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I don't understand karma. What did I say to make this happen? I was dedicated today too. I got up and knew I should be studying, so I cracked open the books and started reading instead of jumping right online to get distracted for two hours. And the second I step online, I read the headline.
Are you kidding me? Great. I remember Helm wincing after a shift, but I obviously he finished the game and looked rather good doing so. Hopefully since he finished the game it just means it's sore and he might miss a week, but knowing Detroit's luck, he's going to need surgury and he'll be out 12-14 months.
To make matters worse, Kris Newbury was recalled. Ugh. If you thought Justin Abdelkader or Todd Bertuzzi took stupid penalties, wait until Newbury gets in the lineup. 95 PIM in 27 games, and that's right around his average for the AHL. He is Detroit's next most NHL experienced forward, having played in 44 games with Toronto over the past three seasons, with six points.
The timing of this is ridiculous, as I watched two Griffins games last night. I commented to myself that Newbury even looked awful in the AHL because he's a grinder who tries to do a lot with the puck. But Babcock said the other night we're "just not blessed with natural scorers." It's good we called Newbury in, because maybe a guy with finish like Kris Draper will start to look like a natural scorer by comparison. I decided that I would rather see the Wings call up any of the following before Newbury:
- Tomas Tatar (who's unavailable now as he's left for the World Junior Championships)
- Cory Emmerton (2nd round pick in 2006 still isn't ready for a taste of the NHL?)
- Evan McGrath (slumping right now, but four years in the AHL)
- Jan Mursak (absolutely red hot right now, 10 goals on the season over two last year)
- Francis Pare (20+ goals as a rookie, scored his first of the year last week and now has three)
- Mattias Ritola (remember how he played two games in 07-08? How great is this for his confidence?
All of those players have a better scoring touch than Newbury, and make more sense to call up given that we don't need any more fourth liners right now. Not happening, however. The Detroit News posted what will be the bottom two lines, so I'm guessing at the top two.
Ville Leino | Pavel Datsyuk | Todd Bertuzzi
Patrick Eaves | Henrik Zetterberg | Tomas Holmstrom
Drew Miller | Justin Abdelkader | Kris Draper
Brad May | Kris Newbury | Kirk Maltby
Outstanding.
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