This morning, Detroit recalled Filip Zadina and Dylan McIlrath from the Grand Rapid Griffins. You may remember that they sent those two players down, along with defenseman Dennis Cholowski, who remains in Grand Rapids.
If you are baffled as to why Detroit would make this series of moves, you are not alone. It doesn’t seem to have any relevance to helping with the salary cap, if you were wondering.
The only thing that seems to make sense is that a trade was in the works that fell through. After the roster moves were announced, we got a little information, but it’s the type that only raises more questions:
Filip Zadina said Steve Yzerman called him to explain why the Red Wings sent him down.