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Bertuzzi plans to return Thursday

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Detroit Red Wings right winger Todd Bertuzzi winds up to fire a shot as Chicago Blackhawks defender Niklas Hjalmarsson reaches around Bertuzzi to try and deflect the shot during first period NHL hockey action at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Saturday afternoon, April 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

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He’s not quite ready to go tonight versus the Kings, but Red Wings forward Todd Bertuzzi expects to return to the lineup tomorrow versus the Predators at Joe Louis Arena.

Bertuzzi, 38, has been out since Feb. 7 with a pinched nerve in his back. In seven games this season, he has two goals and an assist.

“I’ll be ready to play tomorrow. I needed another hard skate,” Bertuzzi said today, per MLive.com. “Like I said before, a week ago, I can’t come in and not be ready to play a full 60 and help out, contribute, be big down low, finish my checks. I needed another hard skate and that’s what we just finished.”

In other Detroit injury news, forward Drew Miller will not need surgery for his broken hand and could return in the playoffs if the Wings go on a deep run.

The Wings, of course, may not even make the playoffs.

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