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The Red Wings' Johan Franzen expects to wake up one day and suddenly feel better.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen was back on the ice Monday with his teammates, but he’s still not close to returning from a concussion.

That means Franzen will miss Wednesday’s Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium.

“Of course (it’s disappointing), but it is what it is,” Franzen said.

Franzen has no time frame for his return. He’s been out since Dec. 15, when he was hit in the face by Tampa Bay’s Radko Gudas.

“I felt pretty good today, felt good on the ice, but it’s still there,” Franzen said of his symptoms. “They said hopefully I’ll wake up maybe tomorrow or the day after that and feel good again. That’s what they say usually happens, you just wake up and feel normal.”

Right now he said he is not close to feeling normal. He has been experiencing headaches and dizziness.

“It’s kind of been the same now for a while,” Franzen said. “They said when it goes away it usually goes away overnight and you feel good again.

“That’s what every expert says; one day you wake up and it’s gone and then you can start working 100 percent on the ice and then you do the baseline test and you’re good to go when you’re ready physically.”

Franzen, who has skated on his own a few times, took part in the morning skate at Bridgestone Arena.

Franzen will be watching the Winter Classic from a suite with a dozen or so friends and family members, many of them who came from Sweden.