Red Wings Recall 3 From Grand Rapids
by Amerinadian on Mar 5, 2012 9:39 AM CST
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PrintWith the trainer's room getting full of injured Red Wing players, the team has recalled 3 players from Grand Rapids.
The team will welcome back Chris Conner, Doug Janik and Jordan Pearce. Janik and Pearce are directly related to the injuries to Jakub Kindl and Jimmy Howard, respectively, and it appears that Todd Bertuzzi's "tender groin" may keep him out of Tuesday's game against Philadelphia.
For those keeping score, that now makes 7 regulars out of the lineup on Tuesday. Joining Bertuzzi, Kindl and Howard on the sidelines are Pavel Datsyuk (knee), Nicklas Lidstrom (ankle), Jonathan Ericsson (wrist) and Patrick Eaves (concussion). It's starting to feel a lot like 2010 when every game saw a Wing player get hurt, but at least the calendar says March 5 and not April 5.
If there is a reason for optimism it's that none of the injuries seem to be that serious with the exception of Ericsson and Eaves. The Wings have a lighter schedule for the next week or so, and if they can weather this storm they should be in good position to earn a high seed in the playoffs and make a run at #12.
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What’s the latest on Eaves? A few weeks ago, there were some tweets out there wondering if this concussion may be a career ender for him. Has anyone heard anything?
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There is one interesting aspect to this, though.
Philly is also hurting, especially on their blue line. We all know Pronger has been out and will be out for the foreseeable future. However, the Flyers will also be missing Kimmo Timmonen and Andrej Meszaros. That means that our old friend Andreas Lilja will be playing when the Wings take on the Flyers on Tuesday. Could be good for at least one goal for us!
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Look for a much simpler game out of Detroit tomorrow
lots more dump-and-chase hockey.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 5, 2012 9:45 AM CST reply actions
as much as i love the puck possession game the wings play...
when it stops working and you cant score sometimes going back to the basics is just what the doctor ordered (no injury pun intended).
i think eventually if the power play doesnt get turned around you have to start blame coaches and the system… considering how many different guys we have had on our power play lately and still nothing changes.
As long as they don't turn it over in the neutral zone.
I’ll be fine with that style of gameplay
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by Joe Bagazinski on Mar 5, 2012 9:02 PM CST up reply actions
One question I do have, however
Aren’t recalls from the AHL limited after the trade deadline but before the playoffs? I thought I had heard somewhere that teams were limited to 6 recalls between now and the playoffs. Are emergencies counted differently?
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Injury recalls are not affected by this rule.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 5, 2012 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
That’s good to know; the way things are going, we may need the rest of GR on speed dial. I just hope everyone can get healthy for the last couple of weeks of the season and then the playoffs.
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by AppState on Mar 5, 2012 9:58 AM CST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
What happened to Howie?
I didn’t get to start watching until half way thru the 2nd. Kindl and Howie were both gone by then but the announcers didn’t give any details beyond mentioning half a dozen times that the Wings were down to 5 D. Haven’t seen any details on the injuries yet.
i dont think they have said anything more than "lower body injury"
as someone already said, howie was walking around and sitting on the bench after he was pulled so it cant be TOO serious.
Amerinadian’s game summary had some detail, but I was wondering if he or Kindl got hit or if it was an innocent tweak or what. I know the team won’t say much about it, but I was just wondering if there were clues from the game broadcast.
Kindl
Was hurt before the game and Babs said they made a mistake by playing him. So not sure what it is, but I hope to God it isn’t a concussion.
Jimmy’s looked like an innocent tweak, I do not think he got hit.
"Pavel Datsyuk is Magic."
If it was a concussion and the Wings knew about it and let him play anyway
Then that is a catastrophic error and the training staff would absolutely need to be put under review for negligence.
