TheMoreYouKnow
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I think Lidstrom's -2 is more a result of his hefty PP time and reduced ES minutes. I still believe he was or is Detroit's best defensive defenseman.
Babcock could have been protecting him I suppose, but I think it was more preserving an elderly man and reducing risks. Does anyone have his playoff minutes? That would be helpful.
playoff TOI for lidstrom:
21:49 total (2nd on team)
17:05 ES (3rd on team)
0:29 SH (5th on team)
4:13 PP (1st on team)
Very similar to his numbers for the regular season except his SH time went way down to almost nothing, but that wasn't a surprise. Babcock took Lidstrom out of the regular PK units already in the last months of the regular season.