Injury Report: Quincey to see a doctor next week regarding his ankle (UPD: Quincey out 9-12 weeks)

[Heaton]

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[chances14]

damn

didn't he get ankle surgery over the summer?

 

[hyduK]

damn

didn't he get ankle surgery over the summer?

Other ankle apparently.

Anyway, that sucks quite a bit, but 6 weeks wouldn't be terrible once Green comes back and assuming the rest of the D (mainly Kronner/DD/Green) can stay healthy.

Still think we should be trading for a D-man regardless of Quincey's status.

 

[Pavels Dog]

He's come a long way in my eyes, sucks if he's out long-term. Agree with the above poster though, when Green returns we should be solid enough if no one else goes down.

Kronner-Green
DD-Ericsson
Smith-Marchenko

or something like that.

 

[mindfly]

Wasn't he out because of shoulder/concussion issues or?

 

[Yemack]

only 6 weeks? isn't that little bit too quick turn around from an ankle surgery?

 

[TheOtherOne]

Even rich famous athletes have to wait a week for a doctor's appointment?

 

[sean3250]

Detroit should cut Kindl and call up Jensen. Jensen would make a good partner for Green, IMO. Than Detroit can just send down either Marchenko or Jensen when Quincey returns.

Jensen is already 25 and hasn't even gotten a cup of coffee yet. He plays important minutes in the AHL to boot. If he's not gonna get a shot why are we developing him and wasting a spot in the TOP 4 in GR? It literally makes no sense. Jensen played 3 years of college and 2 years in the AHL. It's time to see if he can handle the big time.

 

[Bench]

only 6 weeks? isn't that little bit too quick turn around from an ankle surgery?

Depends what is hurt. There's a whole host of ankle injuries. I haven't read what exactly is bothering Quincey. If the doctors say 6 weeks, it's nothing big. Something done laparoscopically has a really short turn around.

 

[JPE123]

detroit should cut kindl and call up jensen. Jensen would make a good partner for green, imo. Than detroit can just send down either marchenko or jensen when quincey returns.

Jensen is already 25 and hasn't even gotten a cup of coffee yet. He plays important minutes in the ahl to boot. If he's not gonna get a shot why are we developing him and wasting a spot in the top 4 in gr? It literally makes no sense. Jensen played 3 years of college and 2 years in the ahl. It's time to see if he can handle the big time.

+100

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Detroit should cut Kindl and call up Jensen. Jensen would make a good partner for Green, IMO. Than Detroit can just send down either Marchenko or Jensen when Quincey returns.

Jensen is already 25 and hasn't even gotten a cup of coffee yet. He plays important minutes in the AHL to boot. If he's not gonna get a shot why are we developing him and wasting a spot in the TOP 4 in GR? It literally makes no sense. Jensen played 3 years of college and 2 years in the AHL. It's time to see if he can handle the big time.

They both play the right-side, so not sure Jensen and Green is the way I would go. I still favor Jensen being our sixth D-man in. If the plan is to put Green with Kronner when he is back than Smith-Jensen would be my preferred other pair.

Also you could go

Kronwall - Smith
DeKeyser - Green
Ericsson - Jensen

With DeKeyser and Ericsson looking good together and Kronwall and Smith looking together as usual that does give me some pause on where to slot who.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Detroit should cut Kindl and call up Jensen. Jensen would make a good partner for Green, IMO. Than Detroit can just send down either Marchenko or Jensen when Quincey returns.

Jensen is already 25 and hasn't even gotten a cup of coffee yet. He plays important minutes in the AHL to boot. If he's not gonna get a shot why are we developing him and wasting a spot in the TOP 4 in GR? It literally makes no sense. Jensen played 3 years of college and 2 years in the AHL. It's time to see if he can handle the big time.

I have always been confused about Jensen. I haven't seen him much, but every time I have seen him against nhlers (preseason, but still), he looked great. It's weird how we let Kindl try and try and try some more, and we keep scratching and calling up and sending down like 6 mediocre defensemen, yet Jensen never managed to get anything past looking really good in preseason.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Jensen is a tiny upgrade over Kindl (He wont get better either) so I doubt holland does anything with him but let him just sit in the minors.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Jensen is a tiny upgrade over Kindl (He wont get better either)

If that's true then it makes no sense to play Kindl.

 

[Run the Jewels]

I have always been confused about Jensen. I haven't seen him much, but every time I have seen him against nhlers (preseason, but still), he looked great. It's weird how we let Kindl try and try and try some more, and we keep scratching and calling up and sending down like 6 mediocre defensemen, yet Jensen never managed to get anything past looking really good in preseason.

It's clear the Red Wings have no idea how to develop d-men. The last decent d-man they drafted and developed was Kronwall 15 years ago. Ericsson has played over his head but he's ideally a bottom 3, just like every other guy they've drafted and developed since Kronwall. Nothing they do with their defense makes any sense at all.

 

[korrowan]

Bad news on the Quincey front:

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 3m3 minutes ago
#redwings defenseman Kyle Quincey will have ankle surgery on Saturday, Ken Holland said. Quincey estimated last week he'd be out six weeks.

 

[hyduK]

Pick up the phone Kenny. We need another D-man even if Quincey was healthy.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Pick up the phone Kenny. We need another D-man even if Quincey was healthy.

Sami Vatanen, Wouldn't mind bringing Cam Fowler home either.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Bad news on the Quincey front:

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 3m3 minutes ago
#redwings defenseman Kyle Quincey will have ankle surgery on Saturday, Ken Holland said. Quincey estimated last week he'd be out six weeks.

Sounds like early January then, Get well soon Q we need you man.

 

[Mach12]

 

[WingedWheel1987]

Quincey misses most of the season. Holland re-signs Quincey thinking he is going to get a steal on his next contract.

Book it.

 

[Z40]

How did 6 weeks turn into 9-12 weeks? Damn, that sucks.

 

[mindfly]

Went from 6 to 9-12... lol

Q's ankle's must be pretty ****ed up

Btw this will be a

"Quincey will be like a deadline aquisition - Kenny Holland"

 

[Flowah]

Kronner, E, DDK, Green, Smith, Kindl, Marchenko

+

Jensen, XO.

Yeah, we need another d man. Right now 2 of Smith, Kindl, Marchenko is guaranteed to be in the lineup at any given time. Marchy's started to look better but I'd still feel 100x better if we could get a middle pairing guy and keep E out of the top4 all while shoving one of Smith/Kindl out of the lineup.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Unfortunate. Long term injuries on defense was the last thing we needed. That's a big chunk of the season that Q will miss.

Good thing is our D has looked alright lately. Smith-Marchenko should be able to do okay on the 3rd pairing.

Even more interested in going after Vatanen now though for sure.