Michael Rosenberg Nicklas Lidstrom was truly oneofakind Report set to retire retirement surprises onetime rival Coffey 'just a wonderful player' Wings announce make announcement about playing future Thursday Source Sports Interaction NHL After 20 Years Hangs Up His Skates Slap Shot Set Announce Whether He's Playing or Retiring

Nicklas Lidstrom's career, by the numbers: Red Wings captain's time full of records A look back at a career that included four Stanley Cups, a franchise playoff record for games played and more. Michael Rosenberg: Nicklas Lidstrom was truly one-of-a-kind I want to say he was like Tim Duncan: Understated, fundamentally sound, caring only about winning, spending his entire career with a single franchise. But Duncan is a spotty free-throw shooter, and he can't shoot three-pointers, and you wouldn't ask him to dribble the ball up court unless everybody else on your team had fouled out. As great as Duncan was (and is), there are so many things that a ... Drew Sharp: Nicklas Lidstrom one of Detroit's all-time greatest athletes What Nicklas Lidstrom did best wasn't anything ESPN could conveniently package on a nightly top-10 highlight list. His expertise was raising the conventional, the quietly mundane to such a high level of excellence that he made hockey intelligence chic. And we're going to miss that. Lidstrom to announce retirememt plans Thursday DETROIT -- We'll learn Thursday at 11 a.m. whether Nicklas Lidstrom will return for another season in Detroit or retire. Mitch Albom: Nicklas Lidstrom one for the ages A hole just formed on the blue line of Detroit sports. Nicklas Lidstrom is retiring. It had to happen, even if we didn't want it to happen. For the last few years, Red Wings fans have been begging the captain for one more season, the way children beg for five more minutes, an extra cookie, one last fairy tale before the lights go out. Nicklas Lidstrom Retiring: Twitter Reaction from Fans, Media and Players One of the greatest hockey careers of the modern era, if not the greatest, will come to an end on Thursday. It is being widely reported that Detroit Red Wings defenseman and captain Nicklas Lidstrom will retire after 20 seasons in the NHL . The announcement spurned strong Twitter reaction from fellow NHL players, fans and members of the media. Here are some of those reactions.   From the Fans ... Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom ranks with Louis, Howe, Kaline and Sanders in Detroit lore DETROIT - Nicklas Lidstrom wasn't Barry Sanders. Your jaw didn't drop in utter amazement when he did something... Red Wings veteran Nicklas Lidstrom expected to announce retirement The Detroit Red Wings have scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. Thursday at Joe Louis Arena. Nicklas Lidstrom Retirement Will Forever Change the Detroit Red Wings I won't refer to any dates. I won't reference any times. I won't even draw your attention to any number of sources that have cited the day, time and place that Nicklas Lidstrom is expected to announce his retirement. The reason is simple: it just doesn't matter. Whether or not Lidstrom retired last summer or next year, what I have to say about him leaving the only NHL team he has ever known is ... Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom among Twitter's trending topics after news of expected retirement Here's a sampling of tweets from many of the media who covered Lidstrom during his 20 years in Detroit.
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