When Bruins' forward Loui Eriksson missed Tuesday night's blowout of the Florida Panthers, speculation ran rampant that either he was on the trading block, or that his replacement on the third line, rookie Jordan Caron, was being showcased for the same reason.
As it turns out, when coach Claude Julien addressed questions about Eriksson's status on Tuesday, he was being completely straight forward when he called the absence a "minor issue", particularly when compared to Eriksson's previous injuries this season - concussions that forced him to miss 20 games - for his heel had become infected from a cut that he suffered during the Sochi Games.
Eriksson says he cut his foot in the cold tub in Sochi and it became infected. He is playing tonight.
— Joe McDonald (@ESPNJoeyMac) March 6, 2014
The infection caused considerable discomfort in the three games that he had skated in before Tuesday, so team Docs had the winger start an antibiotics regimen and get some rest and allow the medicine to do it's job.
I got a cut in Russia, when I actually went into the cold tub,"
Eriksson told reporters on Thursday morning. "I got a cut on my heel. So it started to get infected
here the last couple of days. I’m on antibiotics right now, so I think
it will be healing pretty good."Eriksson indicated that a decision was made after Sunday's loss to the New York Rangers to get the team physicians involved, as the pain was excruciating until the adrenalin took over about 10 minutes into the game, but returned with a vengeance after the match.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2014/03/bruins-loui-eriksson-back-in-lineup.html#.UxkSmIUcq58
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