According to Katie Strang of ESPN NY, John Tortorella told reporters today that Michael Sauer has been shut down for a couple of days because of some issues related to skating last week.
Mike Sauer (concussion) shut down for now on both skating and off-ice workouts.
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) January 23, 2012
The team’s twitter account quotes John Tortorella as saying,”He really hasn’t felt that great after a few days on the ice”
Torts says Mike Sauer did off-ice workouts today. “All’s good,” Torts says about Sauer.
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) January 19, 2012
In the NY Post, Larry Brooks writes that Michael Sauer has been symptom free for the last couple of weeks.
Brooks says that Sauer is doing light activity, like riding the stationary bike, but that he isn’t close to returning.
In the case of Marc Staal, he started to do light workouts and a week later started to skate on his own.
About four weeks after that he was cleared for contact and a week later he played.
Andrew Gross tweets that there is no update on defenseman Michael Sauer.
Sauer, on Wednesday, was said to be working out after having a few “good days.”
In the case of Marc Staal, he started to do light workouts and a week later started to skate on his own.
About four weeks after that he was cleared for contact and a week later he played.
Every concussion is different and it’s all about patience, as was the case with Staal. Hopefully Sauer continues to have good days and work out, but I still think he is far off, at least a 4-6 weeks, and that is if he doesn’t have any set backs, from returning. I think that we tend to get carried away when he get updates, but it’s still a slow process and John Tortorella will keep as much hidden about Sauer for as long as he can.
According to the teams twitter account, John Tortorella says that Michael Sauer had a “good week” last week and is going to work out today.
It’s baby steps, just like with Marc Staal, but a good sign for Sauer.
He has been out for the last month due to a hit that he suffered from Dion Phaneuf.
In the NY Post, even with no updates from the team, Larry Brooks writes that it is believed that Michael Sauer is also improving after the concussion he suffered from Dion Phaneuf on December 5th.
John Tortorella said last week that Sauer would not be with the team for some time.
Sauer has started to undergo light physical contact but has not begun skating yet.
Torts says Mike Sauer (concussion) has done some very light workouts but “he’s not going to be with us for a while.”
— Andrew Gross (@AGrossRecord) December 19, 2011
We may not see Sauer again until next season. That is just my thoughts on this, but he really got his bell rung my Dion Phaneuf and the team is going to be extra careful like they have been with Marc Staal.
Katie Strang of ESPN New York tweets that Michael Sauer has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to December 5th.
Sauer has been sidelined with a concussion suffered from a hit by Dion Phaneuf.
John Tortorella tells Andrew Gross that Michael Sauer suffered a concussion as a result of Dion Phaneuf’s hit on Monday night.
He is day to day
Well that isn’t good news. It doesn’t mean he is out for an extended amount of time like Marc Staal has been, but the Rangers are likely to be without Sauer for a little while.
What does this mean for the defense? Well, I think you need to consider splitting up Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh to give more support to Michael Del Zotto and Steve Eminger. Anton Stralman will get some time paired with Jeff Woywitka it seems like, but it will be interesting to see how much ice time they end up getting.
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During the post game show on MSG, John Tortorella said that Michael Sauer was being evaluated.
He said that Phaneuf’s hit was clean. Brian Leetch agreed and thought that if there is something wrong with Sauer it come from hitting his head on the boards with no helmet.
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