We’ve been wondering and arguing among ourselves about this all season long, but especially more since Evgeny Svechnikov last played for the Red Wings in a March 4th loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. That game was not particularly fantastic for anybody, but Svechnikov put up an assist and earned his fourth point in his fourth game played.
Since then, he’s been scratched, placed on the taxi squad, sent to Grand Rapids, and finally recalled to play tonight thanks only to a day-to-day injury to Bobby Ryan.
At today’s presser, Jeff Blashill finally answered the question on what else Svechnikov needs to do to stay in the lineup after putting up four points in those four games.