Injury Report: Datsyuk Out 4-5 Weeks

[SoupNazi]

Ansar Khan @AnsarKhanMLive · 1m
Pavel Datsyuk has a second-degree shoulder separation and is out 4-5 weeks, Ken Holland said.

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[Chance on Chance]

separated shoulders are no fun, this sucks. Guess Z slides into #1 C for the time being

 

[The Geelee]

At least it happened early.. Has 2 weeks to heal and we only play 2 games the first week, but still. Disappointing

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Sorry guys, I'm out.

 

[hyduK]

Sigh. Got tickets for October 17th in Toronto too

 

[sully6one]

Nyquist- Zetterberg- Franzen
Tatar- Sheahan- Jurco
Abdelkader- Weiss- Pulkkinen
Miller- Glendening- Cleary/Andersson

 

[DanZ]

This really gives Weiss a shot to show he can still play.

 

[ricky0034]

well on the bright side I don't think Jurco will go down at the start of the year now with this

gives him a couple games of an actual chance to stick

 

[joe89]

2 to 4 or 4 to 5? Anyway, I expect the worst that he misses about 10 games.

I don't like the fact that he was essentially injured on a hard, but clean, shoulder to shoulder hit. He's getting pretty fragile.

We're not looking too deep offensively without Datsyuk, Mantha and Alfie sadly.

 

[Vladdy84]

Nyquist- Zetterberg- Franzen
Tatar- Sheahan- Jurco
Abdelkader- Weiss- Pulkkinen
Miller- Glendening- Cleary/Andersson

I'm down with that. But.. We all know what will happen instead. Not even gonna bother saying it. But I'll be proven right.

 

[Flowah]

I'm all out of tears and the season hasn't even started.

 

[joe89]

Nyquist- Zetterberg- Franzen
Tatar- Sheahan- Jurco
Abdelkader- Weiss- Pulkkinen
Miller- Glendening- Cleary/Andersson

I'm down with that. But.. We all know what will happen instead. Not even gonna bother saying it. But I'll be proven right.

Last I heard Helm is fine.

Nyquist- Zetterberg- Franzen
Tatar-Weiss-Helm
Abdelkader-Sheahan-Jurco
Whatever

 

[Jusek]

So it begins...

 

[detredWINgs]

This is insane. I was really looking forward to Tatar playing with Datsyuk. They looked great so far.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Of course. Why wouldn't he be?

 

[detredWINgs]

It sucks that we have this 7+ year gap between the Weiss/Franzen/Hank/Datsyuk group and the Nyquist/Tatar/Sheahan/Jurco group where there are zero scoring forwards. The older group is very injury prone and the younger group is inexperienced.

 

[irishock]

Fire the damn training staff.

 

[jkutswings]

2 to 4 or 4 to 5? Anyway, I expect the worst that he misses about 10 games.

I don't like the fact that he was essentially injured on a hard, but clean, shoulder to shoulder hit. He's getting pretty fragile.

We're not looking too deep offensively without Datsyuk, Mantha and Alfie sadly.

And that's part of why I rate the current roster as low as I do. You have an increasing track record of injury issues. One bad year can happen to any franchise, but Detroit's problem with durability seems more than a fluke.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Here's a crazy idea: since we have a plethora of defense prospects and a lack of scoring wingers, why not promote Sproul to forward? I mean since he's years away from the big game on the count of his lack of defense, so why not play him in a power forward role?

Don't burn me at the stake, just an opinion.

 

[mindfly]

Well he IS 36, an age where some players retire even, that's how it goes when you're the oldest team year after year. After 30 it's easier to get injured and takes longer time to heal, that's just how the human body works.

 

[Vladdy84]

Last I heard Helm is fine.

Nyquist- Zetterberg- Franzen
Tatar-Weiss-Helm
Abdelkader-Sheahan-Jurco
Whatever

That works.

4th line

Miller-Andersson-Luke

 

[RayMoonDoh]

Well thats one way to kill my excitement for opening night.

Fire the damn training staff.

Your streak of consecutive ignorant posts continues.

 

[RayMoonDoh]

Here's a crazy idea: since we have a plethora of defense prospects and a lack of scoring wingers, why not promote Sproul to forward? I mean since he's years away from the big game on the count of his lack of defense, so why not play him in a power forward role?

Don't burn me at the stake, just an opinion.

Interesting idea but we already have a lot if F's and the need for a offensive rd is hbig enough that were best off continuing sprouts development as a D.

I dont see what sproul could bring as a F that Pulu doesnt. Besides a larger disparity in size and ability to use it.

 

[Henkka]

This just can't be true. One game, one hit and injury.

WHAT A **** IS HAPPENING???

Wake me up when the real season begins.

 

[Frk It]

Awful news. Really sad to see Pavel getting hurt so often now a days. Also opens up a spot for Danny boy.