Zetterberg's post game quotes

[Guest DetroitIan]

Interesting quote from Zetterberg after tonight's 4-1 victory over the Kings. I believe he was asked about how he has been playing. Then Hank responds with this quote: "If you have good confidence, you make the right plays," Zetterberg said. "We have a little more depth this year and special teams are better."

Good to hear Zetterberg say that, considering all the fans out there that think the Wings lost depth. I completely agree with Hank here. Even after losing Bertuzzi, Calder, Lang, and Schneider, we are still very deep. And according to Hank, even MORE deep than last season. A statement like that just shows how much faith and confidence Zetterberg has in this team. Gotta love it.

Edited October 15, 2007 by DetroitIan

[Guest RedWingsFever]

Interesting quote from Zetterberg after tonight's 4-1 victory over the Kings. I believe he was asked about how he has been playing. Then Hank responds with this quote: "If you have good confidence, you make the right plays," Zetterberg said. "We have a little more depth this year and special teams are better."

Good to hear Zetterberg say that, considering all the fans out there that think the Wings lost depth. I completely agree with Hank here. Even after losing Bertuzzi, Calder, Lang, and Schneider, we are still very deep. And according to Hank, even MORE deep than last season. A statement like that just shows how much faith and confidence Zetterberg has in this team. Gotta love it.

100% Agreed.

[irishtemper14+25 11]

yup, i think we have more depth simply because of our great young talent who are getting a big oppurtunity

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

i'm not sure how losing bertuzzi, calder, and lang and bringing nobody else in gives us more depth. all the guys we have up front now we had in the system last year. we are definitely thinner up front. i don't see hudler or filppula making up for lang and bertuzzi. it's not going to happen. aside from that, we had both those guys last year, so last year they were already part of our "depth". defense we lost markov and schneider. we brought in rafalski, whom i prefer to schneider, but still, we have nobody to make up for markov, so i feel we are thinner on d as well.

so i'm not sure how people think we're deeper.

edit-i forgot about drake. he is a veteran presence and gives us some grit, so that's good. but other than his few fights, he's been invisible.

Edited October 15, 2007 by datsyukismyfriend

[Seraph 240]

to the motown youth movement. It's a nice change of pace, especially with the success we're having so far.

[wingsfan40 0]

Cheers to the future captain of this team

[eva unit zero 271]

i'm not sure how losing bertuzzi, calder, and lang and bringing nobody else in gives us more depth. all the guys we have up front now we had in the system last year. we are definitely thinner up front. i don't see hudler or filppula making up for lang and bertuzzi.

Bertuzzi played a handful of games and did not perform well. Calder played a handful of games with mixed results. Lang's effectiveness was limited all season. Hudler and Filppula haven't played like we were hoping, but it's only six games into the season. As far as Hudler is concerned...Hudler and Datsyuk both have scored one point that did not also involve Henrik Zetterberg. Does that mean that Hudler is as good as Datsyuk, and the only difference between the two is chemistry with Z, which Hudler never had a chance to develop? Let's give it a little more time before we declare Hudler and Filppula failures, shall we?

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

Bertuzzi played a handful of games and did not perform well. Calder played a handful of games with mixed results. Lang's effectiveness was limited all season. Hudler and Filppula haven't played like we were hoping, but it's only six games into the season. As far as Hudler is concerned...Hudler and Datsyuk both have scored one point that did not also involve Henrik Zetterberg. Does that mean that Hudler is as good as Datsyuk, and the only difference between the two is chemistry with Z, which Hudler never had a chance to develop? Let's give it a little more time before we declare Hudler and Filppula failures, shall we?

how does any of what you said support the comment that we have more depth? i'm not sure what your argument is.

[Guest DetroitIan]

how does any of what you said support the comment that we have more depth? i'm not sure what your argument is.

Whats not to understand??? You clearly think we have lost depth. So obviously you don't think too highly about some of our youngsters(Hudler, Flipper, ect). And eva added the fact that losing Bertuzzi , Calder, and Lang didnt really hurt our depth much considering their lack of production. And I agree on both accounts. Schneider is the only player I would consider a big loss. But not only did we fill that hole. We upgraded. Hense, there are some that agree with Zetterberg on this. And for good reason.

Edited October 16, 2007 by DetroitIan

[Izzy24 44]

What's to stop Chelios from being quoted, post-game?

[wingnut22 81]

What's to stop Chelios from being quoted, post-game?

nothing!!!!

[Flip-check 6]

Good to hear Zetterberg say that, considering all the fans out there that think the Wings lost depth. I completely agree with Hank here. Even after losing Bertuzzi, Calder, Lang, and Schneider, we are still very deep. And according to Hank, even MORE deep than last season.

Ian, how are we "more" deep? We really upgraded only in Rafalski.

I like Hank, he's my favorite player on the squad, but I would say that makes us a "little deeper"... and that's it. That's true, the Wings didn't lose any depth, but we didn't gain any either.

We are, for all intents and purposes, the same team as last year. Minus Lang's point production and J Willy. I don't count Dallas Drake as a depth addition.

[Grittzkey 1]

hez sayin that to make all the youngsters happy.

Hudler.Flip.Kopo.Kron.Lebda. Are all trash so far.

[Flip-check 6]

hez sayin that to make all the youngsters happy.

That's what I'd think too.

Considering that we're not even two weeks into the season though, I ain't in too much a hurry to see the kids pick up their game. They'll find it, sure as the sun rises.

[Kp-Wings 3]

What's to stop Chelios from being quoted, post-game?

What's to stop Chris Chelios from denying a post-game interview?

