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Henrik Zetterberg was invisible superstar for the Detroit Red Wings

Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg on why he's stepping away from a great career. Traverse City, Sept. 14, 2018. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

He snuck up on folks. Both on the ice and off.

It’s not that you didn’t see Henrik Zetterberg coming, it’s that you often didn’t see him at all.

Whether he was behind the play, waiting... out of the view of the broadcast camera, before sneaking into a crease to take a pass and redirect it into the net, or whether he was walking inside Somerset Mall, an invisible superstar, content to fade into the crowd.