injured Danny DeKeyser suffers broken thumb, out for playoffs

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

Damn. And he was playing like a vet, too. Looks like White, Lashoff, or Colaiacovo will be playing now.

[Guest Crymson]

Probably Cola or Lashoff.

[Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 65]

f***. White better step it up.

EDIT: Coli or Lashoff are much better options, keep White off the ice.

Edited May 3, 2013 by Greatness=PavelDatsyuk

[Lazerbeam 13]

UnFn believable!! all year long we get a player back from injury and in the same game we lose someone else! tonight Bertuzzi is back and we lose our best Defensive Defenseman!!

[evilmrt 636]

WHO DID IT???? LETS CHOP HIS THUMB OFF!

[haroldsnepsts 4,826]

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 1m

DeKeyser out for playoffs with broken hand Babcock said

I know it's been confirmed by Babs but throwing in an official source for good measure.

[Cloune 270]

[Matt 1,048]

Devastating loss. Damn.

[ogreslayer 1,069]

The word that comes to mind is.... s***! I don't see White being the guy to step in here. Babs clearly doesn't trust him. It will be Lashoff or Cola.

[Hockeytown0001 7,652]

How did it happen?

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

This is horrible.

[Guest Crymson]

That's playoff hockey. Oh well. I think that people are overstating his importance. He's been good, but he's also been playing most of his time on the third pairing.

[Lazerbeam 13]

Notice when Dekyser left, (around 12 mins left) the D went to CRAPOLA! this blows!!

One thing tho, Dekyser is the real deal! GREAT Defensive D-Man!!!

[b.shanafan14 733]

Dekeyser has easily been our best most consistent dman since he got here. Yes, better than Kronwall. Huge shut down presence and extraordinary first pass. Played beyond his years.

[HockeytownRules19 902]

Get Well Young Fella! Next Man up... Time for Colo, Lash or Whitey to step up!

Edited May 3, 2013 by HockeytownRules19

[Guest Crymson]

Notice when Dekyser left, (around 12 mins left) the D went to CRAPOLA! this blows!!

One thing tho, Dekyser is the real deal! GREAT Defensive D-Man!!!

The fact that the Wings were playing with five defensemen was a big part of that, believe it or not.

[JasonNewEra 84]

DAMN. IT.

[Guest Crymson]

Well, whatever. Keep the faith. LGW.

[Andy Pred 48 337]

babs has stated that , No Dan De then no playoffs. I feel that that may be a quote that will be repeated after this series, the Wings

just cant buy any good luck. I think Cola will get the nod, vet with a bit of size. White is just to small and a liability too often.

[jeff48109 474]

Time for him to suit up

[nyqvististhefuture 1,002]

brutal loss ! i really thought we had a good chance to surprise people but now this is a bigtime loss for us and im not so sure anymore what a blow to the team i just hope its brian lashoff now that can step in and not one of those 2 overrated clowns white or coliacovo

[b.shanafan14 733]

That's playoff hockey. Oh well. I think that people are overstating his importance. He's been good, but he's also been playing most of his time on the third pairing.

I think you are understating his importance. And in Game 1 only Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Kronwall, and Kindl played more minutes, and he's looked better than both Kronwall and Kindl.

[BottleOfSmoke 5,965]

Devastated. The hockey Gods hate us. Says a lot about how good DK's been that this is as big of a deal as it is. Babs says we don't make the playoffs without him--hope we can stay in without him.

[Zetts 236]

Obviously a huge blow to us. I personally think that Colaiacovo is underrated around here though. He has actually played pretty well when he has been in the lineup. The complaint with him has largely just been his injury issues.

[b.shanafan14 733]

Not to mention replacing your arguable 2-3 defenseman with Lashoff or Cola, who are both cold (at the very least) and distributing more minutes to Smith, Quincey, or Ericsson who have all been intermittently dreadful.

I would say there are only 5 players or so who's loss would be worse. I still have faith, but if that final 10 minutes shows anything...