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Nothing Can Stay Nicklas Lidstrom From His Appointed Rounds

Jun 16, 2009, 4:36 PM UTC

This, from Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg, is a strongâ†µcandidate for the greatest lead ever published: â†µâ†µâ‡¥On the afternoon of May 24, as his Red Wings teammates took the iceâ†µâ‡¥in Chicago for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, captain Nicklasâ†µâ‡¥Lidstrom wondered about the future of his testicles.â†µâ†µâ†µAh, but don’t we all, Nicklas? Don’t we all?â†µ

â†µâ†µLidstrom, it turns out, had a much better reason to do this otherâ†µthan alcohol, boredom, or the expiration of that ten-second internalâ†µclock: Chicago’s Patrick Sharp speared him in the gibbly bits.â†µThe next day, Lidstrom forever killed Don Cherry’s theory about softâ†µEuropean players by practicing. His testicles had been verbed in a wayâ†µthat implied they had been skewered like a cocktail onion, and he wentâ†µto practice. I hate Rosenberg for getting to the Allen Iversonâ†µjoke first, but it is what it is. â†µ

â†µâ†µLidstrom’s would surge the next few days and he would undergoâ†µsurgery -- the doctor told him one of his testicles might not make itâ†µback, though it did -- eventually missing a number of games during the Redâ†µWings’ Stanley Cup push. But then he came back, mangled dinglies andâ†µall, risking the spears and arrows of outrageous fortune all in the nameâ†µof the Stanley Cup. â†µ

â†µâ†µHockey, eh?â†µ

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