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UPDATE: According to MLive.com, the Detroit Red Wings will replace defenseman Danny DeKeyser (broken thumb) with fellow rookie Brian Lashoff in Game 3 versus the Anaheim Ducks.

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While Carlo Colaiacovo is set to return to the lineup for the Detroit Red Wings Monday, fellow defenseman Danny DeKeyser could make his NHL debut before the work week is through. According to Ansar Khan of MLive.com, coach Mike Babcock's reaction to the news that Kyle Quincey (fractured cheek bone) expects to play Thursday indicated a willingness to give DeKeyser a shot -- soon.

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Facing his fifth-straight game as a healthy scratch, Ian White may not be a member of the Detroit Red Wings much longer. With eight healthy defensemen in play -- nine, once Carlo Colaiacovo returns -- the Red Wings have the luxury of moving the UFA-to-be ahead of the trade deadline.

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Now the Detroit Red Wings may have too many healthy defensemen. Too many as far as Ian White is concerned, anyway.

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UPDATE: The prognosis is worse than initially anticipated; a week's worth of recovery time isn't going to cut it.

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UPDATE: Seriously, defensemen are dropping like flies in Detroit. According to Ansar Khan of MLive.com, Ian White will miss the next two to three weeks following surgery on his lacerated thigh. White went under the knife Wednesday morning.

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