Noon Preseason Notes (Sep 26)

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Zach Bogosian is currently dealing with a lower-body injury and won't be in the preseason lineup for the team tonight, when they visit the Pittsburgh Penguins.  He's currently listed as out day-to-day, according to the coaching staff, which could mean it's just a precautionary measure, ahead of the regular season next week.  The initial projections for the veteran blueliner are that of a fringe player, especially since the 28-year old has had some injury troubles in recent years, which don't appear to be ceasing any time soon.

The Detroit Red Wings might be a little bit more forthcoming with some of their blueline injury concerns, as Trevor Daley, Jonathan Ericsson and Danny DeKeyser are all dealing with injuries these days and the coaching staff are suggesting that one, two or all of them may not be ready to go for when the puck drops on the regular season.  Daley is dealing with a lower-body injury, DeKeyser has an upper-body injury, but I can't see any details on what Ericsson is dealing with at the moment.

The Red Wings blueline isn't exactly a hot bed for hockey pool action, at least on paper anyways.  It is already without Mike Green for the foreseeable future, so they might be running a very young lineup to start the season.  This could also be a huge black mark against their goalies, especially since you don't expect this team to put up eight goals a night, like they did last night.

The blueline injury parade continues with Justin Schultz of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who is dealing with an upper-body injury and is currently listed as out day-to-day.  Schultz won't be in the lineup tonight for the Sabres game, but it looks like they are aiming to have him ready for opening night. 

Schultz has been a productive member of the Penguins, when healthy, but that's the risk you're taking with him.  I would consider him to be a contender for the injury prone list in his career and he may just get there next summer, if these sort of posts come up.