Welcome back old friend -- Downey to camp
Written by Kyle Kujawa   
Thursday, 29 July 2010 00:22

A quick note to cap off the night and announce that I'll be up in Traverse City for a few days, so I might miss some important news. But probably not, because a) nothing's happening and b) I've gone longer stretches without posting this summer when I wasn't in another city. Anywho.

I was checking out the boards at Red Wings Central tonight, and caught wind that Aaron Downey was on TSN's Off The Record (5:50) this past week and announced that he'd be coming to Detroit's camp, as per his own request. Of course, I didn't see that myself so I relayed second hand information via Twitter. Luckily, George Malik was on the case, and so he went in himself and watched the clip to confirm Downey said such a thing. Ansar Kahn subsequently got on this scoop after George and I had done his research for him (kidding, it was just George). Aaron, ladies and gentlemen.

As far as goons go, I'll take Downey any day over Brad May. In his defense, May's had a much longer career and just had less left in the tank. He worked his tail off in camp and earned a contract, then didn't do all that much as a Wing other than fight Krys Barch. While May might be more skilled (what am I saying?!), Downey beats him and most players in the NHL in just pure hustle and desire. This video just makes me ashamed for every hockey game I've ever played where I didn't give 110%. Or play with a cold.

Unfortunately, the numbers just don't add up right now. Too many forwards at the NHL level means he's virtually guaranteed a two-way contract, if anything, and the presence of Tomas Tatar and Jan Mursak means I'll be bitter if he gets called up. But as a Griffins fan, I'd love to see him back in Grand Rapids. As a goon, he's better than the Griffins-contracted Paul Crosty was last season, and he's far more entertaining. Unfortunately, he didn't play hockey last season after failing to make Phoenix on a tryout.

Should be interesting to see him in a pre-season game or two. I think a lot of Wings fans can agree that the guy is just fun to watch, even if his presence might not be needed this season.



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