Eduards Tralmaks scored his 23rd and 24th goals of the season in the Grand Rapids Griffins’ 5-0 win against the Rockford IceHogs Wednesday night. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard had a goal and an assist. John Leonard picked up a point to give him 30 goals and 17 assists for 47 points.

With the offensive struggles the Red Wing are enduring, wouldn’t it make sense to give one or two of these players a chance to show what he can do? What if your put Tralmaks with Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond to see what he can do? Or, maybe put Leonard with Larkin and Raymond?

Maybe, perhaps probably, we will find out that their skills won’t translate in the NHL game. But we won’t know for sure unless we see those players up playing with elite players. But what would it cost the Red Wings to give them a shot? What do the Red Wings have to lose? According to Bob Duff’s story today, the Red Wings offense is averaging 2.37 goals per game for the past 23 games.

Tralmaks already has multiple European offers and likely will return there next season if he doesn’t receive an NHL look.

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The Detroit Red Wings are not suffering from bad luck. They are struggling because they are not playing at the level their opponents are reaching.

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it’s clear captain Dylan Larkin is playing through an injury. What’s always true in sports is when you return to the lineup isn’t when you return to being the player you were before the injury.

This is what Detroit coach Todd McLellan said about Larkin’s play after Detroit’s last game:

“Give him credit for slugging through it, and it’s clear he’s not 100% the way he’s skating yet,” McLellan said. “There’s some situations that he has to play better. If you’re going to put the gear on, you have to be real good and positionally sound. So we expect that from him. We’ll have to manage him a little bit with situations and minutes, but when he is out there, we have to expect the best from him.”

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Philadelphia: Tyson Foerster is returning from the injured list for Thursday’s game vs. the Red Wings.

Pittsburgh: Dan Kingerski wonders whether we are seeing the last games of Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang playing together. They’ve been together for two decades. Pittsburgh Penguins.