MLive.com reported on Wednesday that Datsyuk acknowledged that he was symptom free and starting to skate with the team in practice, but needed to meet with team doctors to get an accurate feel for when he might return to game action, but that skating is doing wonders for his body and psyche.
It helps a lot when I skate with team, pick up speed and everything, then I come back faster. But I’m not doing it in one week. Trying to be safe. Need to come back in shape. - Pavel DatsyukThe veteran center is a minute-eater for the Red Wings, logging more ice time per game than anyone else on the team besides defenseman Johnathan Ericsson, and has 23 points in the 24 games that he's played this season.
Barring any setbacks, Datsyuk will have missed seven games due to a concussion suffered in Ottawa two weeks ago when he took an elbow to the chin from Senators' defenseman Jared Cowen.
The following is the text from the original report:
Pavel Datsyuk missed his second straight game on Wednesday night, as his Detroit Red Wings beat down the Boston Bruins.
The Red Wings are not calling his head injury a concussion, but after Datsyuk took an elbow from Ottawa's Jared Cowen on Saturday night - a cheap shot that teammate Henrik Zetterberg felt deserved some sort of punishment from the league - Detroit General Manager Ken Holland suggested that the eleven-year NHL veteran was experiencing concussion-like symptoms.
"After the game he felt, I don't know the word, but he wasn't quite right," Holland said. "We're going through the protocol, see how he feels in the next day or two." Holland also noted that Datsyuk said that he felt "fuzzy."
Datsyuk is the leading goal scorer for the Red Wings, and second in points on the team to Zetterberg, who made his displeasure known to the Detroit Free Press in regard to the elbow that layed his friend low - as well as the league's decision not to punish Cowen - is playing the waiting game along with everyone else, as Datsyuk remains listed as day-to-day.
"He's not 100%," Zetterberg said. "We've just got to wait until he is."
Holland indicated that the team has adopted the cautious approach. "Until he is symptom-free for a few days, he won't play," Holland said.
The Red Wings sit at 12-7-7 on the season, their 31 points three shy of Atlantic division leading Boston Bruins, and have games upcoming at the New York Rangers on Friday and Ottawa on Sunday - which should be interesting given the circumstances.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2013/12/update-pavel-datsyuk-to-return-to-ice.html
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