It’s huge." Nicklas Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski, Detroit Red Wings (2007-11)5 of 7 Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images Sometimes, you've just got to find the right partner. Lidstrom had a handful of ...

Chris Chelios and Brian Rafalski. That team went on to win Detroit's most recent Stanley Cup. Two years later, Ericsson became a regular on the Wings back end and the team still had a huge veteran ...

After losing Brian Rafalski and Nicklas Lidstrom in consecutive years, the Wings, amid an inevitable changing of the guard, advanced to the conference semi-finals in 2012-13, apparently immune to ...