Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff ponders “what could be” if former Red Wing Henrik Zetterberg were to move from Sweden to the U.S. Zetterberg currently serves as an advisor to his hometown team, Timra:
Henrik Zetterberg has made it abundantly clear that he has no desire to work in the front office of the Detroit Red Wings. The funny thing is that right about now, the last Red Wings captain to lead the team into the Stanley Cup playoffs is sure sounding like a Detroit GM.
“When you lose a player who scores 30 goals, it doesn’t happen that often,” Zetterberg recently told Swedish website Hockey Sverige. “We’ll have to spread his 30 out over five or six other players instead.”
Zetterberg could easily be talking about the impending departure of his replacement, Detroit captain Dylan Larkin. The perennial 30-goal scorer is requesting that the Red Wings trade him.
He’s not, though. Zetterberg is speaking in his current role as part of the sports council at Timra, the Swedish club he played for before coming to the Red Wings.
Timra will be without 30-goal scorer Jonathan Dahlen next season. They’ve also lost Emil Pettersson, the club’s second-leading scorer from 2025-26.
Much like the Wings, who’ve seen Patrick Kane depart and may very well also be losing Larkin, Zetterberg and Timra are wondering where the goals will come from this season.
