Youth movement - The Fans Speak Out - Letter to the Editor

Hockey Digest, Summer, 2003 by Ricky Taylor

I am a 15-year-old, die-hard Detroit fan and I really enjoyed reading the "Learning to Fly" article in the April 2003 issue about young Red Wings forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg. They are my favorite players on the team and are very interesting to watch. Sometimes I think that the younger players are underrated. Of court, most rookies don't have 50-point seasons like they used to, but they are the future of hockey. I hope in the future you will highlight other young stars like the Atlanta Thrashers' Dany Heatley and Ilya Kovalchuk, the Colorado Avalanche's Alex Tanguay and David Aebischer, and others.

Ricky Taylor
via e-mail

Ricky, you'll be pleased to see that Zetterberg earned a spot on our 2002-03 All-Rookie Team, which you'll find starting on page 36 of this issue.