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Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom of Sweden hugs team owner Marian Ilitch next to his wife Annika after announcing his retirement.

Ryan Suter , Kyle Quincey , Chris Chelios , Zach Parise , Nicklas Lidstrom , Justin Abdelkader , Kris Draper , Detroit Red Wings It looks to be a potentially busy off season for the Detroit Red Wings .

Now that the Detroit Red Wings ' season is over, fans are eagerly waiting for the free-agent season to begin.

Last season, we teamed up with The Production Line to gauge the feelings of the fanbase on bringing back or cutting ties with Detroit's free agents.

Ken Holland would rather have been watching his team in the NHL playoffs, but at least some Red Wings stood out during the recent world championships in Europe.

Jimmy Howard made 25 saves and Justin Abdelkader had an assist Tuesday, when the two Detroit Red Wings helped the United States beat Switzerland 5-2 in the World Championships at Helsinki.

Nashville Predators leftwing Gabriel Bourque celebrates his goal against Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard and leftwing Justin Abdelkader during the third period of Game 4 of their NHL Western Conference quarter-final hockey playoff game in Detroit April 17.

Justin Faulk, Ryan Lasch and the Red Wings' Justin Abdelkader celebrate Friday with J.T. Brown after Brown scored in Team USA's 3-2 overtime victory over Kazakhstan in the World Championships.

Defending champions and co-hosts of the world ice hockey championship Finland thrashed France 7-1 here on Thursday to move top of their group and maintain their perfect record.

Former Detroit Red Wings forward Shawn Burr, who has been battling leukemia for two years, is teaming up with the Michigan Dental Society and Leukemia and the Lymphoma Society to try and help build up the state's bone marrow registry.

Sports reporter Aaron Portzline has covered the Blue Jackets since they arrived in Columbus as an NHL expansion franchise in 2000-01. Follow him on Twitter: @aportzline Sports reporter Shawn Mitchell has joined the Blue Jackets coverage team after spending six years covering the Columbus Crew .

Tampa Bay Lightning's Nate Thompson broke the tie at the end of the second period to help the US team beat Belarus 5-3 at the ice hockey world championships in Helsinki on Thursday.

The Detroit Red Wings sure could have used this play a couple of weeks ago, but it is still nice to see Wings' players performing well at the World Championships.