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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Ericsson Down With Knee Injury
by IwoCPO on 12/14/09 at 10:43 PM ET
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Via Bruce MacLeod, the Anti-Digger.
Coach Mike Babcock said after tonight’s game that Jonathan Ericsson’s knee will be checked tomorrow.
“We’re hopeful,” said Babcock. “We’ll see what happens. It didn’t look very good on TV.”
Ericsson left the game after being checked by Shane Doan with five minutes left in the first period. The hit caused Ericsson’s left knee to buckle backwards.
MacLeod also reports that Uncle Mike indicated Thursday’s starter will be Jimmah Howard.
Also, of note? Moments after Ericsson was helped off the ice, Doan was seen laughing on the bench. Until he took an errant puck in the face. Then he wasn’t laughing very much anymore. Probably because it hurt. Oh, and then his team lost, which he didn’t find quite so funny either.
Oh, and one more note of note? Here’s your list: Ericsson, Helm, Cleary, Filppula, Franzen, Kronwall, Williams. Name me one team in the NHL that could withstand that kind of carnage and still be only six points out of the conference lead. You can’t because there can be only one and it’s the Wings. Best team in hockey. Best franchise in all of sports.
These injuries pierce my soul. But I’ll speak for the 19 when I say we’re damn proud tonite. Another Wing goes down, another victory. Next? Bring it.
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Doan’s alright. That didn’t look intentional to me.
Posted by Third Man In from The Internet. on 12/14/09 at 10:52 PM ET
The proof that the Hockey Gods favour Jonny Ericsson is in the fact that we all saw an errant puck hit Doaner in the face as he sat on the bench. It just came out of nowhere and BAM! I think Jonny will be alright based on my pharmaceutical knowledge of people’s health who rock jerry curls.
He’ll be fine. Just rub some dirt on it and take a salt tablet.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 12/14/09 at 10:54 PM ET
The hit was clean, the laughter on the bench right afterward was dicky.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/14/09 at 10:56 PM ET
there will be three pieces of news tomorrow:
1. Ericsson out long-term with torn ACL
2. Wings sign Chelios to one year deal
3. Wings pick up Aaron Ward off waivers
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/14/09 at 10:56 PM ET
Doan’s alright. That didn’t look intentional to me.
Posted by Third Man In from The Internet. on 12/14/09 at 10:52 PM ET
Agreed.
The hit was clean, the laughter on the bench right afterward was dicky.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/14/09 at 10:56 PM ET
Double agreed.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 12/14/09 at 10:58 PM ET
I think that was a lite version of the hit that Kronwall laid last year and got tossed for… Is it just me, or did Doan leave his feet? I was just about to write about how it was too bad that it was a clean hit, but I just don’t know after watching it several times…
Posted by JROD from East Lansing on 12/14/09 at 11:01 PM ET
I’m going to bed, hoping the injuries have all been just a series of bad dreams and tomorrow I’ll wake up and all will be well, OK?
g’nite
Posted by stonehands-78 from the beginning ... a WingsFan, on 12/14/09 at 11:02 PM ET
The hit was clean, the laughter on the bench right afterward was dicky.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 12/14/09 at 10:56 PM ET
Yeah. He takes a mandatory drop in my favorite non-Wing rankings for that. Hopefully he was just looking at the Kiss Cam and saw two dudes do the thing where one pretends to make out with the other, but he’s way too into it and the other friend feels violated.
Posted by Triple Deke Tyler from Lansing on 12/14/09 at 11:07 PM ET
here will be three pieces of news tomorrow:
1. Ericsson out long-term with torn ACL
2. Shane Doan will go missing, Phoenix authorities report
3. Barack Obama swats a houseflyPosted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 12/14/09 at 10:56 PM ET
Fixed.
Posted by Sullyosis from A hateful lair in Post Apocalyptic US (or Arizona) on 12/14/09 at 11:08 PM ET
” Oh, and one more note of note? Here’s your list: Ericsson, Helm, Cleary, Filppula, Franzen, Kronwall, Williams. Name me one team in the NHL that could withstand that kind of carnage and still be only six points out of the conference lead. You can’t because there can be only one and it’s the Wings. Best team in hockey. Best franchise in all of sports. “
Other teams have had a rough go this year also, while still generating positive results.
Gonchar, Goligoski, Orpik, Letang, McKee, Talbot, Kunitz, Kennedy
Though I do agree, if Ericsson, Helm, Cleary, Filppula, Franzen, Kronwall, and Williams were on the Penguins, I don’t think they would have been able to stay only six points out of the Western Conference lead.
