Detroit Free Press

Class president?"No, never," Nicklas Lidstrom says.Student council leader?"We didn't have that."Yearbook editor? Head Boy scout?"I never went to the Boy Scouts."Did they even do Boy Scouts in Sweden?"Oh, yeah. But I was mostly playing hockey and soccer."I am trying to find the leadership positions on Nick Lidstrom's resume. After all, he is the captain of the Red Wings now - the first new captain after two decades of Steve Yzerman. Surely, he has been groomed from his past.Hall monitor, I ask?"Nope."

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There is a dog show in Detroit this weekend, and 60,000 people are expected to attend, and 3,000 dogs, and 163 ...

Everyone casts a shadow. Some are bigger than others. Todd Bertuzzi, like it or not, throws one thick and dark as ...