Andersson clears waivers, still with Wings for now

(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)Detroit — Joakim Andersson cleared waivers Saturday — but will remain with the Red Wings for now.

Andersson was placed on waivers Friday and had no team claim him by Saturday’s noon deadline.

Andersson will remain with the Red Wings but can now be sent to the minor league affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins when the Red Wings need to recall a defenseman from the Griffins.

The Red Wings currently only have six healthy defensemen: Danny DeKeyser, Jonathan Ericsson, Mike Green, Alexey Marchenko, Kyle Quincey and Brendan Smith.

Niklas Kronwall’s arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday took one less healthy defenseman out of the equation.

Andersson, 26, has played in 26…