Posted by Nathan from BC on 12/14/09 at 11:22 PM ET
mild sprain, yet he’ll be out six-eight weeks im guessing, since we’re cursed.
Posted by Itrusteddrrahmani from Nyc by way of A2 on 12/14/09 at 11:22 PM ET
I can still think of three ways injuries can sink this season, so let’s not tempt fate too much.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 12/14/09 at 11:32 PM ET
Moments after Ericsson was helped off the ice, Doan was seen laughing on the bench. Until he took an errant puck in the face. Then he wasn’t laughing very much anymore.
Maybe it’s a sign from the hockey gods?
Like they’re destroying the team with injuries to make us stronger, but they know this is rough for the fans so they hit Doan with the puck just as a little sign that they’re on our side?
Am I going crazy?
Posted by Tyler from Arizona on 12/14/09 at 11:37 PM ET
I couldn’t help but think that Doan was crying after he got smashed by that puck. It was well deserving.
Posted by Scott from New York on 12/14/09 at 11:38 PM ET
I’ve now had three seperate pens fans give me crap for the wings being “too old” to stay healthy, I am now more than convinced that they are brainless, someone give me the median age on the guys that are hurt?
Posted by FranzensMouthguard from Chicago, IL on 12/14/09 at 11:41 PM ET
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Posted by Osrt on 12/14/09 at 11:56 PM ET
I’ve now had three seperate pens fans give me crap for the wings being “too old” to stay healthy, I am now more than convinced that they are brainless, someone give me the median age on the guys that are hurt?
Posted by FranzensMouthguard on 12/14/09 at 11:41 PM ET
27.75 if you include lilja, which we should. only lilja and cleary are in the 30+ crowd.
Posted by Twig in Houston from Houston, TX on 12/15/09 at 12:10 AM ET
Farking morons, I retort back with some snide comment about the steelers collapse, that really gets their panties in a bunch
Posted by FranzensMouthguard from Chicago, IL on 12/15/09 at 12:12 AM ET
Yeah, so I’m gonna go ahead and call a Grade III MCL tear, out for 6-8 weeks at least.
Posted by RedMenace from the darkest recesses on 12/15/09 at 12:17 AM ET
Anyone else watching the LA-VAN game? Van leading 3-1 with about 2 min to go.
Posted by John4RedWings from Milwaukee on 12/15/09 at 12:22 AM ET
Gonchar, Goligoski, Orpik, Letang, McKee, Talbot, Kunitz, Kennedy
Except the total time of the Wings injuries is a lot longer. Most of those guys were weeks, all of ours are months.
Posted by John W. from a bubble wrap cocoon on 12/15/09 at 12:26 AM ET
Except the total time of the Wings injuries is a lot longer. Most of those guys were weeks, all of ours are months.
Posted by John W. from Lansing, MI on 12/15/09 at 12:26 AM ET
Not only that, but were they all out at the same time like our guys? Plus the talent pool is greater with the Wings in comparison.
Posted by John4RedWings from Milwaukee on 12/15/09 at 12:33 AM ET
Gonchar, Goligoski, Orpik, Letang, McKee, Talbot, Kunitz, Kennedy
Though I do agree, if Ericsson, Helm, Cleary, Filppula, Franzen, Kronwall, and Williams were on the Penguins, I don’t think they would have been able to stay only six points out of the Western Conference lead.
Posted by Nathan from BC on 12/14/09 at 11:22 PM ET
Here’s the difference between the Wings’ injury situation, and the Penguins’: All of our guys are out at the same time. The Wings will play, more than likely, the rest of this month without Cleary, Franzen, Kronwall, Filppula, Williams, Lilja and Ericsson (because I don’t think it’s good at all). I know other teams have had their top guys go down, but the only team who has had a comparable injury situation, I.E. having 8 of their regulars out at one time, are the Edmonton Oilers.
Posted by Alzy from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada on 12/15/09 at 12:46 AM ET
And John and John beat me to it. Well… yeah(exclamation point) What they said(exclamation point)
Posted by Alzy from Innisfail, Alberta, Canada on 12/15/09 at 12:48 AM ET
Gonchar, Goligoski, Orpik, Letang, McKee, Talbot, Kunitz, Kennedy
Yeah… must be tough missing all those, um, third and fourth liners for short periods of time.
Why don’t you eat a dick?
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/15/09 at 12:55 AM ET
Really, if we’re going to include on the list EVERYONE who’s missed time for injury? Our little dick measuring competition here is going to end real fast…
Datsyuk, May, Helm, Draper, Rafalski, Ericsson, Kronwall, Cleary, Filppula, Williams, Franzen
Sorry, but losing Jay McKee for a few games just doesn’t add up to the Mule going down 3 games into the season and not returning for four months.
