Red Wings' Samuelsson May Need Shoulder Surgery: Mikael Samuelsson may need shoulder surgery during the offseason, the Detroit Free Press reports. (Updated 5/30/13)
Injury Report
Shoulder - (Updated - 5/30/13)
Fantasy Analysis
Mikael Samuelsson can more or less consider 2012-13 a lost season. He played in just four regular season games and five playoff games, and was listed as a healthy scratch during the Western Conference Semifinals. "Semi-healthy scratch" may be a more accurate description, as there's a chance Samuelsson would have played had he been at 100 percent. It is unclear how long he will sidelined for if surgery is needed, though we suspect he'd be ready for the 2013-14 campaign. (Updated 5/30/13).
05/30/2013 21:02 Red Wings' Samuelsson May Need Shoulder Surgery
Samuelsson may need shoulder surgery during the offseason, the Detroit Free Press reports.Samuelsson can more or less consider 2012-13 a lost season. He played in just four regular season games and five playoff games, and was listed as a healthy scratch during the Western Conference Semifinals. "Semi-healthy scratch" may be a more accurate description, as there's a chance Samuelsson would have played had he been at 100 percent. It is unclear how much time he will miss if surgery is needed.
05/21/2013 07:26 Wings' Samuelsson Out For Game 3
Samuelsson (shoulder) will not be in the lineup for Game 3 on Monday, MLive.com reports.He's listed as a healthy scratch Monday, so it may simply be a case where head coach Mike Babcock is happy with the lineup he used in the Wings' Game 2 victory on Saturday and does not feel the need to push Samuelsson back into the fold at the current time.
Mikael Samuelsson returned to the Red Wings on a two-year deal as a free agent this summer, with the chance to compete for a top-six role and a clear path to power-play duty on the horizon. While a move back into the 50-point range as we saw from Samuelsson in Vancouver is a long shot, another 35-40 point season, with half of those points coming with the man advantage, are a reasonable expectation. At even strength, Samuelsson needs to outplay Dan Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi in order to get a look on a scoring line, and it's possible that head coach Mike Babcock will shuffle his wingers early in the year until he finds a combination that maximizes the overall effectiveness of his lineup. (Updated 8/14/12)