That being said, there’s little to no chance that’s what it was. May be a shoulder though.
by eight_legged_freaks on Mar 5, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
I’m not making accusations, but I’ve always thought it was strange the the only 3 Wings that I remember having concussions in recent memory (Lilja, Bertuzzi, and Eaves) were either SEVERE or at a point (Bertuzzi, game 7 against the sharks last year) where lying about it served no purpose.
I wouldn’t be surprised if in the past few years players have either played through them, or left the lineup using a different stated reason (Franzen vs Dallas in 2008, Franzen last year in playoffs, Holmstrom vs Anaheim in 2007)
by RedWingFanInNC on Mar 5, 2012 12:54 PM CST up reply actions
True, but since 2007 and now there's been a huge upheaval in the process
The introduction of the dark room policy, the lost career of Marc Savard, the potential lost career of Sidney Crosby, these are huge risks that have shifted the culture to almost always being cautious in every scenario.
Franzen missed a large portion of the post-season in 2008 with his concussion. I believe the sentiment at the time was that he himself hadn’t said anything about his injury because he was afraid to get shut down, and then when he did, they absolutely shut him down. Same thing happened early last year I believe against Dallas when he was elbowed by Mark Fistric and missed two games because of concussion like symptoms.
That’s why, I don’t think it was a concussion, because the Wings medical staff have kept players out of the line-up for small periods of time, as well as long periods, depending on the severity. But if they knew if was a concussion and they let him play anyways, in the current climate of the NHL, hoo-boy.
by eight_legged_freaks on Mar 5, 2012 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
I should be clear I don't think the Wings medical staff cleared him to play with a concussion.
Sorry if I sound accusatory. That’s not the case. I still think it’s like, a shoulder or something.
by eight_legged_freaks on Mar 5, 2012 1:13 PM CST up reply actions
He could have been having symptoms leading up to the day of the game.
Said he didn’t have them anymore passed the test and then while out there had symptoms again. It is very hard for the doctors to know because the player pretty much has to tell them.
"Pavel Datsyuk is Magic."
I didn’t take it as an accusation.
To me it seems that the wings have had fewer reported concussions than what is probably the league average. That’s the only point I wanted to make.
by RedWingFanInNC on Mar 5, 2012 4:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
When it seems like a concussion is being covered up,
you can pretty much assume it’s by the player. I know in the NFL, guys like Peyton have openly admitted to intentionally botching the control tests, so they can return to action more easily in the event of a concussion
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by AppState on Mar 5, 2012 1:16 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah, and at that point the player is just being irrational.
And not properly utilizing the medical care they have available to them.
by eight_legged_freaks on Mar 5, 2012 1:19 PM CST up reply actions
True, but as all athletes know
You just want to play. If you think you can help the team it doesn’t matter how bad of shape you are in you want to play. You don’t want to let your teammates down.
If Kindl covered it up I hope he knows now it isn’t a good thing to do.
That being said I hope that is not the case and that it is something else.
"Pavel Datsyuk is Magic."
How is the time to rest or heal the nagging ailments.
Let’s enter April with a healthy group of veterans.
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Sorry about the .gif, mods.
Posted it from my phone, didn’t realize it was so aggressive/annoying till I saw it on the computer. mea culpa
however, I retain my message of “Panic!” :)
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by AppState on Mar 5, 2012 1:07 PM CST via Android app reply actions
Fair enough
The message was fitting, just the seizure-inducingness of the .gif was a tad off-point.
by J.J. from Kansas on Mar 5, 2012 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
understood.
I’m just going to avoid posting pictures from my phone. Too difficult to judge size/etc.
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by AppState on Mar 5, 2012 1:18 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Tomorrow Night
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All kidding aside…. I’m hoping we’ll get healthy enough for the playoffs, and can at least maintain the #4 Seed. Few tough games coming up though (Nashville & LA)
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well i got to go the the last game vs. LA at the joe...
and the wings destroyed them i think it was like 7 to 1 or something crazy… so with people missing from the lineup they should still win by at least 3 right?
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