Nicklas Lidstrom's Speech

[ThePENNY1999]

lidstrom and yzerman are the ones who got me so in love with hockey .... i thank them:) ... yzerman is alwase going to be my favorite captain and Lidstrom will always be my Favorite deference man

[danglesnipesdaniel]

I'd like to see the ASG here at the Joe!

[LuuKen]

1:07 my god.. haha ew :s

[blada600]

Yeah, he looks like a deformed zombie throughout the video because the lighting is so weird.

[hydr5]

his accent is fine, but his VOICE IS ANNOYING

[Tha4thLetterr]

looks like his skeleton is showing through his face at about 1:08

[MrKlasse12]

My god, what a good english he have!

[younggun88]

Lidstroms the man

[asshole8881]

what game is this

[latinahoney123]

steve yzerman and nicklas lidstrom the best classiest awesome guys out there doesnt get better then that!

[pmb22gma]

I quite agree!

[careypricefan11]

@latinahoney123 Yess...Sakic, Lidstrom, Yzerman, Lemieux, Gretzky, Iginla, Koivu...the list goes on.

[danieljakeypoo]

niklas lidstrom and steve yzerman are both great men, two of the best ever, tough loss this year boys but i know a lot was learned and we'll be back at the top of the league next year and for many years to come GO WINGS

[cup950003]

man i love lidstrom he's such a classy guy stevey y prolly was a big mentor to him

[fruknullarn]

shitty gift lol

[pmb22gma]

Why a bad gift? A trip to the European Champs: not easy to get tickets to this Champs. And have you ever been to Europe? To Austria? Do you enjoy soccer? If the answers are no, than I can understand that you don't understand that it's a great gift.

[fruknullarn]

No, I do. I dont think a canadian has any vested interest in a european championships for soccer.

[NHLfreak87]

är du dum eller? dom sa ju själva att han har ett intresse för fotboll :S yzerman är faktiskt intresserad av de men ja antar att du vet bättre än han själv....loooool

[fruknullarn]

@NHLfreak87 lär dig engelska om du ska argumentera, lär dig meningen med vested innan du ska spela störig över internet.

[NHLfreak87]

@fruknullarn va fan pratar du om? vet du nånting om steve yzerman eller? för i helvete....

[fruknullarn]

@NHLfreak87 nej, i min första post spekulerar jag, förstod du inte heller det? think betyder tror på engelska, det var något jag trodde de flesta var förstod.

[fruknullarn]

@NHLfreak87 vet du vad vested betyder? om inte, varför tar du debatten med mig utan att veta vad jag säger? mentalt handikappad?

[NHLfreak87]

@fruknullarn klart ja förstår att du spekulerar i din första kommentar men då kan ja ju säga att de behöver du inte för stevie gillar europeisk fotboll...jag förstår gott o väl vad vested betyder men om du skriver att de va en dålig present så är du ju mer än lovligt korkad....det var inte ens den där "vested" kommentaren ja svarade på....min poäng är inte om han är direkt kopplad till fotbolls-em som kanadick utan det var att det inte alls är en dålig present till en snubbe som gillar fotboll

[pmb22gma]

crap name you've got!

[amirtoma]

fuck you crosby.

[jaipaul68]

your a huge fag nicklas is the best player in teh fuckin NHL homo and has been loyal to his team the whole time just liek stevie so eat it

[latinahoney123]

lindstrom is amazing dont say that ever again he did nothing for you to say f him. Hes an amazing player and amazing person

[jjjp12]

I hear now first time when Nicklas speaks english - amazing! Im from Finland and I just can't believe that he is from Sweden.. You know, i thought that Finss are good speak English but there's nothing compare on this :D well, Saku Koivu's english is very good too, as an europe people.

[FartScrap]

i love you <3

[kinnison]

haha, true contradiction!

[shutout82]

you can't compare orr to players today want to know why?

its a whole different generation hockey today is nothing like hockey back then.

[ellenalgotmelwin]

Nick is the king!!

[Brettdude13]

im speechLESS. Lol

[ellenalgotmelwin]

Best defencemen ever!!! Give him norris again:P

[desolate666]

you know what the funny thing. is in the era of Orr regular people could become pro hockey players , whether you smoked or not. Players by todays standards are alot more conditioned than players of the old time hockey, don't get me wrong Orr revolutionized the offensive defensemen, but doug harvey was the originater

[Adamje69]

Guy Lafleur use to smoke on the bench, between shifts.

