from Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press,

Eager for a spark in their quest for a playoff berth, the Detroit Red Wings added the 6-foot-6 defender to their lineup on Tuesday. Edvinsson, 21, has spent the majority of the season with the Grand Rapids Griffins, posting 27 points in 52 games, sent there out of training camp to work on reducing the risk in his game.

"I feel d-zone, especially, I feel like that is where my growth has been from last year," Edvinsson said after the morning skate at Little Caesars Arena. "To get this opportunity now, I'm happy for it and I'll take it and do my best to help the team to win.

"The compete has been big for me. I feel like I develop a compete on the ice that I didn't have before."...

"Eliminate the mistakes," Lalonde said. "As good as he has looked up here, he has been prone to some big mistakes that have given up some easy offense.

"We'll get Simon in the flow of the game and see how he handles it."

Petry and Edvinsson played together during the exhibition season.

"We know each other, so I know what I am walking into and he knows what he is walking into," Edvinsson said. "I'm going to to go out there and he's going to help me along the way to have fun. It's going to be fun.

"I feel like we clicked pretty good. We had good chemistry. Hopefully we are going to build on that now."

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