Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde spoke with the Wings’ media corps regarding the statuses of Lucas Raymond (maintenance day) and Erik Gustafsson (out tonight) ahead of this evening’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins (7 PM start on DetroitRedWings.com/PittsburghPenguins.com)). Here’s the video of Lalonde’s remarks:
The Hockey News’s Sam Stockton took note of Lalonde’s remarks regarding Raymond and Gustafsson:
Lucas Raymond was the only Red Wing who did not take part in either the morning skate or the subsequent practice for today’s non-game group. However, per Derek Lalonde, his absence is no cause for concern, referring to the absence as “A maintenance day, typical of camp.” “Sometimes lower body needs a little rest, so made sense to keep him out today,” Lalonde added. “He’ll be back in the mix on Monday” after the team takes an off day on Sunday.
Lalonde also noted that Gustafsson will not play this evening despite taking morning skate out of an abundance caution: “Gustafsson had a little upper body issue. Very similar to Lucas where we’ll be cautious and give him the day too for maintenance, so he’ll be out until Monday also.”
On the whole, Detroit is fortunate to be, to this point in camp, as close as possible to full health all around.
