Wings to offer McCarty a contract?
According to a Scott Burnside column on ESPN.com, GM Ken Holland believes the team will offer Darren McCarty a contract by next Tuesday.
Detroit GM Ken Holland told ESPN.com Tuesday the team is expected to offer erstwhile Grind Line member Darren McCarty a contract before Tuesday, the deadline for players to sign with teams and be eligible to play in the playoffs.
Holland said McCarty isn’t yet in NHL shape, but thinks McCarty may add some gritty depth to a Wings team that will enter the playoffs as one of the top Stanley Cup contenders.
Thoughts?
Update - Wednesday:
Ansar Khan @ MLive.com has direct quotes from Holland supporting Burnside’s column.
“We’ll very likely make him a contract offer,” Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said on Tuesday. “We’ll make a final assessment in the next day or two.”
Holland said he was waiting to get a report from assistant GM Jim Nill and team vice president Steve Yzerman, who watched McCarty play Tuesday for the Grand Rapids Griffins, in their game against San Antonio.
By the way, McCarty scored a goal in that game and appears to be be playing much better in Grand Rapids than he did in Flint.
Darren McCarty netted his fourth goal of the season just 41 seconds into the third to make it a 5-3 contest. Ritola’s shot deflected off a Rampage stick right to McCarty, who roofed the puck over Tordjman’s glove from the bottom of the right circle. He also had an assist on the night, giving him seven points (4-3—7) in six games as a Griffin.
As Holland later said in the article by Khan, they would likely sign him before the trade deadline and then have him stay in Grand Rapids to continue his conditioning because they don’t believe he is ready for the NHL level of play just yet.
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