commentary...

Red Wings' Nicklas Lidstrom may not play tonight,against Montreal;no injury,but if you count the fact that he left the morning skate,with symptoms of the flu,he is not feeling well... get well,Nicklas... NBC Sports is featuring Lidstrom,in a program,"NBC Sports 36",in which they follow him for 36 hours,tonight... some people think of him,as the best defenseman in NHL history... i do,but honestly,i never saw Bobby Orr,or Doug Harvey,play,and i may be biased towards Lidstrom... if i had to be objective,i would rank Orr first,Harvey,a close second,and Lidstrom a very close third,behind Harvey... something like number one(Orr),number 2(Harvey),and number 2a(Lidstrom)... the fact is if you had to build a near- perfect defensive unit,all three would be on my team...