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
Detroit Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg announced his plans to retire on Friday at the start of training camp.
To save money under the NHL’s salary cap, the Wings will place him on long-term injured reserve for the remaining three seasons of his contract.
Free Press sports writer Ryan Ford takes a look at some of Zetterberg’s big numbers:
The draft
210: Zetterberg was taken near the end of the seventh round of the 1999 draft, No.