Holmstrom ready for game 4
Tomas Holmstrom has been cleared by Detroit doctors to play. He is going to fly to San Jose today with the Ilitches (team owners) and will be ready to play in Game #4 of the series. Holmstrom was hurt in game six of the Calgary series by an accidental high stick from the Flames’ Craig Conroy.
This is absolutely fantastic news! Homer has been desperately needed as he is key (in my opinion) to the first line’s success (Datsyuk and Zetterberg will be better with Homer back in the lineup). Plus, San Jose’s goaltender (Nabokov) gives up a ton of big rebounds and Homer will hopefully be able to pounce on some of those and at least create some scoring opportunities. And we don’t really have anyone trying to screen Nabokov (Bertuzzi tries, but doesn’t usually stay in front of the net very much) so it’ll be great to have Homer back.
Other good news: It looks like Henrik Zetterberg is feeling better after suffering from the flu over the past week. He participated in the morning skate today.
Lebda update: Brett Lebda is still hoping to play in Game #5, but said that if it was the regular season he’d be out for six weeks. Personally, I doubt we’ll see him this series, but that’s just my opinion.
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