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Wings will use compliance buyout on Tootoo, not Franzen

Jordin Tootoo, Cal Clutterbuck

Detroit Red Wings right wing Jordin Tootoo (22) checks Minnesota Wild right wing Cal Clutterbuck (22) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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From Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press:

Tootoo is signed through next season for a cap hit of $1.9 million. The 31-year-old winger only played 11 games for the Wings this season, registering a lone assist. Which is to say, it’s unlikely a team is going to be interested in acquiring his services.

Detroit has already used one of its two compliance buyouts on Carlo Colaiacovo. Now that Holland has come out and said Tootoo is likely to be the second, I guess we can put an end to the Johan Franzen compliance-buyout talk.

Or you can just take it from Holland himself:

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