Nicklas Lidstrom
Nicklas Lidstrom
Erik Nicklas Lidströmis a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 20 seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Detroit Red Wings, which he captained for the final six seasons of his career...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth28 April 1970
CityKrylbo, Sweden
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He looks real confident out there when he's got the puck. You can tell that the other teams are backing off when he's got it. When he's got the puck he's hanging onto the puck, beating one or two guys. He's drawing two guys, too, to him, so he's just going to create so many chances -- if he's not going to score, other players around him are going to score.
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Edmonton has been playing like that for the last month going into the playoffs. We were kind of the opposite.
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People will learn a lot more about our rivalry ? and not only in hockey, but in other sports. Sweden and Finland will be huge.
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I think we can make it tougher on him out there, make him skate a little more. He's going to make plays out there. We can get on him quicker, not give him that time with the puck.
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We talked about it before to try to get to get more shots at net especially with their goalie. We heard that he might leave some rebounds coming out. And playing more straight lines, going more to the net, instead of peeling out in the corners.
With this? I think it's going to be great.