Ya but Emmerton and Tootoo have NHL experience, so I'm not surprised they got the call first. Callahan and Ferraro are pretty much a toss up, I would have called up Callahan frst, but its not an outrage that they went the Ferraro route. Perhaps the organization believes Ferraro may have a future with the Wings and Callahan doesn't?
Emmerton's NHL experience has been nothing but showing why he probably won't ever be a regular in the NHL.
And Tootoo, even if I like him, has no future with this team. The coach doesn't play him enough and he's just not going to be brought back. Hell, he might even get bought out.
The difference between who gets called up probably won't be reflected in the score. These guys only play a few minutes a game, especially if they aren't penalty killing. The difference
does show up in what it says to that player about where he stands in the organization and it shows up in what we can expect out of that player going forward.
I think, seeing as how both he and Ferraro are out of options after this year, it was a no-brainer to call them both up to see what they had. It's not like they'd be replacing anyone in the top9, this was a 7-9 minutes a night spot.
So I agree, not an outrage, especially in terms of effect on the team. But I think it sends Callahan a pretty harsh message. And I think he got that message which is why you saw him lash out with that tweet.