from Ansar Khan of Mlive,
"Even going back to last year, you had those dreams of making the team, but I was a realist, there wasn't a lot of room, cap-wise, roster space," Hicketts said. "I think this year, with the state of the team, kind of a rebuild, transition, there's room for young players. I think I've done a lot of good things to put myself in a position to make the team full-time."
Problem is, unless there is an injury or two, the Red Wings will add only one defenseman to the group of Mike Green, Danny DeKeyser, Jonathan Ericsson, Trevor Daley, Niklas Kronwall and Nick Jensen.