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Wings d-man Ian White will be a healthy scratch tonight

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Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock appears to be sending a message to veteran defenseman Ian White.

Per the Red Wings’ Twitter account, White will be a healthy scratch tonight in Los Angeles against the Kings.

Defenseman Kent Huskins will also sit and watch, while Kyle Quincey and Brendan Smith will return to the lineup to fill the two spots on the blue line.

White has one goal and one assist in 14 games. The 28-year-old was minus-2 in Saturday’s 8-3 victory over Vancouver and is a combined minus-6 in his last six games.

White missed five games earlier this season with a left leg laceration that required surgery.

Update: Here’s more, from MLive.com’s Ansar Khan...

Ian White said he was surprised to be a healthy scratch tonight, Said he’s frustrated and upset by it.

— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) February 27, 2013