Lucas Raymond’s 8-year, $64.6 million contract extension was announced in the middle of the night in Sweden, so the news hit Stockholm a little late for the Swedish evening news cycle.
It’s also highly likely that Lucas Raymond himself is spending his morning traveling from Gothenburg to Detroit, so there aren’t any comments from Raymond himself as of yet.
This morning, Expressen’s Gunnar Nordstrom reacted to the contract with an article and a quip from Nicklas Lidstrom, and sometimes a couple of sentences get the gist of an article. That’s the case for these next couple of sentences, even when translated from Swedish:
“He was our best player in the second half of the season last spring. He’s starting to become a star in the NHL, and is fiercely checked by opponents, but I think he’s managed that challenge very well,” team icon Nicklas Lidstrom told Expressen last week.
“Lidas” belongs to the Red Wings’ management in the role of Vice President of Hockey Operations. He’s General Manager Steve Yzerman’s right-hand man.
No lies detected.
