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Jeff Blashill On Mike Green Staying With Detroit

03/01/2018 at 6:28pm EST

from Dana Wakiji of DetroitRedWings.com,

Although Wings coach Jeff Blashill understands what general manager Ken Holland has to do for the future of the team, he wasn't sorry that Green remained a Wing.

"From the coach's perspective, you hope to keep everybody and you want to make as good a push as you can to the playoffs" Blashill said. "Especially on the back end. I think you saw when we lost Johnny Ericsson last year, traded Brendan Smith, it got harder on the back end. I think keeping a guy on the back end like that is a real plus for us."

Green practiced fully with the team Thursday afternoon in Winnipeg at Bell MTS Place and said he is finally ready to play.

"Anytime you get a chance to get back in is a good feeling," Green said. "I'm feeling good, so I can't wait."

Green said he took an awkward hit Feb. 15 in Tampa that aggravated an old injury.

more on Green plus other topics like the power play...

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