Quincey out with broken hand

September 28, Detroit News: There's one fewer candidate to win a roster spot on the Red Wings defense. Kyle Quincey was walking around the locker room Friday with a cast on his left hand, the result of a broken bone suffered during intra-squad scrimmages back in Traverse City earlier in the month.

Quincey tried to play through the injury, but it was getting too difficult. Quincey went for X-rays Friday morning and the break was confirmed.

"I knew something was wrong with it," said Quincey, who could be out for up to three weeks. "I couldn't shoot or pass the puck in the games I was playing. I was trying to play well defensively and do what I could to make the lineup."

With Quincey out, the competition for the final spot on defense is between Brent Sopel, Derek Meech and Jonathan Ericsson. Meech is out of minor league options, and the Wings don't want to lose him on waivers to another team for nothing.

Sopel is in camp on a tryout and offers the Wings NHL experience. Ericsson is a top prospect who has developed rapidly.

The CBA states that Quincey must stay with the Wings until he's healthy, and while he will be placed on the IR, he will both continue to draw his NHL salary, and will recuperate under the care of the Wings' doctors.

Source: http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2007/09/quincey_out_with_broken_hand.html