This offseason, Niklas Kronwall was a major question mark in the upcoming season for the Detroit Red Wings. Would he be healthy enough to start the season, or would his status instead be relegated to injured reserve?
What, then, would his effect be on the Red Wings overall salary cap? How many more seasons does he even have left? In the wake of Henrik Zetterberg’s retirement, Kronwall is now the oldest dressing player.
Kronwall answered some of these questions by suiting up on Thursday. His health is almost certainly not 100%; an otherwise decimated defense core possibly hurried Kronwall back to the ice.