Posted by CaptNorris5 from The Winged Wheel, stuck in Chicago on 12/15/09 at 01:03 AM ET
As long as we’re talking injuries, what about during the preseason? We had guys like Z out. You don’t think that that may have affected our play at the beginning of the season? Chemistry was definitely affected. I’m really impressed how guys are stepping up and not using injuries as an excuse. When we’re healthy, nobody will prevent us from taking #12.
Posted by John4RedWings from Milwaukee on 12/15/09 at 01:28 AM ET
I’ve now had three seperate pens fans give me crap for the wings being “too old” to stay healthy, I am now more than convinced that they are brainless, someone give me the median age on the guys that are hurt?
Posted by FranzensMouthguard on 12/14/09 at 11:41 PM ET
Our injured players skew younger than our team in general and the Pen’s team as a whole looking at mean and median. Injured Wings includes only the names in the Chief’s original post; the parentheses are the number when Lilja is included.
.....................Pens….....Wings…....Injured Wings
Median….....29.5….......29.5….......28 (28.5)
Mean….........28.49…....29.93….....26.86 (27.75)
Helm is our youngest injury at 22, followed by Ericsson & Fil (25), Kronwall (28), Franzen & Williams (29), Cleary (30), and Lilja (34).
The “Wings r geezers lol” fallacy seems to be well-entrenched among Pittsburgh fans. Last year I had a whole spread sheet that demonstrated that the Pens were actually older than the Wings on average (mean), by more than a year when Chelios was removed as an outlier, but I can’t remember the actual conclusions and that stuff died with my old laptop.
Posted by Lola from down by the bay on 12/15/09 at 01:34 AM ET
Posted by Lola from Stay classy, Bay City on 12/15/09 at 01:34 AM ET
Nice work, Lola. Have you been working on that the last couple hours? 
Posted by John4RedWings from Milwaukee on 12/15/09 at 01:41 AM ET
Yeah… must be tough missing all those, um, third and fourth liners for short periods of time.
Those include Pittsburgh’s top four defensemen, and yes, most of them were all out at the same time.
Injuries weren’t as long though (usually three-four weeks rather than two-three months).
Posted by steve on 12/15/09 at 01:46 AM ET
The Wings have taken it on the chin with injuries way harder than the Pens, for sure.
Injury length-wise at least. Missing 5 of the 6 blueline regulars at the same time was not a fun thing, though. At least it was only for a few weeks.
Wings losing Ericsson = Pens losing Goligoski or Letang.
Wings losing Kronwall = Pens losing Orpik.
Wings losing Rafalski = Pens losing Gonchar or Letang.
Wings losing Datsyuk = Pens losing Malkin.
Wings losing May/Draper/Williams = Pens losing Talbot/Kennedy/Kunitz.
These players aren’t necessarily equal skill wise or anything, just in what they are/what type of rolls they play with their respective teams. Maybe. I don’t know, that’s just the way I was looking at it.
The severity and length of the injuries is what separates the two teams…it’s just unbelievable how badly the Wings have been bitten by the injury bug this year. If they overcome a season like this and make the playoffs, though? I agree with you guys…look out. Nobody wants to play a team like that. Ever.
Posted by Flashtastick56 from Milford, CT on 12/15/09 at 01:54 AM ET
I heard you guys had to miss Happy Pony in the locker room, too. It must have been very upsetting.
Regarding E’s knee -
“We’re hopeful,” said Babcock. “We’ll see what happens.
Having to wait for tests is a very good thing, relatively speaking. A tear in either MCL or ACL would be clear to a team doc with 1/10th of a brain cell, and would be no reason for hope. The leg moves in strange ways relative to the thigh if there’s a tear.
Waiting for a scan to decide most likely means sprain (and I’m guessing MCL, based on the hit). There could also be some minor meniscus problems which are deceptively painful, as well (i.e. no weight-bearing). We’re probably talking 1-2 months rather than most of the season.
So long as Babbles, you know, isn’t making that whole part up about being “hopeful” and having to wait to know, because that’s never happened before.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 12/15/09 at 03:43 AM ET
Oh, and one more note of note? Here’s your list: Ericsson, Helm, Cleary, Filppula, Franzen, Kronwall, Williams. Name me one team in the NHL that could withstand that kind of carnage and still be only six points out of the conference lead. You can’t because there can be only one and it’s the Wings. Best team in hockey. Best franchise in all of sports.
