Every one of their top 12 scoring leaders have missed significant time with injuries in the Red Wings' 51 games thus far, including long stretches without captain Henrik Zetterberg and veteran centerman Pavel Datsyuk - but now Zetterberg has returned and Darren Helm, Daniel Alfredsson and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson rejoined the team last week...
...and while Datsyuk and his strained groin have not been cleared for action, General Manager Ken Holland announced on Saturday that centerman Johan Franzen has passed all of the concussion protocol testing and should be in the lineup when the 'Wings host the Florida Panthers on Sunday evening.
"I think it's three days now I haven't had any issues" Franzen confirmed on Saturday, "So hopefully I wake up tomorrow the same way. I hope to play."
The veteran forward has been out of the lineup since taking a shot to the face from Tampa Bay tough guy Radko Gudas on December 15th, and while the prognosis at the time was that Franzen would miss only a few games, he has suffered from constant headaches and bouts of decreased mental acuity since.
Limited to just 30 games this season, Franzen has nevertheless scored nine goals and helped on 13 others, his 22 points fifth on the team.
As for Datsyuk, he has been skating and hopes to return to the lineup to get a few games in before heading to Sochi to play for the Russians in the Olympic games.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2014/01/franzen-set-to-return-for-red-wings-on.html
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