Confirmed with Link: Lidstrom hired as VP of Hockey Ops!

[Stony Curtis]

This is simply hilarious. Ridiculous but hilarious. Lidstrom was the best Red Wing in history not named Gordy. Yzerman was the second best forward on those cup winning teams. At that point in his career Sergei was vastly superior. Yzerman was never the same after his knee injury and he likely wasn't as good as Feds before that. He was a great captain and all but it is a myth that he was the best player on those teams. He simply wasn't.

He actually had his best year point-wise the year after his injury. Pretty amazing considering he didn't even have reconstructive surgery. He just strengthened the surrounding muscles. IIRC, it was an MCL injury, not the dreaded ACL.