Injury Report: Miller Out 4-6 Months

[Mister Ed]

Ted Kulfan ‏@tkulfan
Miller out 4-6 months after major knee surgery today...reconstructive surgery

Tough loss for the PK.

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[Claypool]

Sucks he's done for the year.

 

[ap3x]

Oh boy... Congratulations.

 

[Ezekial]

Jeez, good news keeps flying in.

 

[skate skate skate]

Poor Miller! Probably played his last game as a Red Wing too. Or what do you guys say?
I wouldn't be totally against resigning him, if he takes a pay cut and is ok with being the 13th/14th forward.

 

[Ezekial]

Miller is the type of player every team needs.

 

[Flowah]

Poor Miller! Probably played his last game as a Red Wing too. Or what do you guys say?
I wouldn't be totally against resigning him, if he takes a pay cut and is ok with being the 13th/14th forward.

Time to let him go. Make room for AA, Mantha callups. Or hell even Nosek. Nosek looked great in his callup. Significantly better than Andersson. Larkin can and should be PKing anyway. He's got the speed to burn and we know he can do it. He's done it his whole life.

Unless Miller signs for league minimum there's no reason to bring him back.

 

[Frk It]

Poor Miller! Probably played his last game as a Red Wing too. Or what do you guys say?

He'll be on the team next year... Because Holland

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Sheesh, tough couple of years for Miller - skate to the face, concussion on freak hit, now knee reconstruction.

Unlike the other fonts of grace, mercy, sympathy and gratitude in this thread I hope he does come back and get another contract. He's certainly earned the chance to prove his worth when he comes back.

 

[Flowah]

Sheesh, tough couple of years for Miller - skate to the face, concussion on freak hit, now knee reconstruction.

Unlike the other fonts of grace, mercy, sympathy and gratitude in this thread I hope he does come back and get another contract. He's certainly earned the chance to prove his worth when he comes back.

You can feel bad for the guy and hope for the best without wanting him to get another contract. Trust me, it's possible.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Time to let him go. Make room for AA, Mantha callups. Or hell even Nosek. Nosek looked great in his callup. Significantly better than Andersson. Larkin can and should be PKing anyway. He's got the speed to burn and we know he can do it. He's done it his whole life.

Unless Miller signs for league minimum there's no reason to bring him back.

Then he takes a puck to the face and is out long term. Don't get me wrong, he does a good enough job on the PK, but no one can replace what Miller does for this team. Having Miller on the team does not block a spot for AA or Mantha. Those 2 won't be playing on the 4th line so lets not make it seem that Miller is taking a spot from someone.

 

[Kyleftlx]

This is awful news. Miller made Detroit better, and while he is a veteran who is paid more than a similar player at the AHL level, he is one of the best defensive forwards on the team and serves an actual purpose.

This absolutely impacts Miller's offseason contract, and that's a bummer for him. I don't know how many teams are going to line up to sign a 4th liner forward that has only played 28 games the past year due to two injuries that took him out the rest of the games.

And that is a huge bummer. The last two years, only one Red Wings player played in all NHL games. That was Drew Miller. When Datsyuk and Zetterberg went down with injuries in 2014 and all of the kids had to save the team, Miller was playing every night. It sucks that he's going down like this.

 

[Martinez]

So more Andersson because he's reliable on the pk

 

[TheMule93]

I would feel bad for him but then I remembered how much money he made in the past couple years skating around an ice rink for 12min a night with no expectations of scoring might be more than I ever make in my lifetime

 

[Obe2kenobe]

So more Andersson because he's reliable on the pk

Ansar khan posted lines for the next game. No Andersson. Jurco Glendening Helm on the 4th line. Blash didn't mention Andersson picking up any of the slack either on mlive. He mentioned Abdelkader, Larkin playing more on the PK.

 

[PelagicJoe]

So more Andersson because he's reliable on the pk

Crap, crap, crap in a sink.
That being said, at least he is fairly easily to replace.

 

[Squirrel in the Hole]

Jeez, good news keeps flying in.

FINALLY, the reason appears to call up Dan Cleary

 

[odin1981]

FINALLY, the reason appears to call up Dan Cleary

That is not funny. One does not even mention that situation happening.

 

[mindfly]

When did this happend? any video of the situation? acl tear?

 

[Henkka]

He'll be on the team next year... Because Holland

...because Holland is a smart man and re-signs his best penalty killer.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Ansar khan posted lines for the next game. No Andersson. Jurco Glendening Helm on the 4th line. Blash didn't mention Andersson picking up any of the slack either on mlive. He mentioned Abdelkader, Larkin playing more on the PK.

This is encouraging.

 

[Ezekial]

FINALLY, the reason appears to call up Dan Cleary

Cleary Cleary, he's our man, if he can't do it no one can!

 

[Avery Rule]

I believe Tangradi is leading the Griffins in point

 

[BSHH]

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This absolutely impacts Miller's offseason contract, and that's a bummer for him. I don't know how many teams are going to line up to sign a 4th liner forward that has only played 28 games the past year due to two injuries that took him out the rest of the games.

And that is a huge bummer. The last two years, only one Red Wings player played in all NHL games. That was Drew Miller. When Datsyuk and Zetterberg went down with injuries in 2014 and all of the kids had to save the team, Miller was playing every night. It sucks that he's going down like this.

It sucks for Miller, indeed. After being waived by a lesser team, he really stuck with the Red Wings.

However, I'd guess it increases the likelyhood of him re-signing. He might have to accept a lower salary, which would make him more affordable for the Red Wings, who know his qualities best. Thus I am hoping for both a speedy recovery, a long postseason and a new contract - because I do not buy the idea of Miller blocking highly skilled young players like Athanasiou or Mantha (who is steadily improving, but not overwhelming yet) from valubale NHL TOI either.

Gruß,
BSHH

 

[Vladdy84]

Glad we kept Lando over Joker...