Griffins are gonna make the playoffs right? What's the point in calling them up. Just do it next year
Depends on what the Wings do between now and the trade deadline. Griffins are in first place in the Central Division and 1st in the Western Conference. If the Wings do become a seller, then the impact will be felt here in GR and could impact our playoff run. The Wings have too many D's that are sitting out and at some point one or two of them will have to clear waivers to make room for players coming back from injury (Ott, Howard, Larkin, Vanek, & Marchenko).
For forwards, you might see the Wings take a good look at Nosek & Bertuzzi as both of these players can be sent down still this season without clearing waivers. They both will have to clear waivers next season. The Wings also have to decided at some point what to do with Frk & Callahan as their contracts are up after this season. Svech has improved for the past 15 games as he has not taken the stupid penalties lately as he did in the first 20 games in the season. Starting to produce on a consistent basis, but he is at least 1-2 seasons away from being called up. It is his first pro season. Matt Lorito could also get a real good look as he was our leading scorer and he too is at the AHL All-Star Game. He is coming off a shoulder injury and he has only played the last 2 games as he was out for the last 3 weeks.
On defense, Russo is currently struggling here (although he got his points early this season and he made it to the AHL All-Star Game) so I do not see him getting called up to the Wings at all this season. With Sproul, Ouellet, Jensen, and Marchenko rotating around in Detroit, there is no opening for Russo at this time. Lashoff filled in for a few games earlier this season in Detroit and that would have been the time that Russo would have gotten his call up, but he did not.
In goal, Pasquale and Cal Heeter is doing fine guarding the nets while Coreau is in Detroit. Howard is suppose to play a game or two here in GR before playing in Detroit for conditioning. There might be a D coming from Detroit on a conditioning stint as well (either Marchenko or Smith) as well.