Drury skates for first time since concussion
With his symptoms gone, Rangers captain Chris Drury skated Saturday for the first time since he suffered a concussion on a blindside shoulder hit to the jaw from Curtis Glencross in Calgary on Nov. 7.
"I just started to feel better Monday," the 33-year-old center said in his first comments since the injury. "I had a good appointment with the doctor Thursday, worked out on my own [Friday], skated pretty hard for a half-hour. So far, so good. My head felt fine; everything else has to catch up from two weeks off."
Drury, who missed his fourth game last night, initially thought he collided with a teammate. He didn't want to discuss Glencross, who received a three-game suspension.
"I'm certainly very encouraged by the timing of it and the GM meetings," said Drury, who also suffered a concussion in February 2007 on a check by Ottawa's Chris Neil that knocked him out and opened a 20-stitch gash in his forehead.
"It seems like steps are being taken to rid the game of those hits. I don't think it has anything to do with how physical our game is. We should have hitting; it's a very important part of our game that I don't think should be touched. But blindside hits are different, especially ones to the head."
The Rangers leave Tuesday for a three-game trip and Drury, who will skate Sunday and visit the doctor tomorrow, could travel.
"It's undecided," he said. "I hope to go. I'd love to have a date or a game [to return], but it's day by day."
