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Would he be in Detroit right now playing for the Red Wings? I can understand management wanting to make sure he is mature enough to handle his responsibilities within the organization. So this isn't a criticism of Ken Holland. However with Cleary and Abdelkader skating in the top 6 it's obvious a big body like Sheahan who was drafted to be a scoring line forward would typically get strong consideration for getting a call up with Sammy, Bert and Mule out of the lineup. Cleary and Abby, as we all know, are not skilled enough to be scoring line forwards.
It's obvious we have a lot of small forwards who like to do a "fly by" in front of the net but will not sit there, where the cookies are plentiful. Abby to his credit does take a beating in front of the net. Cleary is a fly by specialist. Brunner can find open ice when it's available but he cannot plant himself in front of the net. Andersson is a budding net front guy on the second power play unit but he's not a scoring line forward.
Here's hoping that if the organization feels like Sheahan has learned his lesson that they'll give him a chance to help out the big club during this incredible rash of injuries.
It's obvious we have a lot of small forwards who like to do a "fly by" in front of the net but will not sit there, where the cookies are plentiful. Abby to his credit does take a beating in front of the net. Cleary is a fly by specialist. Brunner can find open ice when it's available but he cannot plant himself in front of the net. Andersson is a budding net front guy on the second power play unit but he's not a scoring line forward.
Here's hoping that if the organization feels like Sheahan has learned his lesson that they'll give him a chance to help out the big club during this incredible rash of injuries.