[toniitaliaa]

Awesome players and persons for sure but where they friends? Considering Yzermans gestures they were enemies.

[72Larsson]

A Good Swedish Hockey-Player :)

[ellenalgotmelwin]

wonderful speechs´Nick sounds like kevin costner a bit

[phille22]

haha

[Nellis07]

What's up with the first half of the video being blurry on Lidstrom's face ?

[ellenalgotmelwin]

Great speech to Stevie Y

[ellenalgotmelwin]

Best in all time. OUTSTANDING HUMAN BEING AND THE BEST HE IS FROM SWEDEN. SWEDEN OWN IN HOCKEY. And we will allways have a team who compete we you Canadians. Viktor Hedman would cause you big nightmares:) If you dont no his name no you probably will

[backaif]

@ellenalgotmelwin shit va pinsam du är

[Tinytim0724]

Lidstrom's number is the next to go in the rafters.

[animeguy95]

But before that HASEK

[ellenalgotmelwin]

he is really sound like Costner. By the way this swedish guy is the best defense man ever who had play this game. Zetterberg and Daytsyuk will rule for ages now. I dont ant to be cooky because thats not how we are in Sweden, but its alowed to be proud and I was proud when 7 swedish player raised the big trophy the same night june 4.

[ellenalgotmelwin]

Kevin Costners voice pretty simular??

[lidasfromger]

hehe its my dads cousine, i have meet his parents in dalarna

[Deuce47]

I think Shanny would have been the better captain, but he came over to us.

[xCodix]

nah, i think nick is the best choice.

but i sure do miss shanny on the wings =[

[mpw00]

Nick is the best choice to fill such large shoes as the Detroit captain. He is, without a doubt, the best hockey defenseman of all time!

[Deuce47]

Lidstrom doesn't compare to Bobby Orr. But that' no knock. No defenseman compares to Bobby Orr. How can you beat 46 goals, 139 points, and STILL a +124?

[WarmothGuitarist]

Eh...

Bobby Orr was an offenseman with defensive skill...he just happened to be labled a "defensman". In terms of today...Orr would be a Datsyuk, Zetterberg, or a Fedorov.

Orr could control the game offensively, but Lidstrom controls the game defensively.

Lidstrom is the best defensive-defenseman ever, while Orr is the best offensive-defenseman ever. Two totally different categories for those two...

[Foltz22]

umm absolutely not pal, i would never compare Orr to Datsyuk, Zetterberg and especially Fedorov. Orr is the most overrated player of all time. Fedorov has won more cups than Orr, Datsyuk has won the same amount and is still young, and Zetterberg needs just 1 more. Hell, both Datsyk and Z are better at defense than Orr was. By the end of their career Datsyuk and Zetterberg will be better than Orr in most peoples minds, they are already above him right now if u ask me. Go Wings 2009

[Nashtak5000]

A player is not better than another one simply because he has more stanley cup, this is ridiculous.

[Foltz22]

k, i no that, but that's just one of many reasons i think datsyuk, fedorov, and zetterberg are much better than orr

[JimB667]

You're a retard buddy Orr changed what everyone thought about what a defenseman could do for his team and turned a cellar-dwelling team into a cup contender almost single handedly. Whos cares if the Wings happen to be a powerhouse... 8 straight norris trophies man. What the fuck has datsyuk or zetterberg done in that respect.

[Foltz22]

oughh orr turned a team into a cup contender, well whoopty doo, there were only like 10 teams. Orr was an offenseman who played defense, nothing more. Datsyuk and Zetterberg are both better at offense and defense than Orr was, and Lidstrom is just the fucking man. He should go down as the greatest defenseman of all time.

[MAXIMONT]

get the hell out of here. whens the last time swiss miss hit anyone?

[Foltz22]

eat shit cocksucker, u have no idea what real talent is

[koradek]

Datsyuk has more talent in his big toe than Orr has in his whole body...

[Foltz22]

i know right!

[HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN]

How many Art Ross trophies has Datsyuk won?

[googeyman31]

none...xD

[koradek]

How many Selke trophies and/or Lady Byng trophies has Orr won?

[HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN]

You're an idiot. The Selke is given out to the best defensive FORWARD. Orr was a defenseman. That's like asking how many Norris trophies Datsyuk has won. Good job you know nothing about hockey.

The Lady Byng is the bitch trophy. Bobby Orr had a physical dimension to his game so he had no chance at the Lady Byng. He was a player on the ice and a gentleman off the ice.

Come talk to me when Datsyuk wins 3 Hart trophies and 4 Art Ross trophies.

[koradek]

"bitch trophy"? You obviously have no clue when it comes to hockey. The Lady Byng is given to the player with the most combined skill and sportsmanship, being dirty isn't the same as being a tough player. Datsyuk could win the Art Ross every year but he plays for his team instead of himself. he takes half as many shots as the players up there with him on the score sheet.

[koradek]

Its harder for him to win the hart trophy because its to the player who is most valuable to his team. They usually give it to good players on shitty teams because they are the only thing that keeps them alive. Datsyuk plays on a good team, thats his problem.

[HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN]

Bobby Orr played on one of the best Bruin teams ever. He was the best player on the best team in the league. Datsyuk isn't even the best player on his team. The Lady Byng has turned into a "most points-least PIM trophy." It's given out to the players who score a lot of points and don't get involved in the rough stuff. The best goal scorer doesn't always win the Art Ross. Usually playmakers who get a lot of assists do, so your point about shooting is null.

[Michlimania]

Orr the whore was so fucking over-rated.

He'd be a bitch in todays game.

[HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN]

Where you old enough to see him play?

[Michlimania]

"Where you old enough to see him play? "

Was I? "Where you" is improper English. Sorry, but I do not reciprocate with uneducated dip shits.

[HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN]

Excuses, excuses. I guess this is what you hockey "fans" do to compensate for a lack of hockey knowledge. Go back to your Datsyuk circle jerk you dick riding faggot.

[FartScrap]

Dick riding faggot is funny, but Bobby Orr vs Pavel Datsyuk is a pointless argument.

[HANKHILLPROPANEARLEN]

Don't you go on gamefaqs?

[FartScrap]

Yes. wtf

[Sweetswede15]

you speak fucking tr00f ma man

[hutts11]

Datsyuk is a 3 time winner of the Lady Byng, he won the Selke for best defensive forward the past year, and also lead the NHL in Plus/Minus, and Zetterberg just won the Conn Smythe. Either way, we all know without those 3 the Red Wings won't be where they are today. And now with the addition of Hossa, we should have another awesome run for the cup. Go Wings!

[StevieY24]

WOW, I didn't know, that Yzerman is a soccer fan!

[amaz6]

well it's the euro cup and not the world cup ;D

[Theloe]

The euro cup is still one of the biggest events in the world, only world cup bets it, so its not "just" :D

[Sebbe8910]

In terms of interest and coverage, the world cup is bigger.

But in terms of team quality I would say that Euro is equal, if not better than the world cup.

[Liphik]

man, its amazing you think he'd still have a swedish accent or something.

[mjonas10]

What´s a Swedish accent then if i may ask?

[Hiei2k7]

The way Homer and Zetterberg are.

[mfactor3]

wait i thougth lidstrom earned his 5th norris after that season so why did darren pang say 5 time

[HolyHellPreacher]

I think Panger assumed that he would win it again. He was right. Who was better? Although, Niedermayer was the best in the playoffs. Lidstrom wasn't bad, either.

[mfactor3]

still 18 points in 18 games

[HolyHellPreacher]

Yeah. That's not too bad, huh?

[omy785]

Lidstrom & Yzerman=gods!

[stickyandgreen]

lidstrom is my favorite. one of the smartest and most consistent players in the nhl. he is a quick finesse player and a gentleman on the ice. defenseman like Lidstrom are rare to say the least.

hockey + soccer = LIFE!

I love you, Steve!

[firstfire603]

no place I'd rather be on a cold winter night than,burnin one in my jammys watching the game, GO BRUINS!

[hockey8931]

*sigh* I will never forget that night. Thanks for the post and I LOVE your name.

[Yzerman1988]

why no yzerman speech

[chuock]

he gave like a 20 minute speech that night

[tina0228]

whats the name of the song that plays before he speaks? i would love to know if anyone could tell me--- i was there and it was the most amazingly touching ceremony ever.

[jkc3954]

Touching.