Injury Report: Pulkkinen and Miller

[bullocks]

Pulks is awful anyways. Should have been out of the lineup long ago.

 

[JPE123]

Massive timeframes for two relatively harmless incidents. Pulkkinen got his one skate washed away just before the hit, and Miller stumbled into his. It was just very poor luck.

It'll be a chance for others to prove something.

Kind of the way I saw it too. Bad result from pretty standard hockey hits. I don't like Hanzal because I've always seen him as "sneaky" dirty and avoiding the reputation but if Pulks didnt wash out I think he's not hurt as bad. Dahlbeck on Miller was bad luck

 

[mindfly]

Can/Will they call up someone?

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

I would like to see the wings get a goon. Both hits were head hunting cheap shots. Meaning no suspension and if they were suspended who cares they play in the west. If anything it hurts the wing by making phx easier to beat for buffalo.

Jesus Christ, no. That's a terrible idea.

 

[InjuredChoker]

Pulks is awful anyways. Should have been out of the lineup long ago.

little too harsh imo. his overall game is lacking but he's scored at solid pace.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Can/Will they call up someone?

According to Khan Holland said no as of now. But that leaves us will only with 12 forwards and if any one else should go down we're in trouble. Wouldn't be surprised if Holland doesn't call someone up next week. Hopefully AA.

 

[DanZ]

Opens up opportunities for AA/Jurco/Mantha

 

[BinCookin]

Pulks is awful anyways. Should have been out of the lineup long ago.

Awful player has alot of points for us.

I hope Jurco can catch up to Pulk's Awefulness! (Its his chance)

 

[Flowah]

According to Khan Holland said no as of now. But that leaves us will only with 12 forwards and if any one else should go down we're in trouble. Wouldn't be surprised if Holland doesn't call someone up next week. Hopefully AA.

According to Khan, they do plan on calling someone up next week, just not right away.

 

[Pavels Dog]

According to Khan, they do plan on calling someone up next week, just not right away.

Good. Let Jurco and Andersson get a chance to prove themselves, and let Mantha get back in game action in GR. Then maybe call up one of Mantha/AA to replace whoever performs the worst out of Andy and Jurco.

 

[Henkka]

Andersson is a lock on the roster to replace Miller.

Pulkkinen spot could go to callup, or for Jurco.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

Tough break for Miller especially. Skate the face last year, now this.

The worst part of the broken jaw is being unable to eat solids. I remember when Cleary broke his (thanks Sammy!) he lost like 20-30lbs. Then again, Miller is a beanpole, so maybe he hasn't got much weight to lose.

 

[PelagicJoe]

I'm not looking forward to 6-8 weeks of Joker on the ice. Call up AA. Hell, give Mantha a shot at this point.

 

[aar000n]

Jesus Christ, no. That's a terrible idea.

Ok well just keep letting our players get knocked out by cheap shots.

 

[TCNorthstars]

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. My view was shoulder to the head and then the body.

That is fine. You can disagree all you want. However, you are disagreeing with the NHL rules...

 

[KJoe88]

WTF? No they weren't. Miller's head was unfortunately at the height of the Arizona players shoulder. It was a clean hit. Not a "headhunting cheapshot"

The pulkkinen hit didn't have anything to do with his head. Yeah its a boarding which is dirty, but that's completely different than a "headhunting cheapshot"

Are you sure you watched the game?

I thought the boarding on Pulks was hella dirty.

Miller was an unfortunate play, but I still feel like something should happen.

 

[Obe2kenobe]

I would like to see the wings get a goon. Both hits were head hunting cheap shots. Meaning no suspension and if they were suspended who cares they play in the west. If anything it hurts the wing by making phx easier to beat for buffalo.

They don't need a goon IMO. I think Smith did a fine job last night. They also have Abdelkader and Ericsson if someone is needed in that capacity. Pulkkinen hit was dirty, but the Miller hit wasn't.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

According to Khan, they do plan on calling someone up next week, just not right away.

Right no need to do it right now, But next week will be a different story.

 

[utvolsfan]

They don't need a goon IMO. I think Smith did a fine job last night. They also have Abdelkader and Ericsson if someone is needed in that capacity. Pulkkinen hit was dirty, but the Miller hit wasn't.

I'll give Smith credit he handled himself well. Abby is not a guy that u want dropping the gloves, he doesn't do more then wrestle and he looked horrible in his crappie bout against buffalo. I would look into a player like Boll out of Columbus, or a player of his type. He skates well and will hit anything not to mention the willingness and ability to go with any one. But that's just my opinion

 

[FissionFire]

Larkin should get a solid chance on the PK now. It's almost like Blashill knew this was coming having him and Jurco get PK work in.

Not sure how long term Andersson will be in the lineup. I think they will give Jurco a good stretch of games before benching him. Andersson just seems replaceable by a call up easily if Larkin and others can fill the PK shoes.

 

[Obe2kenobe]

I'll give Smith credit he handled himself well. Abby is not a guy that u want dropping the gloves, he doesn't do more then wrestle and he looked horrible in his crappie bout against buffalo. I would look into a player like Boll out of Columbus, or a player of his type. He skates well and will hit anything not to mention the willingness and ability to go with any one. But that's just my opinion

Sometimes it doesn't really matter how well a guy does in a fight, just being willing to step in when needed is all you need. Ericsson can handle himself quite well. He just doesn't do it often. If you check out his stats on hockeyfights.com you'll see he isn't going to lose many fights. I saw him interviewed where he said he doesn't do it very often because he doesn't want to get injured. I do agree though that having a few more physical type players would be nice. But I like our roster for most part.

 

[Actual Thought*]

They are really gonna miss Miller. Probably the most under rated player besides Abby.

 

[Risingwind]

Pulks is awful anyways. Should have been out of the lineup long ago.

Wow. I'm kind of speechless at the audacity of this statement. Hope they trade Pulks as soon as he gets better so I can stop following the Red Wings, if this is the general opinion.

 

[SimplySolace]

Wow. I'm kind of speechless at the audacity of this statement. Hope they trade Pulks as soon as he gets better so I can stop following the Red Wings, if this is the general opinion.

It's called an opinion and it's not like you're not biased. "Trade him cause the fans r mean!!1"

He fairly regularly has poor performances, but manages to end up on the scoresheet so people either spout his point totals in his defense or that he takes a ton of missed shots.

 

[Risingwind]

It's called an opinion and it's not like you're not biased. "Trade him cause the fans r mean!!1"

He fairly regularly has poor performances, but manages to end up on the scoresheet so people either spout his point totals in his defense or that he takes a ton of missed shots.

That's great. Don't let me disturb your celebration of his injury.