SAN JOSE, Calif. — Steve Yzerman joked that as he did as a player, Nicklas Lidstrom will have to earn the "perfect" honorific in front of his new title.
Yzerman welcomed Lidstrom as the Detroit Red Wings' vice president of hockey operations Tuesday, adding the former teammate to the rebuild's front office. Lidstrom, who won four Stanley Cups with the Wings and served as captain from 2006 until retiring in 2012, will be based in his native Sweden.