For the Detroit Red Wings to be competitive again as soon as next season, their captain emphasizes it will have to happen from within the locker room.
Henrik Zetterberg included himself as he evaluated what went wrong for the Wings, who are out the playoffs for the first time in a quarter century.
“We have to be more consistent, we have to be better,” Zetterberg said. “We saw this season we can be a good team when we play well, but we were also very bad for stretches.”
Zetterberg added “we want to be a playoff team next year” and that making that happen “is up to us.