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Red Wings off-day news: Holmstrom, Helm still out; Kindl in, Howard near 100 wins

Found January 06, 2012 on Kukla's Korner: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Mike Babcock,  Tomas Holmstrom,  Darren Helm
TEAMS: Detroit Red Wings,  Toronto Maple Leafs

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As the Red Wings prepared for Saturday’s game against the Maple Leafs (7 PM EST, FSD/CBC/WXYT) in Toronto on Friday, Wings coach Mike Babcock didn’t deliver encouraging news regarding the states of Tomas Holmstrom and Darren Helm’s respective groins while speaking to MLive’s Ansar Khan: “They haven’t been made eligible to us at all, so I don’t know when they’re going to play, but they’re not going to play this weekend, probably,’’ coach Mike Babcock said after practice today at the MasterCard Centre. “I don’t know if they’ll play in Chicago, but I doubt it. If they’re not playing tomorrow, why would we play them the next day?’‘ Both players skated for the second day in a row Friday and both said they felt better and hoped to play Sunday. “They feel I shouldn’t play back to back games coming off a groin injury,’’ Helm said. “I’m hoping (to play ...
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