He won 4 Stanley Cups.
On the greatest team ever assembled, he was the playoff MVP.
He won his first Norris Trophy at age 31, then won 6 more.
After age 24, he finished Top 6 in the Norris vote every season until his retirement at age 42.
In 20 seasons, he missed just 42 games, a dozen of them in his final year.
He never missed the playoffs.
He missed 2 playoff games in 20 years.
He scored the goal that won Sweden a gold medal in the Olympics.
He was the first European to captain a Stanley Cup champion.
He was the first European to win the Conn Smythe.
He had a hat trick at age 40.
Revered by his peers, he wasn’t involved in a single controversy in 20 years.
He was Nicklas Lidstrom.
“The Perfect Human”.
Gotta say, I’m a big fan of the friends who, when I refer to my mom in a story, don’t spew the “common courtesies” that I’ve been getting for over a decade.
Some of y’all can relate to this directly, and I hate y’all know that feeling.
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