Helene St. James | Detroit Free Press

Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

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The Detroit Red Wings aren’t generating enough offense to win. Maybe Martin Frk can help.

Frk has been a healthy scratch through the first four games, which have seen the Wings go 0-2-2. Only six players on the team have goals.

After Thursday’s 5-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Little Caesars Arena, coach Jeff Blashill was asked about putting Frk in the lineup. Frk shoots from the right side, and shoots hard, and though his accuracy is mediocre, opponents have to respect his shot.

“We consider everything, every game,” Blashill said. “Those are conversations we’ve had. What we have to look at is, is he a better player than somebody in the lineup. If we think he is a better option than somebody in the lineup, we’ll put him in. If we don’t, then we won’t. It’s easy to flip guys in and and out, it doesn’t mean they make you better. So we’ll look at it and say, who gives us the best chance to win the Boston game.”

If there are no injuries, who do the Wings take out up front? The line of Christoffer Ehn, Darren Helm and Luke Glendening has been good defensively and chipped in a few points offensively. Glendening and Helm are workhorses on the penalty kill, and Ehn has helped out killing penalties, too.

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Andreas Athanasiou and Thomas Vanek are all still looking for their first goals of the season, but both have had good chances, and each brings a valuable dimension to the lineup — Athanasiou with his speed, Vanek with his smarts.

Of all the forwards on the team, Justin Abdelkader has looked the roughest so far — he has no points, one shot on goal, and a minus-3 rating. Would Frk give the Wings a better chance to win at Boston than the way Abdelkader has started?

Contact Helene St. James: hstjames@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames

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