This is my first post here at this redwings forum.
Henrik Zetterberg grew up in a typical Swedish middleclass home in Njurunda, a suburb to Sundsvall. Sundsvall has a population of 100 000 people. He has played in Timrå before going to Detriot. And he would not play for another elite team in Sweden. Thats the guy he is.
Hes girlfriend got famous in the Swedish version of Survivour. Without her silicon boobs she would not have gotten where she is now, in bed with Z. However she is not a stupid girl.
Most icehockey players in Sweden comes from a middleclass homes because icehockey is a expensive sport to have your kids playing. In Sweden it is bad to brag abut how much money you are earning.
If you compare this with a Russian guy who allmost everyone has grewn up in a poor home. If you are rich in Russia you have connections to high people in the goverment or the mafia. I beleve they are the same sometimes. When a young Russin guy comes to NHL and earn alot of money you want to earn so much money as you can.
The past is what you are!