Detroit — When the media entered the Red Wings dressing room for the first time since April, Johan Franzen was playfully grumpy.
“What?” he said, looking up from his dressing stall. “What is this? What just happened?”
Franzen, other Red Wings and some local players from other teams stripped off their sweaty jerseys after the first informal skate of the late summer to which the media had access.
“We are having this, already?” Franzen asked. “Who said?”
Franzen, 35, knew he would be topic No. 1. If there was any doubt, it dissipated when writers, producers and photographers all entered the room and immediately approached him.