DETROIT – Darren Helm said he’s about a week from returning to the Red Wings’ lineup following the horrific head-to-head training camp collision that has sidelined him for nearly three weeks.
“I went out to Ann Arbor yesterday and skated with a couple of guys out there and they were pushing me around a little bit,” said Helm, who skated Wednesday in a full practice for the first time since the incident. “That was kind of the progression that I need yesterday to do some stuff with the guys today, to do that contact.