This morning, Nicklas Lidstrom officially announced his retirement. I know this may sound trivial to some people, especially in Texas, but as a die hard Wings fan, this is truly the end of an era and extremely sad day for me and Hockeytown. He was the team captain and arguably one of, if not the, best defenseman to ever lace them up. Stick taps to The Perfect Human (that's his nickname).

For comparison, it is similar to when Tim Duncan retires.