40#1Fan 0 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 http://kuklaskorner.com/ Grand Rapids Griffins forwards Ville Leino and Aaron Downey were recalled by the parent club Detroit Red Wings on Thursday morning. The Red Wings were able to create salary cap space by placing defenseman Brad Stuart (ribs) on long-term injured reserve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingfan40 1 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Griffins' Leino, Downey called up by Red Wings by Michael Zuidema | The Grand Rapids Press Thursday January 29, 2009, 10:00 AM Grand Rapids Griffins forwards Ville Leino and Aaron Downey were recalled by the parent club Detroit Red Wings on Thursday morning. The Red Wings were able to create salary cap space by placing defenseman Brad Stuart (ribs) on long-term injured reserve. Leino currently ranks second on the Griffins with 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists) in 44 games. He also appeared in eight preseason games for Detroit, and finished with six points (three goals, three assists) and a plus-3 rating. Downey has two goals, four assists and 71 penalty minutes in 44 games with Grand Rapids. He appeared in 56 games for the Red Wings last season, and had three assists and a team-high 116 penalty minutes. Leino or Downey would become the Griffins' 100th player to graduate to the NHL by appearing in a game with the Red Wings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
96warrior 11 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Hope they are available to play tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGuns1340 1 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Thats ******* awesome. The Wings NEED to see what Leino has to offer in a real NHL game or two if they want to know where he fits into the scheme of things next year. And I never thought I'd be so excited to see Downey potentially get a game or two here. I can't remember a more listless year from the Wings in terms of fighting, hitting, and overall physicality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Good news! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Louisville 112 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Enforcer and a chance to see Leino in serious games. This week has been good to us despite injuries and Gary Bettman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Good news but I've got to be honest, I would much prefer Ritola. He deserves a call-up, especially before Downey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Esquire 324 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Outstanding! Looking forward to seeing their output. They both should be chomping at the bit now that they've been in GR for this long. Good luck boys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingfan40 1 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Holland said yesterday that even if they called up players, he wasn’t sure they’d be in the lineup, because how do you tell someone like Derek Meech, who’s been a trooper all season, to sit in favor of someone from Grand Rapids? Well, in the instance of tonight against Dallas, with Zetterberg out, it’d be a good opportunity to take a look at another forward. Meech, after all, is a defenseman, and while he’s done well subbing in up front, the Wings see him as a defenseman long term. taken from Detroit Free Press. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lets go pavel 2 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Good, I wouldn't be surprised if we see Downey tonight to keep Ott honest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FinRedWing 172 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Hope they are available to play tonight. QFT Excellent news! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) What will the lines look like? Edited January 29, 2009 by titanium2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frozen-Man 144 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Awesome! I have been wanting to see Leino in with the big boys - I think he will add a lot of energy. And Downey is always great to have on the ice - really like the guy, his attitude and work ethic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Namingway 146 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) This is great, I've been hoping to see Leino in an actual season game. I still remember that preseason game, I forget against who but I think we lost that one, we had all of our top guns out there and nobody could get one in. Sure we can say Hossa was still adjusting to the team and they were taking it easy but the fact is nothing was going in for us. Then Leino scored. I remember him having the only goal of the game. Regardless of the loss, he's a player that has shown that he can get something started when nobody else can. He just needs to prove it by showing it in a season game. I really hope he plays great when he's given the chance to shine. As for Downey I'm glad we're going to have a legit enforcer at least for a couple games this season. It may be just what the rest of the guys need for that extra push. I can't wait for the game later today Edited January 29, 2009 by Namingway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayUp88 1 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 DOWNEY DOWNEY DOWNEY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Good news but I've got to be honest, I would much prefer Ritola. He deserves a call-up, especially before Downey. Actually, me too. But they called him up last season. They've seen him in a decent string of NHL Regular Season games. They haven't seen Leino, ever, so it's understandable. If only Brunnstrom was playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoe 165 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Funny how Brunstrom goes down and Leino comes up, hmm what would you rather play in 1st or second half Fabian? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Williams29fan 6 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 WOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOO DOWNEY!!!!!!!!! :carrot: :carrot: :banana: :colorbounce: :banana: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) This is great, I've been hoping to see Leino in an actual season game. I still remember that preseason game, I forget against who but I think we lost that one, we had all of our top guns out there and nobody could get one in. Sure we can say Hossa was still adjusting to the team and they were taking it easy but the fact is nothing was going in for us. Then Leino scored. I remember him having the only goal of the game. Regardless of the loss, he's a player that has shown that he can get something started when nobody else can. He just needs to prove it by showing it in a season game. I really hope he plays great when he's given the chance to shine. As for Downey I'm glad we're going to have a legit enforcer at least for a couple games this season. It may be just what the rest of the guys need for that extra push. I can't wait for the game later today That was against Montreal. He ended up scoring in the shoot out too. Nice goal against Ryan Miller. Great pass by Lidstrom. http://www.detroithockey.net/multimedia/20...s_long_pass.php Edited January 29, 2009 by titanium2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PROBIE4PREZ 58 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Homer-Pav-Hoss Franzen-Fil-Cleary Hudler-Draper-Sammy Leino-Kopecky-Maltby damn so many possibilities .. d fense is probaly the only thing you kno for sure .. and ozzie starting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hillbillywingsfan 792 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Franzen-Datsyuk-Homer Hudler-Filppula-Cleary Leino-Draper-Samuelsson (hmm... not bad since Leino will probably do all the handling) Maltby-Kopecky-Meech Downey (He'll maybe get two shifts.) Lidstrom-Rafalski Kronwall-Lilja Lebda-Chelios ??? are you missing someone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungGuns1340 1 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Holland said yesterday that even if they called up players, he wasn’t sure they’d be in the lineup, because how do you tell someone like Derek Meech, who’s been a trooper all season, to sit in favor of someone from Grand Rapids? Well, in the instance of tonight against Dallas, with Zetterberg out, it’d be a good opportunity to take a look at another forward. Meech, after all, is a defenseman, and while he’s done well subbing in up front, the Wings see him as a defenseman long term. taken from Detroit Free Press. Its easy, Holland. You tell Kopecky that hes useless, and make him sit. Then you can put in BOTH Downey and Leino. Problem solved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 Homer-Pav-Hoss Franzen-Fil-Cleary Hudler-Draper-Sammy Leino-Kopecky-Maltby damn so many possibilities .. d fense is probaly the only thing you kno for sure .. and ozzie starting Leino isn't a checker though so I wonder if they're just going to put him on the 4th line like always. It might be better for both parties if they had a third line of Leino-Fil-Sammy (Great Finnish connection), that is, unless they're still trying to kill him to see how tough he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 are you missing someone? Haha, yeah, I saw that and tried to edit it and just gave up. Why/how did I do that? Maybe that will jinx any possibility of him leaving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jvxp 0 Report post Posted January 29, 2009 DOWNEY DOWNEY DOWNEY Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
