Wings ink Franzen to 11-year deal

From Detroit Free Press:

Red Wings general manager Ken Holland announced today that the club has signed forward Johan Franzen to an 11-year contract. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

The 11-year pact represents the second-longest deal in club history, just behind the 12-year contract signed by Henrik Zetterberg in January. They are hoping to do the same with forward Marian Hossa before he becomes a free agent this summer.

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This guy is a star but I thought the age of insanely long contracts was over.  Apparently not.  Its believed that the cap hit will be around 4 million a year.  Guys like playing in Detroit and year after year we see guys signing here because they know that in Detroit there is always a chance for a Cup run.