Wednesday Afternoon Quick Hits

It's been a bit of a crazy day around the office, the stuff won't stop coming in, yet the hockey news won't stop either. Crap. So, I'm just weeding out the stuff that is pool relevant, of course. These will be just quick hits, lacking the usual depth for the major injuries. A lot of these hits don't have a great amount of detail anyways, so more updates should follow in the next couple days anyways.

As it turns out, on Monday, the Predators decided to send down Box 7 forward, Ryan Jones, down to the minors because of low production. There is no indication the time Jones will have down in the minors to re-establish his game, but it could very well be a few weeks before he's back with the Predators.

On Tuesday night, the Wings decided to dress forward Justin Abdelkader and scratch defenseman Derek Meech for their game against the Canucks. Both players are listed on the Sheet, in boxes 9 & 14, respectively. There could be more of these simple scratches in and out of the line-up to come for the Red Wings this season, so it should be safe to assume that their depth players are not safe until they start producing on a more consistent basis.

The Wild shouldn't have their usual back-up, Josh Harding, on the bench tonight against the Predators, as the Box 16 goalie is suffering from some leg muscle pains. It doesn't sound like the injury is very serious, but the team has called up Anton Khudobin from the AHL, likely to back-up Niklas Backstrom for tonight's game.

The Thrashers are currently listing Nikolai Antropov as questionable to play in Thursday's game against the Capitals, as the Russian centre is battling some groin problems. Antropov has not been to practice over the past few days, including today, which indicates that the injury may be a little more serious than day-to-day, but there is no official word yet.

It doesn't sound like Dustin Boyd will be good to go for the Flames tonight at home against Colorado, as he is suffering from a bout of the flu. By all indications, the Box 8 forward is only suffering from the normal flu and not anything more substantial that is traveling around at the moment.

It sounds like another injury has befallen Marian Gaborik, but this time it doesn't sound like his groin or hip that is the problem. The coaching staff won't confirm that the injury is a leg injury, but that is what its believed to be. For now, we can only assume that the injury will keep him out on a day-to-day basis until otherwise noted.

The Flyers have finally freed enough space with the Simon Gagne injury to call up defenseman Randy Jones from the AHL. Jones is currently sitting in re-entry waivers, as that he'll have to clear those before he is able to join the Flyers line-up for their next game on Saturday verus the Hurricanes.

The Penguins held out Box 23 forward Tyler Kennedy from practice and it sounds like he'll be out for the game against the Canadiens tonight in Pittsburgh. Kennedy's current condition and injury are unknown at the present moment, but he will likely be re-evaluated and an update will be published in the next day or two.

Horrible news has struck the Canucks after their loss to the Red Wings on Tuesday night, as they have lost their number one goalie, Roberto Luongo, to an unknown injury for an indefinite period of time. Those are the only vague details that I have so far, so until the extent of the injury is known, I'm not sure how much you'll want to panic.