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First Call Up Guess?

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I think Filppula's brother will be the first player called up, reason being is the wings brought him on a one year contract, so chances are after this year hes gone back to europe so the wings will prob want to see what he has and what hes capable of, I doubt they signed him so he could sit in GR all year long

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Ritola because he'll probably get demoted and hopefully pass through waivers.

Then why would they bring him back up, just to pass though waivers again... It will be Maltby for sure.

To the OP, they can see what he has in GR they aren't stupid. If he brings it in GR then he will be up here (due to injuries or for the playoffs when the cap doesn't count) or signed to an extension. They know when a player has NHL type skills and when they don't. He doesn't need to play a game up here for them do decide that.

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You don't think they'd just move a 3rd liner up and call up a grinder?

Mursak fills in a hole on the third line better than a grinder does.

Granted, it would be two or three injuries before the Wings would actually need to call anyone up. So who knows how the lines get modified; Assuming 14 forwards, what if Datsyuk, Filppula, and Modano are hurt at the same time? That's three from the top 9, but also they are all centers.

IMHO, the best lineup at that point:

Cleary/Zetterberg/Holmstrom

Franzen/Hudler/Bertuzzi

Miller/Abdelkader/Eaves

Draper/Helm/Maltby

However, a similar lineup change, which brings an effective 4th line back, is:

Cleary/Zetterberg/Holmstrom

Franzen/Hudler/Bertuzzi

Miller/Abdelkader/Mursak

Draper/Helm/Eaves

And what if those three injuries were Abdelkader, Franzen, and Cleary? Sure, Draper and Miller can take the spots of Abby and Cleary, but do you keep the fourth line Draper/Helm/Eaves and call up Mursak, or do you move Eaves up and call up Maltby?

The question is as much about who is on the final roster and who will be in the regular lineup as it is about which players in Grand Rapids you think will show themselves worthy of NHL time. Ritola, for one, is having to roll under the stone column if he wants to make the Wings. Otherwise, he's either somewhere else in the NHL or perhaps heads back to Sweden. But he has less of a chance of getting called up due in part to the waiver issues, and in part because if he can't earn a spot up front, it's likely because not only did the roster we're all expecting do it, but some of the kids like Tatar, Mursak, Pulkkinen showed their ability compared to his.

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