Will the captain be back? It depends, partly, on his back.
Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings' longest-tenured player, is still unsure whether he'll play next season.
His agent told Hockey Bladet, a newspaper in Zetterberg's native Sweden, that, "He has not decided whether he will continue or not." The article was translated from Swedish to English.
The agent, Gunnar Svensson, noted Zetterberg's back injuries. The forward played in all 82 games the past three seasons but did have major surgery in 2014.
Zetterberg, 37, has played all 15 of his NHL seasons with the Red Wings.