I was reading an article somewhere that interviewed Legwands father and he was mentioning how David and the rest of the family are happy he came home. It sounded like he was trying to choose his words wisely and not put any thing out there but the impression was Davids wife and family were very happy. My guess this will make it much easier to get him re-signed knowing his family is happy.
yeah, his dad gave a similar interview during Legwand's first game. Seems playing in Detroit was a much bigger deal to the wife than to the parents. If the Wings try to re-sign him and offer anything close to fair, I would doubt it takes long to get done.
Datsyuk never gave his knee the time to properly heal. They said he was basically working out off ice every day when he was out all of January. What are you talking about surgery for when 3 of 3 doctors he's since seen have said that surgery is not necessary - only time and rest?
After they shut Datsyuk down I think there was a quote from the organization about any surgery happening in the offseason. They didn't say it was definitely necessary, but they wouldn't have mentioned it if it wasn't a possibility.
I'm betting his working out in January was on doc's orders to strengthen the knee, with the hopes that whatever's wrong with it could be compensated for. My impression is that they are grasping at straws a bit to get him healthy at this point.