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01-29-2009, 04:00 PM
"The Wings remain the model for executive brilliance in sports, and they’re not above taking the occasional bow. They earned this victory lap.
All the principal players sat before the cameras Wednesday, celebrating how they secured one of hockey’s brighter lights for the duration of his career at a discounted rate.
Henrik Zetterberg could have received a lot more than $73 million over the next 12 years had he opted for unrestricted free agency this summer. He’s one of the top 10 players in the game. He would have found at least one suitor determined to pluck one of the Wings’ jewels.
But he committed his career to Detroit because he’s comfortable here. He has found a surrogate family that makes the miles that distance him from his native country (Sweden) far less intimidating."
http://www.freep.com/article/20090128/COL08/90128116/1081/Give+Wings+praise+for+Zetterberg+deal
Took less money, and signed below his market value, to stay in Detroit.
Detroit is THE best organization in all of sport.
Period.
Watch and learn, Leafs.
All the principal players sat before the cameras Wednesday, celebrating how they secured one of hockey’s brighter lights for the duration of his career at a discounted rate.
Henrik Zetterberg could have received a lot more than $73 million over the next 12 years had he opted for unrestricted free agency this summer. He’s one of the top 10 players in the game. He would have found at least one suitor determined to pluck one of the Wings’ jewels.
But he committed his career to Detroit because he’s comfortable here. He has found a surrogate family that makes the miles that distance him from his native country (Sweden) far less intimidating."
http://www.freep.com/article/20090128/COL08/90128116/1081/Give+Wings+praise+for+Zetterberg+deal
Took less money, and signed below his market value, to stay in Detroit.
Detroit is THE best organization in all of sport.
Period.
Watch and learn, Leafs.