Zetterberg's play has been elevated to unreal levels since being named captain of our club. I absolutely dissent with Bob's accusations of him having bad games, and as Heaton has stated in other threads, Bob is the biggest flag waiver of Datsyuk which causes him to feel the need to compare Hank to Pavs in a somewhat negative connotation. Hank has had bad moments, some awful turnovers, etc. But all in all, Hank is created tons of offense, looks strong on the puck not unlike that of a power forward(not that he is a power forward, mind you), and has shown selke calibre defense this season. Now let's not take anything from Datsyuk, he's been absolutely phenomenal this season as well. Perhaps he's a little snake bitten, he could easily have 3-5 more goals already this season, but our best players have been carrying us this season. If we lost any of Hank, Pavs, or Howie, we'd be in disastrous trouble.
As for Bob's comments regarding Nick Lidstrom's captaincy. I think Nick was an undoubtedly great captain. Did he have the moments like Stevie where he lead the team on one leg, play with the team for 14 seasons before winning a Stanley Cup, or anything of that nature? No, obviously not, but not many players have such storied careers or captaincies. Lidstrom was a great leader for this hockey club, and he really eased the transition between the Yzerman, Shanahan, Fedorov era to the Datsyuk and Zetterberg era.
Wth are you talking about. He led the team with cracked nuts, hell a lot worse than a worn down leg