OT: Jonathan Ericsson leaves Wings game with injured knee

Submitted by littlebrownjug on

Dear MGoBoard:

Red Wings stud defenseman, Jonathan Ericsson, left the game tonight late in the first period with a left knee injury. He will not be back tonight, and the injury did not look good.

The hits just keep comin'

weasel3216

December 14th, 2009 at 9:08 PM ^

It was a clean hit but still very hard to watch. Here is a link to a Wings blog that has been giving updates www.onthewingsblog.com.

At the end of the post it mentions that Chelios said he would consider coming back to the Wings if the Wings had anymore injuries. Personally, i would be happy to be Chelios back, rather than claiming someone off waivers, picking up a FA, or calling up another defensemen (that is not ready). I would rather have Chelios who might only be able to skate 10-12 good minutes a night than a kid that would give up a lot of opportunities playing 15-18 minutes a night.

GOBLUE4EVR

December 15th, 2009 at 11:43 AM ^

gives up the same amount of scoring chances in 10-12 mins of play a night. that was the main reason why he wasn't getting the ice time last year. chelly is awesome but he is not fast enough to play in todays game. i'd much rather have one of the kids from GR called up or find a guy in the FA list. the kids in GR are the future of this team and they need playing time ASAP and now is better then ever. the wings are 1 point out of not making the playoffs and they have 49 games left. they need a long term fix not a short term one. i'd much rather have a battle tested wings team going into the playoffs then a team that coasted through the regular season.

weasel3216

December 15th, 2009 at 11:55 AM ^

While i agree with you to an extent, i would think that the Wings would rather have someone with playoff experience if Ericsson's injury is long term (it is not, UPDATE down a bit). The experience would be great, but i would think that anyone from GR would get less than 15 minutes a game and that would mean more ice time for Lidstrom, Rafalski, and Stuart. Lebda and Meech are not that reliable and i would not feel comfortable with them getting more ice time than they are getting now.

GOBLUE4EVR

December 15th, 2009 at 12:06 PM ^

playoff experience is a plus. but i'd rather have it from a FA that isn't closer to 50 then 40 in age. lebda scares me more than meech, because lebda thinks hes paul coffey and skates himself out of plays. meech stays at home but he just isn't all that good. either way if they bring back chelly the 3 players you listed are still going to be playing more because chelly isn't going to get more than 10 mins a night.

bacon1431

December 15th, 2009 at 1:47 AM ^

For a long time I have thought a curse has descended upon Detroit sports.... but now it seems as if it has affected the one team I thought impervious to it.

weasel3216

December 15th, 2009 at 11:49 AM ^

I just read that the Ericsson injury seems to be a strain and he is expected to be out at least two weeks. Here is a link http://onthewingsblog.com/.

I would think this would mean the Wings will just call up Kindl for the next few games, especially since Kronwall should be coming back in a few weeks anyways. There would be no reason to go sign Chelios or a FA when we will be getting both Ericsson and Kronwall back in a matter of weeks. Lets just hope no one else goes down in the next few games and i am not sure if the Wings defense could handle another injury.