Red Wings Set to Retire Former Captain’s Number in Detroit

Detroit is rolling out the red carpet for one of its former captains, and this is the kind of honor that tells you exactly where a player sits in the franchise’s memory bank. The ceremony marks a permanent place in the rafters, which is hockey’s version of the velvet rope. For a fan base that measures loyalty in decades, this one carries real weight because the Wings do not hand out these tributes casually.