“Not playing playoff hockey sucks. That’s why we play hockey, you want to be there in the playoffs. Not being there the last two years has been hard, especially on the guys that are used to going to the playoffs. We don’t want it to become a new normal here. The normal here is making the playoffs, so it’s been hard,” Zetterberg told the Jamie and Stoney Show on 97.1 The Ticket.
That’s a good message for Henrik Zetterberg to leave for the young Wings as he heads into LTIRetirement. The bar is high in Detroit and the norm needs to be making the playoffs.