It sounds like Meech might be the next to be waived…
One-way ticket? – Red Wings Snapshots – MLive.com The Windsor Star’s Bob Duff discusses the roster pickle that Red Wings swingman Derek Meech finds himself in, suggesting that Meech will probably join Buffalo Sabres forward Matt Ellis and Los Angeles Kings defenceman Kyle Quincey as a casualty of Detroit’s tremendous organizational depth. Meech knows that his status as a part-time player can’t last forever:
Tags: The word this morning is that we should expect an announcement from the NHL regarding Sean Avery. It will be very interesting to see what Gary Bettman has to say about all of this. I don’t think I would be sad if Sean was banned from the league forever.
Don’t forget to vote for the Detroit Red Wings in fan balloting for the All Star Game.
Chris Chelios will play the next two games with the Grand Rapids Griffins. Tonight is also $1 beer night. Yes, it is going to be a very busy Van Andel Arena, thank goodness for our guaranteed parking space in the ramp. Oh, and Derek Meech got his first NHL goal last night. Super Awesome!
In other random news; I was able to get two marshmallow launchers from Woot! today.
I stayed up late to watch the Red Wings game. Meech had a perfect scoring opportunity 28 seconds into the game. He shot, Samuelson tipped it, and Meech got his first point of the season on his first shift of the season. The guys on FSN were commenting that this is why Meech stayed in town and Quincy got put on waivers.
The Grand Rapids Griffins also played last night. This was just game number two for them, but they were able to come out with a shoot out win.
GriffinsHockey.com: The Griffins and Lake Erie Monsters went into overtime at the Quicken Loans Arena for the second consecutive game on Saturday and this time the Griffins came out on top with a 4-3 shootout victory. Jimmy Howard stopped four shootout chances and Cory Emmerton went top shelf in the fifth round for the game winner.
Two new faces got in on the action.
Justin Abdelkader put Grand Rapids on the board with 3:35 remaining in the second period. With the Griffins on the power play, Ville Leino forced a turnover deep in the Monsters’ zone and Abdelkader took a quick shot from the slot that beat Bacashihua. The goal was Abdelkader’s second in as many professional games, and it made the score 2-1.
Our new captain got his first goal with his new team, and another Red Wings depth player got in on the action.
The Griffins tied it at the 7:34 mark of the third as Darren Haydar notched his first goal in a Griffins uniform. Abdelkader picked up his second point with a nice pass back to Jonathan Ericsson, who launched a heavy shot. Bacashihua kicked the save out into the slot where a waiting Haydar snapped a wrist shot past the Monsters’ goalie.
