Wings' Quincey (concussion) feels 'not the greatest'

Kyle Quincey is hanging around his Detroit Red Wings teammates, but when the defenseman next will play with them is unknown.

Quincey is going through concussion protocol after a hit by Sam Bennett on Friday at Calgary left Quincey woozy. Speaking this morning, Quincey said he felt "not the greatest."

Quincey finished the game, which, in retrospect, maybe he should not have.

"It was adrenaline," Quincey said. "It didn't feel that bad until after the game."

Concussion protocol is a minimum of a week. It is an injury that defies timelines because of its unpredictability.

Quincey said his decision to keep playing partly was made by the fact fellow defenseman Mike Green already had left in the first period, after a hit by Josh Jooris. Green is out 2-3 weeks with a shoulder injury.

"That was part of it," Quincey said. "But at the same time, if it was bad-bad at the time, even if we had one defenseman left at the time, I couldn't keep going."

Quincey said he is "just kind of going with the protocol right now. It takes time. There is no timeline."

General manager Ken Holland told the Free Press that Quincey is not on injured reserve for now. That might change if the Wings decide to call up a reserve defenseman later in the week, especially when they are on the road (at Ottawa) on Saturday.

Contact Helene St. James: hstjames@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames.