“He’s like Mats, an incredible player and my idol when I was a kid,” he said. “I’ve been looking up to him and tried to learn the aspects of his game. We have mostly the same playing style so you can learn from him.”
Stralman will have to set the Hall of Fame talk aside for now and concentrate on making the team. The strong play of Ian White and Carlo Colaiacovo has made the Leafs blue line a storehouse of young players.
“I’m not sure I’d be throwing that (Lidstrom’s) name around right now,” Ferguson said.
He is considered to be one of the top defenceman in the game. That’s heady company for a young man of 20 years old. If he’s got 80 per cent of Nik Lidstrom, we’re happy. If he’s got more than that, we’re going to throw a party.”"
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