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Red Wings to reduce Niklas Kronwall's role?

(Another in a series of player profiles prior to training camp.)

Niklas Kronwall

Position: Defense

Age: 37

Height/Weight: 6-0/194

2017-18 stats: 79 games, 4 goals, 23 assists, 27 points, minus-14 rating, 36 penalty minutes.

Career stats: 874 games, 80 goals, 325 assists, 405 points, even plus-minus rating, 524 penalty minutes.

Contract: One year at a $4.75 million cap hit.

2017-18 in review: Missed training camp and the first three games of the regular season due to a back issue and then played 79 consecutive games.