GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Red Wings have announced they have assigned forward Evgeny Svechnikov to the Grand Rapids Griffins, the team confirmed Thursday.

Svechnikov has missed significant time due to a neck injury. He did not play in the final three games of the preseason, and has yet to play in the AHL or NHL this season. This, of course, is great news for both the Griffins and Red Wings. The AHL club will get one of their best young scorers back, and the Red Wings will gain some extremely valuable depth in case another injury is to occur.

Geno had hopes of making the NHL club out of camp, but the injury stalled that reality, along with a logjam of other reasons. There’s a good chance he will draw into the Griffins lineup within the next game or two.

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