Nicklas Lindstrom Detriot Red Wings 2008 Upper Deck

Erik Nicklas Lidström (pronounced [ˈnɪ̌kːlasˈlîːdstrœm]; born 28 April 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defencemanand current vice president of hockey operations for the Detroit Red Wings.^[1] He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings from 1991 to 2012, where he played in six Stanley Cup Finals, winning four championships, and captained the team for the final six seasons of his career.^[2][3][4] He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defencemen in NHL history and nicknamed "the Perfect Human."

Over his 20 NHL seasons, Lidström won four Stanley Cup championships, seven James Norris Memorial Trophies (awarded to the NHL's top defenceman), one Conn Smythe Trophy (the first European to win the trophy) as the playoffs most valuable player, and was voted into 12 NHL All-Star Games. The Red Wings never missed the playoffs during his career, the longest streak of playoff appearances for a player in league history. Lidström was the first European-born-and-trained captain of a Stanley Cup-winning team. Lidström is also the all-time leader in games played with a single NHL team by a European-born player.

Lidström was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on 9 November 2015.^[5] In 2017, Lidström was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.^[6]