I thought about this last night myself. A lot of teams would have rolled over and died. The amount of losses they’ve sustained, first to the cap and then to injury, are ridiculous. Given the amount of pissing and moaning regarding the Wings level of play this season, and I know that I for one have done plenty of that, you’d think they were totally healthy. But they’re not, not by a long shot. The injuries keep coming, but so do the Wings.
They. Just. Keep. Coming. The junkyard dogs of the NHL.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/15/09 at 06:31 AM ET
Any guesses as to the next injury? Zetterberg’s back? Lidstrom’s elbow? Datsyuk? Rafalski? Howard?
I’m going to guess Draper, sprained ankle, three weeks.
It’s like some kind of perverted version of Clue. :(
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 12/15/09 at 06:53 AM ET
quote by Doan: “He came around the net and I just tried to finish my check,” Doan said. “It’s happened to us. I don’t really like it but when somebody gets hurt, they don’t blow the whistle until a change of possession.”
Posted by Edillac from jesenice,europe on 12/15/09 at 06:57 AM ET
It’s like some kind of perverted version of Clue. :(
Howard, with the high ankle sprain, along the right post.
Posted by MarkK from Maryland on 12/15/09 at 07:07 AM ET
Save your whore-like guesses. I’m working something up.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 12/15/09 at 07:11 AM ET
“I Hate This Year: Part 37”
Darren Helm (wrist) out today, Kris Newbury called-up and playing.
Posted by Guilherme from Brasil on 12/14/09 at 12:42 PM ET
Shit, Part 38 came out fast.
Posted by Guilherme from Brazsil on 12/15/09 at 07:15 AM ET
It’s like some kind of perverted version of Clue. :(
Drew Miller and Miss Scarlet in the library with a candlestick. Aa.
Posted by monkey from here to Timbuktu on 12/15/09 at 07:25 AM ET
Yeah… must be tough missing all those, um, third and fourth liners for short periods of time.
Except Gonchar, Orpik, Letang, Goligoski, and McKee are 5 of the Pens top 6 D-men. They were all out around the same time, and the AHL kids filled in pretty nicely.
Posted by Stilly on 12/15/09 at 07:33 AM ET
The Battle of Britain was, in retrospect, termed “Their Finest Hour”.
I think we are witnessing the same for the Red Wings.
Posted by w2j2 on 12/15/09 at 07:43 AM ET
The Battle of Britain was, in retrospect, termed “Their Finest Hour”.
I think we are witnessing the same for the Red Wings.
Posted by w2j2 on 12/15/09 at 07:43 AM ET
Concur. And soon I’m gonna be calling out the Babcockian haters.
Posted by IwoCPO from Sunny San Diego, bitches on 12/15/09 at 07:45 AM ET
Guys: I do not think we are giving Jimmah enough credit for the Wings recent success.
It looks to me like he comes way out of the paint….quicker and further than Ozzie. And he challenges the attackers. This leaves the net open behind him, but the defense backs him up and swats the rebounds away.
I think this is the biggest reason for the good PK numbers.
Posted by w2j2 on 12/15/09 at 07:56 AM ET
Power Play?
The Wings’ passes are too slow.
This allows the defense to move into the shooting lane.
Posted by w2j2 on 12/15/09 at 07:58 AM ET
Posted by Flashtastick56
Good post.
It’s like some kind of perverted version of Clue. :(
Posted by Baroque
I vote for a immediate Ban on this game now. No more guessing cuz Jobu be listening and that mofo is high as a kite
Posted by Osrt on 12/15/09 at 08:10 AM ET
Baroque wills puck into Doan’s skull. Boing!!!! <head bob>
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 12/15/09 at 08:28 AM ET
<< “I laugh in your general direction.”
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 12/15/09 at 08:33 AM ET
Power Play?
The Wings’ passes are too slow.
This allows the defense to move into the shooting lane.
Posted by w2j2 on 12/15/09 at 07:58 AM ET
I’m no expert, but losing Kronner has sucked the life out of the PP. The first PP line has been poor all season long, losing him has made that all the more apparent.
The addition of Eaves and Miller seemed to have made a huge difference on the PK, that and the whole team including Howard seem to be challenging more.
It’s good to see that Babs has apparently solved the Achilles’ heel of this team.
The PP should sort itself out with the return of some of our injured comrades
Posted by scottytooshotty on 12/15/09 at 08:37 AM ET
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You just couldn’t help yourself.
That’s ok, we all know the 19 are just waiting for one of the Eurotwins to…
I can’t even type it.
Who the hell else does Jobu want?
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