Mike Sauer out with concussion (1/18: Still "month-to-month")
 

Are we going to be hearing any updates on Sauer any time soon (like within the next few months:shakehead) or will this be another MSG hush hush job?

Btw- With Stralman in his place not only are we worse defensively but we are MUCH softer.

There is no practice today, so there probably won't be an update on his condition until tonight or tomorrow.

Hockey gets the back burner again. Could you imagine if this was baseball or football? The reporters would be making calls with everyone to get an injury update. No practice today means the beat writers have the day off.

The Rangers are not practicing today. No update today. Tomorrow.

Who would the reporters in the NFL and MLB be calling? Unless the team or player/agent leaks info to the media,the reporters in the NFL and MLB won't know the injury status of the player.

Read a tweet earlier saying what RB said. Update coming tomorrow.

I would be utterly shocked if he didn't get a concussion. He got so messed up so badly on that play. Is it me or does anyone else feel their hatred of the Leafs growing more? They have been such a pain for us this season.

I would be suprised if he did not suffer a concussion. He got a shoulder to the chin with enough force to dislodge his helmet and make it fly about 6 feet in the air, and then he hit his head on the dasher boards on the way down. He got absolutely demolished

https://twitter.com/#!/JimCerny/stat...07256072503296

The Rangers didn't call up a D today.

Sauer was walking around the Rangers weight room at the Garden last night.

Can some one please tell me what I missed? Didn't see anything on twitter about this and missed a few parts of the 2nd and 3rd periods. I don't get the MSG hush hush BS though.

for those that are asking what happened Phanuef smoked Sauer with a hard clean hit.............I am going to bet Sauer is ok, he may sit 1 game just to be safe

at the game in Buffalo so I sure hope he's ok

Sauer got smoked. Left the game and didn't return. Concussion? Who knows.

Sauer stepped up in the offensive zone and kind of had his head down and Phaneuf drilled him, popping Sauer's helmet off and he hit the back of his head on the lip of the boards as he was falling down... Luckily he did not also hit his head on the ice on the way down as well... He looked a little dazed getting up, then left the ice to go to the locker room....

Wearing the helmet like a frigging frisbee is so stupid. Use the strap to its function dammit. I'm not saying Sauer would've automatically been healthier if he had the helmet on, but it sure enough isn't helping flying 6 foot off the ice.

Sauer displayed perfectly it's not only the impact that is the killer, the actual landing can be more dangerous, especially without a helmet.

But it's TOUGH to wear the chin strap loose!

a couple of seasons ago the Flames took runs at the rangers most notably taking Drury out with a nasty hit.


However payback is a b&*%# because Staal absolutely destroyed Matt Stajan the next season followed by this

Ottawa has also had some very nasty questionable hits on NY players.

I am fairly sure the Leafs and the Sens will get payback its just a question of time.

There wasn't much time left in the game, and Sauer doesn't bring as much offense as Girardi/McD/MDZ so I'm not surprised they didn't bring him back out.

If that hit takes place in the middle of the second, I wouldn't be surprised if he returns to the game.

Time will tell, but I think he's ok. He looked like he got stung, not concussed. You get hit in the chest like that and everything hurts for a while.

is this hit on the internet at all? i was listening on the radio and didn't get to see it

What about MDZ?

I think he's fine. He missed the net by 15 feet on a slapshot towards the end of the game. That's nothing out of the norm for him.

for christs sake why is every big hit automatically a concussion now. wait til tomorrow

To be fair, Sauer has an injury plagued past. I don't remember if he had concussions, but injuries were usually the reason he wasn't called up sooner.

Because Sauer has a history of concussions? Because if he was fine he would have just got up and continued to play?

Read lips. MDZ told Jim Ramsey his "lower back" was sore when MSG showed MDZ on the bench and Ramsey talking to him. He said he was fine after the game.
Sauer suffered 2 concussions while he was in junior. He suffered one during the summer of 2006 at the US WJC camp. He had another one right after that one. Saw a skull readjustment specialist in Texas. No problems since then.

Article yest. from Andrew Gross.


http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pr...er_is_out.html