Red Wings' Johan Franzen Can Walk The Walk, Now He's Talking The Talk
After nearly every Red Wings practice these days, a small army of media gather around Johan Franzen.
They ask questions, Franzen answers, sometimes with a joke.
"He can be a pretty funny guy," Valtteri Filppula said.
It's an astonishing scene given Franzen's childhood.
"I couldn't think of doing that," Franzen said of interviews, the cameras glaring at him.
As a teenager in Sweden, Franzen sheltered himself. He fought with a case of severe shyness and stage fright, avoiding public speeches and interviews.
If there was a situation in which he had to talk about himself, he'd avoid it.
