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Red Wings UFA Darren Helm has optioned to test free agent market

There have been many questions as to what is to come of the Red Wings crop of unrestricted free agents. The team has re-signed Drew Miller, optioned to part ways with Brad Richards, and Kyle Quincey, but a question mark has been hovering around Darren Helm’s name since the season closed out. Bill Roose, the team’s staff writer, dropped a very subtle tidbit that Darren Helm has optioned to test free agency on July 1st:

The Red Wings have three other players who can become unrestricted free agents this week. Defenseman Kyle Quincey and center Brad Richards will not be brought back to Detroit.