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Nicklas Lidström has won the World Cup and the Olympics with Tre Kronor. In addition, he is an NHL legend with his four Stanley Cup wins.
Now he points out the Swedish who is similar to him most playfully in the Four Nation squad.
– It was a difficult question, he says on a press conference.
There are not many Swedes – hardly even anyone – who can compete with Nicklas Lidström54, when it comes to qualifications on the ice. He has decided an Olympic final in 2006, won the World Cup with Tre Kronor in 1991, taken four Stanley Cup victories with Detroit Red Wings and combed home James Norris Memorial Trophy (NHL’s best back) all seven times and Conn Smythe Trophy (MVP I Stanley Cup) once, as the first European.
Nicklas Lidström about today’s Three Kronor player
When Lidström met the overall press corps before the charity match between Tre Kronor Legends and NHL Alumni at newly renovated Avicii Arena on February 7, he was asked which current Swedish national team is most reminiscent of him.
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He has several big star players to look at in Tre Kronor’s profile-dense Four Nation squad. Backs like Erik KarlssonThe Victor HedmanThe Rasmus DahlinThe Gustav ForslingThe Mattias EkholmThe Jonas Brodin and Rasmus Andersson. However, it is difficult for the legend to choose someone.
– Oh, I’m not the right one to answer. It was a difficult question. It is difficult to point to any player who is like me. I don’t really know if anyone has my playing style, he says at the press conference, where the sports cable is present.
The NHL slopes that Lidström chooses
When he has been thinking for a while, he finally comes to an answer. Or he really mentions two players that he thinks at least have some parts of the game he himself had.
– Victor Hedman plays a lot, gets a lot of ice time, plays both offensively and defensively as I did. Have a different physical playing style than I have, he says.
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Tampa Bay Lightning Star Hedman has won the Stanley Cup twice and is the team captain in Three Kronors Four Nation team. The second hill that Lidström thinks is reminiscent of himself in some game sequences on the ice is a 24-year-old from Lidköping.
– Rasmus Dahlin I think is a more offensive back, more skilled with the puck individually than I was.
Who do you think is Sweden’s best hockey player of all time? Lidström, Sundin, Forsberg or anyone completely different? Feel free to leave a comment!
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