Franzen out at least four months
By Bruce MacLeod - Red Wings Corner / October 9, 2009
This just in from the Red Wings' PR staff ... Johan Franzen suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and is expected to be out at least four months. It happened in last night's win over Chicago.
Obviously horrible news. Franzen can't be replaced in the lineup. Scoring from Ville Leino and Valtteri Filppula becomes more important. Justin Abdelkader could get a call-up. Perhaps Patrick Eaves finally cracks the lineup.
Franzen's absence leaves these holes ... first-line winger, first-PP unit winger, PK forward, net-front, physical forward. No one player in the system is going to do all or even most of those things.
The Wings are decidedly worse team today than yesterday.
Posted on Oct 9, 2009, 3:04 PM from IP address 24.208.249.158