Kronwall Gets Major Honor After Red Wings Career

Niklas Kronwall has been out of the nightly grind for a while, but the respect around his name has not gone anywhere. This kind of honor usually lands on players who spent years doing the hard, unglamorous work that teammates remember long after the highlights fade. Kronwall built a reputation the old-school way, with bite, reliability, and a presence that made Detroit lean on him when things got nasty. That kind of résumé still carries weight in hockey, even when the skates are hung up.