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As Expected, Mac Is Back
by IwoCPO on 02/25/08 at 01:37 PM ET
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Updated below with quotes from McCarty and the organ-I-zation.
Via TSN,
The Detroit Red Wings have signed right wing Darren McCarty to a one-year contract and assigned him to Grand Rapids on a 14-day conditioning loan.
‘’Darren has earned this opportunity,’’ said Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland. ‘’He’s made great strides in the past several months and we wanted to give him the chance to continue in hopes he can contribute to the Red Wings once again.’’
Khan(!) reports the Wings expect him in Detroit around 10 March. Wings schedule: 5 March, home, St. Louis; 9 March, home, Bubba; 11 March, home, Chicago.
The Wings site has a full story up on the signing, including quotes from Holland and McCarty.
He admits that in the past he never thought this day would ever come. But more recently he’s allowed himself to believe that it could.
“I always hoped,” McCarty said. “One of the biggest disappointments was having to leave. But it’s funny how life works itself out and I can really relate to talking to Ozzie about leaving and coming back.
“I had to change some things in my life. I had to change, and I think that where I’m at now is what has made me successful here and has made me an integral part in winning some championships. That’s sort of the character and things that I’m prepared to bring in the dressing room and on the ice. I can’t express my excitement.”
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I second that. Just the fact that he has his life back on the right direction is a victory for him.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/25/08 at 03:00 PM ET
Woo hoo! Mac is Back!
Welcome back, Darren; now go kick some ass.
Posted by Hippy Dave from San Francisco by way of Detroit on 02/25/08 at 03:05 PM ET
Glad to see that he has his life committed first to sobriety and then everything else will fall into place.
Welcome back from the brink, Mac! Glad to see you come around.
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 02/25/08 at 03:22 PM ET
“Glad to see that he has his life committed first to sobriety and then everything else will fall into place.”
I’ll drink to THAT!!
Posted by dougie on 02/25/08 at 04:14 PM ET
Wings schedule: 5 March, home, St. Louis; 9 March, home, Bubba; 11 March, home, Chicago.
The 9th against the Preds would be perfect. Now, let’s see, who on the Preds could D-Mac take on in his first fight as a reborn Red Wing? Hmmmm. Gee, that’s tough one.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/25/08 at 04:16 PM ET
Off-topic alert!
Andy at Battle of Alberta had a thought-provoking post up.
The question was which player would you least like to see traded to your team (or which player you would hate most to see traded away, and which team would be the worst destination). Interesting situations to contemplate.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 02/25/08 at 04:21 PM ET
Grandpa is smiling somewhere. He was happy when I told him Mac would possibly be back. 
Now, if we could only get the blue line back - but I’ve had the thought over the past week or so that this could almost be a good thing, having everyone hurt. Granted, I really would like us to finish at the top of the league, but it’s the second season that really matters. I just hope the poultry doesn’t land someone huge, and if they do that they don’t gel with the team and actually cause problems...its a reach I know, but you never know.
Posted by eyesris from Chestertown, MD on 02/25/08 at 04:32 PM ET
I just hope the poultry doesn’t land someone huge, and if they do that they don’t gel with the team and actually cause problems...its a reach I know, but you never know.
I can just see it...Teemu and Hossa arguing over hair gel and who gets to sit next to Scotty on the plane. 
Grandpa is smiling somewhere. He was happy when I told him Mac would possibly be back.
Maybe he had a hand in it actually coming together. If so, I hope he’s got a few more happy surprises in the works for us!
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 02/25/08 at 04:46 PM ET
Looks like the Avs are in a nostalgic mood, too: Forsberg is back in the NHL and back in the West.
Couldn’t just sign with Philly, could you, Forsberg.
Posted by Matt Saler from Grand Rapids, MI on 02/25/08 at 05:45 PM ET
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This makes me soooo happy! Even if he doesn’t even play a single minute with the Wings, it is still a victory for him.
Posted by Sp4r7an on 02/25/08 at 02:49 PM ET