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Report: Detroit will name Zetterberg captain

Detroit Red Wings v Toronto Maple Leafs

TORONTO, CANADA - JANUARY 07: Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings shoots during warmup before NHL action against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre January 7, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Abelimages/Getty Images)

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The Red Wings will soon announce Henrik Zetterberg as the 36th team captain in club history.

MLive’s Ansar Khan reports the club is set to confirm what was pretty obvious upon former captain Nicklas Lidstrom’s retirement -- Lidstrom called it career in late May and, soon after, pundits began pegging Zetterberg as the likely heir to the “C”.

The 32-year-old has spent his entire 10-year career in Detroit, leading the club to the Stanley Cup in 2008, winning both the Conn Smythe and Selke trophies.

With the move, Zetterberg will become Detroit’s third captain since 1986 -- joining Lidstrom and Steve Yzerman -- and just the third fourth Swedish captain in the NHL, along with Ottawa’s Daniel Alfredsson, Colorado’s Gabriel Landeskog and Vancouver’s Henrik Sedin.

Oh, and since we’re on the captaincy tip...

The Flyers have yet to decide who will wear the “C” for 2013. Nobody inherited it last season after Chris Pronger was shut down -- instead, the Flyers went with a trio of alternates: Daniel Briere, Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen.

Philly GM Paul Holmgren told the Daily News’ Frank Seravalli he hadn’t started thinking of naming a captain yet.

“I guess I’ll have to add it to the list,” he said.