Now that superstar defenseman Niklas Lidstrom has retired, the Detroit Red Wings have to select a new team captain. Between Steve Yzerman, captain for 22 seasons, and Lidstrom, captain for 6 seasons, this is only the third Red Wings captain in almost 30 years! The Red Wings have 3 obvious possibilities in their recent alternate captains, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall and Pavel Datsyuk. It seems as though Zetterberg is the front-runner to take over for Lidstrom but he obviously has some big skates to fill. Click here to read the entire article on the Red Wings decisions regarding their new captain.

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