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Cooling Off In GR
by IwoCPO on 11/24/08 at 10:19 AM ET
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Quick. Name the three Griffs who will be in Detroit next year. If you had to choose three, who would they be?
Leino, Abbadabbadoo, and Howard? Yep. Well, Helm too. But let’s stick with the first three because it suits the purposes of this brief post.
Slumping, according to the guru, Matthew Wuest at RWC.
Justin Abdelkader has fallen back to earth as an American Hockey League rookie after an abnormal scoring binge in October.
The 21-year-old Grand Rapids Griffins center has a goal and an assist in 11 games in November, a steep drop from the seven goals and two assists in his first seven games that earned him AHL rookie of the month.
Speaking of Leino, he’s cooled off recently. He hasn’t scored a goal since Oct. 25 and has just four assists in his past six games.
Goaltender Jimmy Howard, meanwhile, has lost three straight games in Grand Rapids, allowing a whopping 13 goals on 75 shots.
And before you ask the question, Larsson’s not doing much better with a save percentage (.897) just higher than Howard’s (.887).
Thomas McCullom, however? .928 after 21 games with Guelph of the OHL.
Does anyone really believe Jimmy Howard is ever going to be the unquestioned starter in Hockeytown?
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