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Another Opportunity For Athanasiou And Bertuzzi

02/14/2018 at 2:34pm EST

from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

Andreas Athanasiou will be given a chance to make up minutes in his next assignment. Tyler Bertuzzi could also see his time expand.

As the Detroit Red Wings prepare to play at Tampa Bay Thursday, coach Jeff Blashill has Athanasiou back playing with Dylan Larkin, and is mulling a bigger role for Bertuzzi on the power play.

Athanasiou played just one shift in the third period of Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over Anaheim, the result of the Ducks opting to play just three lines and Athanasiou not generating enough offensively through 40 minutes. Blashill made sure Wednesday that Athanasiou knew it was a short benching.

“I talked to him real quick, just said I didn’t think he was going last night, and he’s going to get a chance to go in Tampa,” Blashills said. “I told him get right back on the horse against Tampa. We need him to be a real good player so hopefully he comes out and he’s flying against Tampa.

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added 2:43pm, Watch coach Blashill after today's practice.

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