Nicklas Lidstrom: Nicklas Lidstrom retires from Detroit Red Wings after 20 stellar seasons in NHL

• Josh Cooper of The Tennessean opines that Ryan Suter might not want to come to Detroit because it means replacing Nick Lidstrom. The Chief, uh, disagrees: "Let me get this straight. A player of Suter's caliber would turn down a huge DetroitThe future Hall of Famer, however, shared a similar career timeline as a guy named Nicklas Lidstrom. "I don't think there's any doubt he was the class of our generation on defense," Niedermayer told ESPN.com Thursday.

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