According to Detroit Hockey Now’s Max Smith, the Red Wings’ first significant injury suffered over the course of the exhibition came from prospect Carter Bear, who’s suffered an “upper-body” ailment:
The Red Wings took their first big hit of the preseason, as 2025 first round pick Carter Bear sustained an injury during their preseason game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Bear was a long shot to make the Red Wings roster, but should be a top six contributor for the Grand Rapids Griffins this year in the AHL.
“Bear has an upper body injury, which is probably day-to-day or a week, is what we think. Obviously Larkin is still hurt, said McLellan, “[Chase] Stillman, who came into training camp with an off-season injury, still
hasn’t been cleared.”Both [Dylan] Larkin and Stillman have returned to practice, however, neither has taken part in heavy contact drills.
Continued; with two games to be played over the course of the next three nights, I’m crossing my fingers that the Wings don’t suffer any significant dings or bangs.
As Smith indicates, we’re going to see the Wings play more and more game-one-ready rosters as Saturday’s game approaches, so there’s going to be an element of risk tonight vs. Buffalo and Saturday vs. the Blue Jackets. Both games happen to air on Detroit SportsNet and WWJ 950.
