Uh oh: Stuart out with broken finger
Wings fans just got some more bad news this morning.
Ansar Khan reported that recently acquired defenseman Brad Stuart suffered a broken finger during the third period of last night’s game when he blocked a shot. This type of injury usually takes 3-6 weeks to heal and the Wings are estimating that it’ll take closer to three. Fortunately, it’s a finger injury so Stuart will be able to stay conditioned and it won’t take quite as long to adjust once he is inserted back into the lineup. He will start skating next week.
Until then, Chris Chelios will be paired up with Niklas Kronwall on the second line with Andreas Lilja and Brett Lebda together on the third pairing.
IwoCPO @ Abel to Yzerman:
Well that pretty much sucks. The DDC also reports that none of the injured forwards will be returning tonite and that Chris Chelios will move up to the second defensive pairing with Niklas Kronwall. Strange, since he was “competing for that 6th spot,” eh?
The train is open, as you know. But before you board, consider this. Stuart had no problem jumping right into the system when he was dealt here and he’ll be skating consistently while his digit heals. As long as he’s back for the playoffs, I’m not going fetal about it.
The thing is, it doesn’t sound like he will be back in time. The playoffs start in 2.5 weeks. Are the Wings usually ever back from an injury on time or even early? Not so much.
I just wish this injury bug would go away. Hopefully, we’ll get it all out of the way before the playoffs and it’ll be all good.
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