Report: An update from the injured Darren Helm.

While not many people actually witnessed it, the stories that have come out about the collision between Red Wings forward Darren Helm and undrafted prospect Jerome Verrier, suggest it was serious, and frankly so do the injuries.

Helm spoke to reporters this week and described the entire experience, one that left him with a concussion as well as a separated shoulder just minutes into training camp.

"I was thinking about my injuries lately," Helm said Monday as training camp concluded at Centre I.C.E. Arena. "I feel like this isn't really a hockey injury, just an unlucky situation that I was in. I'm going to chalk this one up to bad luck. I haven't seen this happen ever, as long as I've been playing. Unfortunate. Move on."

Helm says that the whole thing happened so suddenly that he wasn't even really aware of it.

"I didn't even get my head up quick enough to see him," Helm said. "I was kind of looking back for a pass; I was expecting him to be going up the other side. Somewhere between there, the drill got kind of messed up and both of us were going down the same lane.

"I remember (coach Jeff Blashill) explained the drill, I remember going down, getting on the wall, coming up with (Luke Glendening), him passing it to me and just running into a wall and kind of just lying there for a little bit. I remember everything and I wasn't knocked out, so I'm happy about that."

Helm admits that the injuries are a huge disappointment, he believes that getting adjusted to playing with his line mates prior to the season is incredibly important and missing that opportunity would make things more challenging for him.

"I'll hopefully get in a spot to play with them again," Helm said. "Camp's usually a very important time of the year to kind of get into game mode, season mode, and kind of get going, so it's going to take me probably a little bit extra time to get into that spot where I want to be. I hope I can do it quickly and play with them right away, but if not, then I'll have to try to work my way back into that position."

Hopefully he gets well soon.

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