Update (22. Apr, 10:18 AM): Kyle Quincey has officially been called up from Grand Rapids. I assume he will dress tonight in Brett’s place. -Sarah
Update (22. Apr, 12:40 AM): Christy has more on Brett Lebda’s injury, which sounds like it may be more serious than a concussion. - Matt
Update (9:10 PM): Given Brett’s concussion, Kyle Quincey ought to get the call-up as the team flies out to Calgary, though the AHL transaction wire doesn’t say anything about it yet. - Matt
Thanks to Daymond Langkow’s sucker punch following an admittedly low hip check in the third period, Brett Lebda has just the second concussion of his career, according to Ansar Khan. The other concussion also came on a cheapshot: a hard hit into the endboards by Ville Nieminen (a former Flame) last month.
Khan says the League will be looking at the incident to see if it was a suspendable offense.
Lebda obviously did not return to the game, though he did receive a clipping penalty on the play. It was served by Todd Bertuzzi.
“If the league really wanted to punish McLennan it would force him to start Game 6.”
Nice.
Peter,
Yeah, that’s a gem from Ansar, no doubt about it.
The concussion is unfortunate, but he’ll have plenty of time for that to go away while he waits for his knee to heal. Based on the way he went into the boards, I have to assume he trashed his knee and won’t play again until next year.
I guess he should be more careful who he is “clipping” by the boards. Stupid play on his behalf.
I am sorry he has a concussion, but you have to know the consequences of looking for the big hit!
The consequences are 2 minutes in the box. Sucker punches like the one Langkow delivered are classless and unnecessary.