Red Wings’ Dylan Larkin, Tyler Bertuzzi ‘headed in right direction’ in recoveries

Two of the Detroit Red Wings’ most important players, Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi, apparently have not had any setbacks during their recovery process.

Larkin missed the final eight games due to a neck injury that hospitalized him for a couple of days and limited his movement for several weeks.

Bertuzzi’s season ended after the first nine games due to a back injury that eventually required surgery on April 30.

“(Larkin) hasn’t started training yet, but I think he’s along the timeline that we expected in his recovery,” coach Jeff Blashill said Wednesday, during new assistant coach Alex Tanguay’s introductory Zoom call.

“Tyler has probably been able to do a little bit more lately. I think he’s getting to the stage where you can get out of just pure rehab and get into training, strength training, try to build his body back up. Both of them are in good spirits and are headed in the right direction in terms of their recovery.”

Both expected to be ready for the start of training camp in late September, but Blashill noted it is difficult to project that far ahead.

“In this business you never know anything for sure,” Blashill said. “We expect both of their recoveries to be along a timeline that they’re ready for camp. Whether that happens, you just never know.”

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