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Franzen out 4 months with torn ACL

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When I first saw this I said to myself, "Whoa!... Ok then."

The Wings will find a way. Johan Franzen was just a checking line player until Cleary got hurt. I have faith that they will find a way to get through this ok.

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Of the May/Maltby/Helm unit, none are really suited to top line play. I guess that one of the 3rd liners will be promoted to the top line, with either Eaves or Abdelkader taking their spot.

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Umm.... damn. That's a big shoe to fill. Now Babcock has to play Zetterberg with Datsyuk right?

Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Homer(ugh)

Bert-Flip-Leino

Williams-Helm-Cleary

eaves/Maltby-Draper-May

? Either way not good news this early in a season.

Edited by Carman

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The Red Wings had the following lines in practice:

Filppula-Datsyuk-Holmstrom

Bertuzzi-Zetterberg-Cleary

Leino-Helm-Williams

May-Draper-Maltby (Eaves working in)

Franzen (out)

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s***ty news

On the bright side, the cap issue is solved.

Yeah, but we don't have anyone that talented to bring up...

Franzen's production was needed severely to make up for Huds/Hossa

I guess we'll just have to tighten up our d even more (sarcasm)

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wow, thats ugly. reformulation of the lines: commence

Until Helm gets back

Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom

Leino-Zetterberg-Cleary

May-Filppula-Williams

Eaves-Draper-Maltby

And then

Filppula-Datsyuk-Holmstrom

Bertuzzi-Zetterberg-Cleary

Leino-Helm-Williams

May-Draper-Maltby/Eaves

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Ouch,4 months? That'll hurt us. Time for other guys to step up big time.

Who takes his place,what will this do to our lines?

Maybe Babs puts Z back on the line with Dats and moves FIlppula up to 2nd line, Helm 3rd line C and Abdelkader 4th line C. But this is a huuuuuuge blow. I think we can forget about winning the division though. Just compete all season for a playoff spot and hope Franzen is back in March fully healthy and ready to roll com playoff time. This really sucks though!

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Horrible news.

The biggest knock on Franzen is his health, since there always seems to be something wrong with him. The guy is made of glass. It'll be tough winning the division even with him healthy, but now this makes matters worse.

Only 3 games into the season, and we're picking up right where we left off in the playoffs with injuries.

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