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Justin Abdelkader

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I don't know for a fact, but I think he has to prove himself in training camp next year to make it to the Wings. Otherwise he will be with GR.

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Will there be room for him on our roster next season or will he spend a year in GR?

discuss.

I think he will spend the year with G.R. He will have to get use to the longer season and making the jump to the pro level. I do think that if we have injuries he will get called up.

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That would be a bad line set, no grinding so we would be knocked around

No grinding? Abdelkader is the next Maltby and Helm is the next Draper. I dont think theres gonna be space for both next year, but you never know. I expect Drake to retire, especially if we win a cup and you never know about McCarty. I could see him replacing Downey as the 13th forward if he sticks around.

Either way, I think its safe to say that we'll have no use for guys like Ellis and Hartigan next year, with Abdelkader and Helm hanging around.

I would love to see one of Abdelkader or Helm replace Drake, personally. I think a Abdelkader/Helm-Draper-Maltby line would be great.

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IMHO:

next year Helm play for Drake and Abdelkader for Mule, Mule for Sammy

ZDH

Cleary/Huds Flip Mule

Cleary/Huds Draper Abdelkader

Maltby/Kopecky Helm/Kopecky Mac

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It's possible..

Zetterberg Datsyuk Holmstrom

Filppula Franzen Cleary

Maltby Draper Samuelsson

Hudler Helm Abdelkader

Why not.

It's possible but I couldn't see the Wings bringing him up with Helm and letting Downey, DMac, and Drake go leave when they can still contribute and play for cheap.

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I think if Helm continues to do well in the playoffs, trading Sammy and Kopecky to make space for the younger guys couldnt hurt. Abdelkader has pretty good size right? So that more then makes up for Kopecky, and Helm has the potential to be at the very least, as good as Samuelson.

Zetterberg Datsyuk Holmstrom

Filpula Franzen Cleary

Maltby Draper McCarty

Abdelkader Helm Hudler

Not too bad IMO, could be better, but meh.

But what do I know, we're probably gonna keep all of them.

Edited by Detroit # 1 Fan

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I believe Ellis is gone anyway. He was picked up off waivers earlier this season.

Ellis played for LA. The point is that if we had Abdelkader to call up - a legit rookie prospect - we wouldnt need GUYS LIKE Ellis in the system. Aka underachieving career AHLers..

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I think if Helm continues to do well in the playoffs, trading Sammy and Kopecky to make space for the younger guys couldnt hurt. Abdelkader has pretty good size right? So that more then makes up for Kopecky, and Helm has the potential to be at the very least, as good as Samuelson.

Zetterberg Datsyuk Holmstrom

Filpula Franzen Cleary

Maltby Draper McCarty

Abdelkader Helm Hudler

Not too bad IMO, could be better, but meh.

But what do I know, we're probably gonna keep all of them.

Abdelkader is listed at 6'1, 215lbs.

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he'll have to have a good training camp, i hope he does though cuase i have liked what i;ve seen.

you never know if holland will pickup another forward this summer though. the FA market should be interesting. I would love to see sammy move on (though i must say he has been playing hard lately, though his puck handling as always leaves something to be desired).

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I think if Helm continues to do well in the playoffs, trading Sammy and Kopecky to make space for the younger guys couldnt hurt. Abdelkader has pretty good size right? So that more then makes up for Kopecky, and Helm has the potential to be at the very least, as good as Samuelson.

Zetterberg Datsyuk Holmstrom

Filpula Franzen Cleary

Maltby Draper McCarty

Abdelkader Helm Hudler

Not too bad IMO, could be better, but meh.

But what do I know, we're probably gonna keep all of them.

Let's dump off 26 year old Kopecky to make room for the younger guys...like 36 year old McCarty?

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Let's dump off 26 year old Kopecky to make room for the younger guys...like 36 year old McCarty?

:blink:

Of course thats what I meant! :rolleyes:

Helm and Abdelkader are young, and have potential to be good 2nd or 3rd line players. I havent missed Kopecky one bit. Just like last year, didnt do a lot of anything, got hurt and had no impact in the playoffs. Helm and Abdelkader did have impacts in the games they played in.

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