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lowetide.blogspot.com - 5/3/2008
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In the 2000 Hockey News' Draft Issue they rated Henrik Zetterberg (then 19) as a "4th liner" and said "Small pivot has nice goal scoring touch but he's still several years away." He was listed as 5-10, 180. He was the SEL rookie of the year in 00-01, and the following season made the Swedish Olympic team that played in SLC. By that time it was obvious he wasn't going to hang around ...
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3 Stars: Detroit - Colorado series
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... heroics Z’s sensational play would have likely been the story in this series. He scored 5 goals, including the game-winner in Game 3. But just as impressive is the fact the Datsyuk-Zetterberg-Holmstrom line was only on the ice for one goal against. That was in Game 1 when Milan Hejduk scored to draw the Avalanche to within one goal at 4-3. Zetterberg averaged nearly 22 minutes a game in the first three games before the Game 4 blowout and played in all situations. Lowetide has a nice post about what was expected from Hank as a prospect back in the day. As it stands ...
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