DETROIT – Brendan Smith has been partnered with practically every Red Wings defensemen this season.
Tonight, when the Red Wings play host to the New Jersey Devils for the first and only time on the NHL calendar, Smith will be partnered for the first time with Mike Green.
“I played a couple shifts here and there with him,” Smith said. “I’ve had a lot of partners in the last couple of years, just some more adjusting, I’ll be able to do it.”
Smith will definitely have to adjust to playing with Green, and not just because the veteran is a right-handed shot.