Detroit Red Wings GameDay: @ Vancouver Canucks

Update (5:17 PM): Helene St. James reports that Chris Chelios (right leg) could miss up to a week with what the team is calling a "chip on the fibula." Chelios told the media that his leg is swollen: It’s mostly the swelling that’s basically prohibiting me from using the muscle in that leg. Piet Van Zant said that the nature of the injury is such that the team cannot be sure how long he'll be out, but it does not seem likely he'll return before the March 1st game against San Jose.  Also, it looks like Aaron Downey is okay after all, as Ansar Khan reports that Garrett Stafford and Jimmy Howard will constitute the only lineup changes tonight. Both beat writers report that the team has officially offered Darren McCarty a contract for the league-minimum. If he accepts, he'd earn about $100,000 for the rest of the season. Khan says he'd stay in Grand Rapids on a two-week conditioning stint. After that, presumably, the team would waive him to keep him in GR, ... (link)