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Written by Kyle Kujawa
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 14:16 |
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Quick update on the injury front. Detroit got what I am taking to be pretty good news on Jonathan Ericsson. He has a "deep bone bruise" and will be out for a minimum of two weeks. Obviously, you'd like to hear that he could go as soon as possible, but I was thinking more along the lines of an ACL tear, out for a minimum of four months. This is good news.
Ken Holland says that Detroit will recall Doug Janik from Grand Rapids for Thursday's game. I called for Jakub Kindl last night, but I didn't really think that all the way through. Brian Rafalski, Brett Lebda, Derek Meech, Jakub Kindl... who's going to kill penalties? Is it bad when a team has significantly more penalty killing forwards than defensemen? Janik will be up to kill penalties, Holland says. Hopefully they're comfortable with Kindl in the NHL full-time next season with just two games of NHL experience.
Finally, that Detroit News article reports that Darren Helm should be good to go for Thursday. It's been nice knowing you, Kris Newbury, but I hope you never have to don a Wings' jersey again.
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