Damian, he's 26. Det. Is he considered a rookie?
Thanks

I think he is just too old.

On NHL.com if you go in stats on the red wings team and select only rookies..

only Brendan Smith is there...

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Backstrom,Parise,Kovalchuk,Roy,Heatley, B.Richards,Desharnais,Stastny,E.Kane,Couture,JVR Gagner,Fleischmann,Purcell,Lupul,Hodgson, Burrows
Shattenkirk,Enstrom,Campbell,Burns, BSmith,Gardiner,McBain,Wizniewski,DelZotto,Carlson
Quick, Ward, Rask, Kiprusoff
Farm:Kadri,Wheeler,Granlund,Tarasenko,Kuznetsov,St rome,Schwartz,Coyle,Paajarvi,Fowler,Elliott,Ellis, Brodin,Bailey,Schroeder,,Johansson,J.Morrow,Morin, J.Campbell,Namestnikov,

If he turned 26 before Sept 15, 2012 then he doesn't qualify as a rookie.

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19 roster players, 15 prospects
Stats: G, A, PPG, SHG, special teams assists, SOG, FOW, PIM, hits, blocked shots, +/-, W, SO, saves, s%, GAA, shootout saves

C: Crosby, Backstrom, H. Sedin, Boyle, Brassard
W: Voracek, Burrows, McDonald, Filppula, Dorsett, Hudler, Abdelkader, Bouchard, Ott, Zuccarello, Stalberg
D: Karlsson, Letang, Enstrom, Boyle, Giordano, Gorges, M. Stuart
G: Quick, Kiprusoff, Ellis

Prospects: Granlund, Pirri, Caron, Killorn, T. Johnson, Galiev, Corrado, Vatanen, Moore, Rundblad, Bachman, C. Johnson, Desjardins

His Birthday March 9, 1986 so turned 26 in March of 2012, right...so not a rookie.
Reason I asked is a couple guys in my pool picked him as one of their rookies and when I checked on NHL.com rookies I didn't see him listed.
Is he going to be a big scorer??? If not maybe I won't say anything LOL.

Thanks very much guys. Appreciate your replying.

Yeah, if your league uses NHL Rookie definitions then he's not one. As far as him being a big scorer... I'd say it's too early to tell, but from what I've heard he hasn't looked that great. Of course, it's only been 1 game. If I had him I wouldn't want him on my active roster. I'd keep him in my farm system until he either became a reliable option or an easy drop.

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16 team, full keeper
19 roster players, 15 prospects
Stats: G, A, PPG, SHG, special teams assists, SOG, FOW, PIM, hits, blocked shots, +/-, W, SO, saves, s%, GAA, shootout saves

C: Crosby, Backstrom, H. Sedin, Boyle, Brassard
W: Voracek, Burrows, McDonald, Filppula, Dorsett, Hudler, Abdelkader, Bouchard, Ott, Zuccarello, Stalberg
D: Karlsson, Letang, Enstrom, Boyle, Giordano, Gorges, M. Stuart
G: Quick, Kiprusoff, Ellis

Prospects: Granlund, Pirri, Caron, Killorn, T. Johnson, Galiev, Corrado, Vatanen, Moore, Rundblad, Bachman, C. Johnson, Desjardins

Thanks
I see he was with Dats and Zetterberg 1st game and #1PP. Last 3 years, better than ppg with Zug in Swiss League whatever that is.
Thanks again.