Darren Helm has been moved from center to wing in an effort to ease the Red Wings' logjam down the middle, Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News reports.

Helm has been moved from center to wing in an effort to ease the Red Wings' logjam down the middle, Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News reports.

Analysis:

After the Red Wings could barely find four healthy centers on several occasions last season, the team now improbably has a glut at the position, with all of Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Stephen Weiss and Joakim Andersson progressing well from their respective injuries that cost them large portions of the 2013-14 campaign. As a result, Helm will be the odd man out, but he still has the speed, size (5-foot-11, 192 pounds) and requisite toughness to find a niche on the outside. Helm, who has been limited to 44 games over the past two seasons due to his own injury issues, would likely slot in on either the third or fourth line, minimizing his scoring chances.