The Detroit News’s Ted Kulfan has filed a subscriber-only article discussing Danny DeKeyser’s status as fully healthy after recovering from a major back surgery that cost him the better part of two years:
“I don’t think I really ever knew how much better I was going to get,” DeKeyser said Tuesday on a Zoom call with media. “I was just preparing to play with whatever strength that I got back, and yes, it was definitely frustrating throughout the process because it took so long to get healthy. It was an injury (DeKeyser’s disk was pressing on spinal nerves) that wasn’t a simple thing, it was fairly complex, and you were unsure how it was going to heal.”
Not having all the strength in his lower body was affecting DeKeyser. It reached a point where the Red Wings sat DeKeyser for almost three weeks, a total of nine games, simply to work in the weight room and regain strength.
The rest helped. DeKeyser returned in late February and as the weeks progressed, a sense of normalcy and effectiveness returned to his game. Now, DeKeyser heads into this regular season so much more confident and at ease than compared to last season.
“It took a while to get better,” he said, “but it was nice to kind of turn the corner and once I did that, I was a lot more confident.”
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Backs can keep getting or causing problems. I don’t even remember seeing him play Healthy. Glad all is well with DeK
DDK has been a favorite of mine for two reasons. One, he chose Detroit out of college. Two he is a local boy.