Frans Nielsen, left, with the Red Wings last month. He and two of his longtime teammates left the Islanders as free agents after last season. “I didn’t think I was going to leave, to be honest,” he said.
When Frans Nielsen skates onto the ice in Brooklyn for the first time Sunday wearing Detroit Red Wings colors, it will be an odd sight for most everyone at Barclays Center.
For a decade, Nielsen, a mild-mannered center form Denmark, went about his job for the Islanders, through many trying years and a few moments of exulation. He filled myriad roles on Jack Capuano;s squad with fortitude an quiet leadership.
Nielsen's departure in July, when he signed with Detroit for six years and more than 30 million, was a surprise thaht coincided with the exits of Kyle Okposo and Matt Martin, two other career Islanders, also via free agency.
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