{"id":461374,"date":"2026-02-17T23:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/461374\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:56:56","slug":"red-wings-notebook-edvinsson-will-be-back-in-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/461374\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wings Notebook: Edvinsson Will Be Back in Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

When extra-large defenseman Simon Edvinsson<\/a> has missed a game this season it\u2019s been a reminder of how valuable he is to the Detroit Red Wings. The team is 3-5-2 in his 10 missed games this season.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the sight of Edvinsson fully participating in the first Olympic break practice today was greeted enthusiastically by relieved fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpect him to be ready (for games),\u201d Detroit coach Todd McLellan said. \u201cBased on where he\u2019s at right now and looking into the future with the trainers and everybody\u2019s involvement, he should be ready. \u201d<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-6 Swede hasn\u2019t played since Jan. 21 because of an undisclosed injury. He missed the last seven games before the Olympic break.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed him,\u201d McLellan said. \u201cYou can see our play wasn\u2019t as strong, in my opinion, as when we had him in the lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two Griffins Call-Ups<\/p>\n

The Red Wings have summoned veterans Sheldon Dries and Austin Watson from the Grand Rapids Griffins on emergency call-ups.<\/p>\n

Given that the Red Wings won\u2019t play a game for another week, the call up is probably just to have more bodies for Detroit\u2019s mini-training camp.\u00a0 With Moritz Seider, Dylan Larkin and Lucas Raymond at the Olympics, the Red Wings roster is three players short.<\/p>\n

Extra bodies make it easier for scrimmaging on running five-on-five drills.<\/p>\n

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McLellan Set List<\/p>\n

The Red Wings plan to work on several areas of their game, including five-on-five scoring. Coaches can\u2019t transform grinders into 50-goal scorers, but there are strategies to improve a team\u2019s finishing rate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there one or two areas that we have to polish up?,\u201d McLellan said. \u201cWe\u2019d like to score more. We\u2019d like to score more five-on-five. And this will give us a little bit of time to, to work on some of those things. Some of the concepts that maybe we don\u2019t get to work on as much during the year. When we look at chances for and against and expected goals. . . we\u2019re getting opportunities. The last game in Utah, we didn\u2019t play our best, but we had multiple scoring opportunities there. The goaltender played outstanding. We didn\u2019t finish. And we need to bear down and polish some of that up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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