Update (2:20 PM): Ansar Khan has more, including a couple quotes from Bertuzzi. He’s hoping to return for Game 3. - Matt
Update (12:53 PM): Helene St. James has posted her report from practice and she says Bertuzzi will not play in Game 2. Apparently, Todd feels fine, but the team is being extra cautious just in case.
Well. That’s disappointing, but hopefully it’ll mean he’ll have extra jump Tuesday night, if he plays then. The positive part of this is that Babcock won’t yet have to disrupt the lineup that won Game 1. Given how well everyone played, scratching someone would have been a heck of a bad reward, especially if it would have been one of the Young Guns. - Matt
In what reads like a live dispatch from practice, Bruce MacLeod reports that,
“Todd Bertuzzi is on the ice for Saturday’s full practice. He’s skating with Josh Langfeld and Tomas Kopecky.”
If you’re keeping score at home, Langfeld and Kopecky are the Wings’ two reserve players. MacLeod goes on to say that Mikael Samuelsson, Kyle Calder, and Robert Lang – the second line in Game 1 – were still together today.
So, basically, it doesn’t sound like the Wings are counting on Todd to play tomorrow. It’s still a possibility, of course, but by using those lines, they seem to be assuming he won’t. That’s not good news, especially if the Flames are going to get Robyn Regehr back. But that doesn’t sound like a certainty, either.