Detroit Red Wings: Henrik Zetterberg Is the Best Choice for Next Captain

September 4th, 2012 by Nicholas Goss Leave a reply »
Henrik Zetterberg is the perfect man to lead the Detroit Red Wings as the team's next captain because he is a great leader, an elite player and he has learned from two of the best captains the sport of hockey has ever seen in Nicklas Lidstrom and Steve Yzerman.

Although it hasn't been officially announced, Zetterberg is expected by many to get the "C" stitched onto his sweater at the start of the next season.

Ansar Khan of MLive.com tweeted the latest on the situation on Tuesday.

Zetterberg said he would be honored to be the Wings' next captain. Said he hasn't been asked yet.

— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) September 4, 2012 Tweets from Dan Fenner of the Oakland Press, and Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press in May shared the opinion that Zetterberg is the likely choice as the team's next captain.

Lidstrom cites Zetterberg's leadership first among his teammates.There's your next captain, folks.As if there was any doubt. #RedWings

— Dan Fenner (@DanFenner) May 31, 2012 Bank on Henrik Zetterberg being named the next captain of the Detroit #RedWings

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