Red Wings’ Tomas Holmstrom Iffy For Thursday, Worried About Olympics
Posted by TheHockeyGuy on February 12th, 2010
Forward Tomas Holmstrom left Detroit Red Wings practice early today and is questionable to play Thursday, when the Wings host the San Jose Sharks. Defenseman Niklas Kronwall is definitely out, coach Mike Babcock said.
Holmstrom has been bothered by a bruised left knee suffered Saturday at Los Angeles and missed Tuesday’s 4-3 shoot-out loss at St. Louis.
“I felt pretty good to start with,” Holmstrom said. “But then I got a pain in my knee, and when I started doing drills and going hard, I got really sore and was in pain. But there is big difference from yesterday to today. And I still was out there for 40 minutes (in practice), but I didn’t go that hard. I hope I play tomorrow, but we need to see if the sharp pain is going away.”
The injury is serious enough that Holmstrom, who missed a month with a broken foot in January, is questioning his readiness for the Olympics, which begin next week. He’s part of Team Sweden.
“I’ve started to worry about the Olympics, a little bit,” Holmstrom said. “I need some games. I’ve been out before this, too. So, yeah. But all you can do is just see, day-to-day.”
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