If Eaves clears by noon on Friday, he can be sent down to the minors. He is in the last year of a contract worth $1.2 million. He has good speed, but is not a big offensive gun. He was injured for the beginning of the season and appeared in only three games with no points and a minus-2 in rating.
The Wings have too many forwards. They waived Jordin Tootoo last week and he might be sent down to Grand Rapids of the AHL to make room for the return of defenseman Jonathan Ericsson when he comes off from injured reserve. The Wings will need him to overturn a six-game losing streak tonight against the Capitals at Joe Louis Arena.
As for Eaves, some people, especially those close with the Red Wings, probably saw this coming. His speed doesn't mean anything if he can't offensively contribute and that's a bad sign for him. Now, he has been injured, I get that. But the Wings aren't a team that likes to wait around and see the contribution of a player go up. They want to see him produce right off the bat and apparently Eaves didn't fit that bill for him. So now he's likely to get sent down to the AHL. I'm not sure a team will want to pick him up, especially one that's been injured and hasn't played well of late.
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