John Merrill

Suspended 12 games for violation of team rules. I won't link it because it comes from Freep, but it is definitely real.

He must have done something dumb because 12 games is a good chunk of the season. This will definitely hurt for a while. 

Edit: Here is a link from the detroit news http://www.detnews.com/article/20111001/SPORTS0201/110010381/1361/U-M-st...