On the Wings

Update (03. Aug, 7:05 AM): Ansar Khan reports that the Wings are not worried at the moment, as Hank’s last flare up was apparently 2-3 weeks ago.  According to Ken Holland, “As of (last) Friday, he was feeling good.” Khans says that the team has not been in contact with Hank over the past week, so that raises questions about the Aftonbladet report. As Holland told Khan, Zetterberg surely would have told the team if there was a problem. Since he hasn’t, perhaps there isn’t anything to worry about. - Matt

According to Aftonbladet, Henrik Zetterberg has withdrawn from two charity hockey games in Sweden. Apparently, he has experienced some back pain and was asked by the Wings not to play for three weeks. I have to say this is a bit worrisome given that we are well in to the off-season and I would therefore think such injuries would be largely healed, not to mention the fact that the Wings saw fit to ask Hank to step down from what wouldn’t have been strenuous games. At the very least, the order was a precautionary measure, as the team cannot afford to lose Zetterberg. As far as his back is concerned, there isn’t such a thing as being too careful. (via Snapshots)