The Red Wings are awesome. 

Henrick Zetterberg signed the longest and most lucrative contract deal in Red Wings history.  Zetterberg signed a cap friendly deal for an astounding 12 years worth $73 million. This will keep in Detroit until he’s 40 years old!  The deal works out at $6.08 million a year against our cap – an extremely affordable figure for such a dynamic forward.

Zetterberg has been a stallwort with the Wings since arriving in the 2000-01 season and helped us with the Stanley cup in 2007-08.  He is adept at controlling the pucks, he’s good defensively and he can put the puck in the net and has scored 80 plus points twice in his career.  He had a career high 45 goals last year.  ”Hank” is currently out nursing a bad back.

More than the value of being able to lock down Hank Z, this signing re-inforces my beleif that this is the best run pro club in Detroit, the NHL and for that matter – all of professional sports.  The fact that guys like Zetterberg and Hossa would sign for less than their market value speaks volumes about their coaches, management and owner.  Even mor than that, I can’t figure out how they keep churning out players from their draft picks.  Their skill at finding both high, mid and late round picks that keep turning out to be solid hockey players has been unmatched.  I can only think of the San Antonio Spurs as a comparison.

Henrick Zetterberg Career Stats: