"It's not that the tank is completely empty, it just doesn't have enough to carry me through every day at the high level where I want to play at. ..."
Nicklas Lidstrom
The end of an ice age
Lidstrom's decision to leave the wings proves he was a rarity in Detroit sports
The Ice Man melteth.
It took 20 seasons, but those steel blue eyes began to water. The voice quivered. He was out of his element, wearing a suit, not a sweater, in front of a news conference, not a raucous arena, with notes in his hand, not a stick.
And he was saying good-bye.
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Published on March 17, 2014 08:10