[Izzy24 44]

What's to stop Chris Chelios from denying a post-game interview?

...or handshake.

[Kp-Wings 3]

...or handshake.

Touche.

[datsyukismyfriend 4]

Whats not to understand??? You clearly think we have lost depth. So obviously you don't think too highly about some of our youngsters(Hudler, Flipper, ect). And eva added the fact that losing Bertuzzi , Calder, and Lang didnt really hurt our depth much considering their lack of production. And I agree on both accounts. Schneider is the only player I would consider a big loss. But not only did we fill that hole. We upgraded. Hense, there are some that agree with Zetterberg on this. And for good reason.

we had all these players last year (hudler, flip, etc)! pluss we had lang, bert, and clader, thus, last year we had more depth. get it? you can't gain depth by getting rid of players and replacing them with players in your own system. lang's 50 points will be tough to make up. it's not that i don't think highly of flip and rex, but we already had both of them on the team last year. and i think it's going to be tough to find offense when our first line isn't clicking. we had that problem to some extent last year, but at least we had lang.

[GMRwings1983 8,804]

Come on guys. 99% of post-game comments are just cliches. What did you expect him to say? That we don't have much depth and that our young guys aren't doing s*** out there.

[Spinner 6]

Come on guys. 99% of post-game comments are just cliches. What did you expect him to say? That we don't have much depth and that our young guys aren't doing s*** out there.

Chelios would tell it like it is

[swedishconnection 36]

For all of those saying that we upgraded with Rafalski, I disagree.

Thus far (keep that in mind... I can only comment on what I have seen of him so far and hope that at the end of the season I will be singin a different tune) Rafalski has been not as good as Schneids.

Schneider was better on the PP with the huge cannon, long reach, and bigger body.

Schneider was better in the neutral zone that Rafy has been. Rafy has given the puck up many times with his sometimes awsome threaded-needle passes, but other times it comes back to burn him.

Schneider had a mean-streak sometimes.

Rafy cannot handle the bigger players as far as I have seen. (re-watch either Ducks games. -- Remember, this is who we are going to have to go through to win the west.) Other teams just pound on Rafy any chance they get. Its almost like they are targeting him.

Schneider whitens his pearly teeth.

This is coming from a huge Schneids fan, and I really want to love Rafy, but I havent really seen anything from Rafy that Kronwall doesnt give us, SO FAR. I really hope I feel different in March.

The only thing that Rafy has on Schneids is speed. Rafy is a better skater. Hands down.

[This Is Bida 0]

when in gods name would hank ever say "egh, we had a better team last year, with more depth. we've downgraded"

c'mon! these players are taught by specialist on what to say to the media not to look bad..

trust me, my buddy plays for Chicago and tells me about it.

hence why you never hear players bash their team

[wingslogo19 281]

Good things to hear from Zetts

[Guest GordieSid&Ted]

Interesting quote from Zetterberg after tonight's 4-1 victory over the Kings. I believe he was asked about how he has been playing. Then Hank responds with this quote: "If you have good confidence, you make the right plays," Zetterberg said. "We have a little more depth this year and special teams are better."

Good to hear Zetterberg say that, considering all the fans out there that think the Wings lost depth. I completely agree with Hank here. Even after losing Bertuzzi, Calder, Lang, and Schneider, we are still very deep. And according to Hank, even MORE deep than last season. A statement like that just shows how much faith and confidence Zetterberg has in this team. Gotta love it.

What's he going to say? "f*** man, we're a one trick pony right now, you hear that NHL defenses? Key on Me, Homer and Dats and you'll shut our offense down almost entirely"

When Johan Franzen starts the year as a 1st line winger for a guy of Datsyuk's calibre, that isn't depth.

When Hudler and Filpulla are expected to be 20+ goal guys their 1st year as the main 2nd line guys, that's not depth either.

we had all these players last year (hudler, flip, etc)! pluss we had lang, bert, and clader, thus, last year we had more depth. get it? you can't gain depth by getting rid of players and replacing them with players in your own system. lang's 50 points will be tough to make up. it's not that i don't think highly of flip and rex, but we already had both of them on the team last year. and i think it's going to be tough to find offense when our first line isn't clicking. we had that problem to some extent last year, but at least we had lang.

The question is will Hudler and Flip combine to score even 50 points this year? There's alot of hope and praying going on for this to happen, been going on since preseason. I didn't buy it then and after 7 games, s***, after 3 games I didn't buy it and I still don't.

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

For all of those saying that we upgraded with Rafalski, I disagree.

Thus far (keep that in mind... I can only comment on what I have seen of him so far and hope that at the end of the season I will be singin a different tune) Rafalski has been not as good as Schneids.

Schneider was better on the PP with the huge cannon, long reach, and bigger body.

Schneider was better in the neutral zone that Rafy has been. Rafy has given the puck up many times with his sometimes awsome threaded-needle passes, but other times it comes back to burn him.

Schneider had a mean-streak sometimes.

Rafy cannot handle the bigger players as far as I have seen. (re-watch either Ducks games. -- Remember, this is who we are going to have to go through to win the west.) Other teams just pound on Rafy any chance they get. Its almost like they are targeting him.

Schneider whitens his pearly teeth.

This is coming from a huge Schneids fan, and I really want to love Rafy, but I havent really seen anything from Rafy that Kronwall doesnt give us, SO FAR. I really hope I feel different in March.

The only thing that Rafy has on Schneids is speed. Rafy is a better skater. Hands down.

I'll give you that Schneider had a great shot from the point, but he's the exact same size as Rafalski. Actually depending on what source you check, Rafalski is listed as a few pounds heavier.