early in the 2007–08 season in october, koivu was criticized by nationalist lawyer guy bertrand for not speaking french in a videotaped pre-game ceremony. although koivu is fluent in english, swedish and finnish, he speaks limited french and is apprehensive about using it in public. he replied to bertrand's remarks that he is not perfect, and jokingly mentioned that he speaks french to his wife during intimate moments. koivu introduced his team in the next pre-game video with the phrase "ici saku koivu, voici mon équipe" ("saku koivu here, this is my team"). later that season, in nhl.com's march 2008 edition of "impact! magazine", brian compton listed the ten best captains of all-time since steve yzerman was first named captain of the detroit red wings in 1986; koivu was included in the article in tenth place, behind the likes of mark messier and mario lemieux. he finished the season with 56 points. in the subsequent 2008 playoffs, koivu missed a few games with a broken foot. nevertheless, he contributed 9 points in 7 games.