Danny Cleary has a date for his knee surgery. General manager Ken Holland said Cleary will have surgery on his left knee May 8, a procedure which should get Cleary into training camp healthy and ready to play in September. “He’ll have it next week and he should be good to go,” Holland said. Cleary … Continue Reading →
If he had to do it again, forward Danny Cleary wouldn’t have put it off. Knowing what he knows now, and experiencing what a struggle it was, Cleary would have had the knee surgery earlier this season that he is planning to have the first week of May. “It’s hard to play with one leg,” … Continue Reading →
One interesting change in the lineup this afternoon as the Red Wings host the Chicago Blackhawks. Recently signed forward Riley Sheahan, the former 2010 1st-round pick out of Notre Dame, will replace Jan Mursak. Sheahan has good size (6-foot-2, 200 pounds) and scored 64 points (20 goal, 44 assists) in 114 career games at Notre … Continue Reading →
Amid the Winter Classic news Thursday, there were some present day Red Wings news items as well. General manager Ken Holland said Danny Cleary will have his knee drained of fluid today and will likely miss Friday’s game against Anaheim and Sunday’s game against Philadelphia. “We’ll decide how he’s feeling Monday but basically he’s day … Continue Reading →
The flu knocked Nicklas Lidstrom out two weeks ago and tonight it did the same to Brad Stuart. With Stuart unavailable, Mike Commodore and Jakub Kindl are both in the lineup on defense. Commodore was supposed to be a healthy scratch. Danny Cleary will play after expressing some doubt this morning because of a sore … Continue Reading →
GLENDALE, Az. – Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom were the big winners in the Red Wings’ Super Bowl pools because of the New York Giants victory. The rub here is neither an NFL expert by any stretch. Neither is a huge football fan, Datsyuk in particular (he struggled to name any New York Giants – … Continue Reading →
I had some computer problems earlier at Rogers Arena which prevented me from sending this. Danny Cleary (leg) will be in the lineup this evening after not practicing yesterday in Vancouver. Cleary, as a matter of fact, spent time at a hospital, fearing he had a blood clot. Cleary feared he had a Baker’s cyst, … Continue Reading →