 - 7.600 million caphit - 39.0 million cap - 19.5% relative cap impact.
2006-07 - 7.600 million caphit - 44.0 million cap - 17.3% relative cap impact.
2007-08 - 7.600 million caphit - 50.3 million cap - 15.1% relative cap impact.
2008-09 - 7.450 million caphit - 56.7 million cap - 13.1% relative cap impact.
2009-10 - 7.450 million caphit - 56.8 million cap - 13.1% relative cap impact.
2010-11 - 6.200 million caphit - 59.4 million cap - 10,4% relative cap impact.
2011-12 - 6.200 million caphit - 64.0 million cap - 9.7% relative cap impact.

 

[filosofy29]

I think I speak for the entire Western Conference (save Detroit) when I say GO HOME TO SWEDEN ALREADY!!! AMERICA IS POISONING YOUR KIDS!!!

 

[esls79]

Well, pencil it in (hell put it in ink) for the Wings to make the playoffs again next season...Vancouver will be there as well as the Sharks. 11 other teams battling for five playoff spots (actually 10, Oilers will still be terrible).

Wild will be worse. Book it!

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

I think I speak for the entire Western Conference (save Detroit) when I say GO HOME TO SWEDEN ALREADY!!! AMERICA IS POISONING YOUR KIDS!!!

LMAO!!!!

 

[IPostedWhat]

He's only 41, the Red Wings have another 4 or 5 years to keep him around.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

really? he's approaching AARP.
you'd think he's got to start slowing down one of these years.
last season was his first minus season (-2) ever. is that the start of it?

anyways, with Rafalski' $6m gone, I would have thought he'd show a bit of a reduction.
still top dog, but the next highest on the pecking order is under $4m. no biggie.
Guess it leaves the salary window a bit wider to slot in a new d-man, though.

He's not what he was a few years ago, but he still rarely makes a mistake or is caught out of position. His ice time has been cut, but he spent a lot of time with Ericsson and Rafalski last season. Both players were turnoever machines to the Nth degree, although Rafalski turned it around in the playoffs. For as amazing as Lidstrom is, you really need to watch and study Red Wings games to truly appreciate how horribly stupid Jonathon Ericsson can be.

 

[MrMagooo]

Detroit Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom to return for 20th season - ESPN

Guy really is a animal. What a great hockey player.

 

[Automattic]

MY BABY BOY WILL GET TO SEE THE GUY HE IS NAMED AFTER PLAY LIVE AT JOE LOUIS ARENA!!!

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

So how come you're not excited about this, Auto?