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[hokeychik22]

http://www.freep.com...PORTS05/1090362

There's little question Darren Helm is fast -- but to teammates, he is also, hilariously, dumb. Or Dumber, actually.

Helm and Justin Abdelkader joined the Red Wings full-time in September, and as with hockey players, they immediately became known by monikers based on their last names -- Helmer and Abs.

A few months later, they're now known within the team as Lloyd Christmas (Helm) and Harry Dunne, the delightfully bumbling best friends of the movie "Dumb and Dumber."

The nicknames were bestowed by Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby, who sounded like a comedy routine as they laughed and explained their reasoning.

"Well, sit beside them and you'll find out," Draper said.

"Do a piece on them where you have to spend a lot of time with them, you'll see," Maltby said.

"But you know, we actually changed the movie to 'Dumb and Dumbest,' " Draper said. "They're Harry and Lloyd, and you know what, the more of these road trips we're on, they live up to the billing."

But Helm and Abdelkader, who room together on the road, take the ribbing in stride.

"I think they're jealous in a way," Abdelkader said. "I think they're a little jealous because they wish they were educated like I was. But we're young and can't really say anything about it."

Helm agreed, saying, "I think they're just trying to pawn their own image on somebody else, because I clearly think that story was written about those two."

[Hey man nice shot!]

Lmao that was a great piece.

[dat's sick]

Haha, I really hope they do a piece on Abby and Helm where they follow them around on a road-trip or something

[titanium2]

Mock.

[b.shanafan14]

Mock.

ING!

[Swayze]

ING!

(the correct answer is YEAH!)

[Broken 16]

This is a good example of why I think the presence of Draper and Maltby in the locker room is so big. They are great at keeping things loose.

[Zetts]

Haha, poor Helm and Abs.

Maybe Draper and Maltby are just jealous the two are taking their jobs.

Just jokes.

[SouthernWingsFan]

[titanium2]

YEAH!

Ok now,

ING!

[hokeychik22]

(the first part, when they meet) i can just picture justin and darren.

Edited by hokeychik22, 09 January 2010 - 04:27 PM.

[cjm502]

Drapes and Malts have absolutely no room to talk

[Lidstromboli]

right before Helm scores he should say "Hey, you wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?"

and then the goal buzzer goes off

[KDDRWINGS1]

"We've landed on the moon!"

[malelion55]

Maybe Draper and Maltby are just jealous the two are taking their jobs,absolutely RIGHT..!!!!!

[Nic]

right before Helm scores he should say "Hey, you wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?"

and then the goal buzzer goes off

LOL!!

[MidMichSteve]

Mock.

ING!

Bird

[SouthernWingsFan]

Have you heard? She's gonna buy me a mockingbird.

*shrugs*

[Jesusberg]

This is seriously awesome... I can only hope that Helm and Abdelkader become the new Draper/Maltby... plus a little more offensive upside for Abs.