Bouchard talks about his latest concussion; Seto apologizes; Harding sick

Update: Matt Hackett has been recalled in case Josh Harding doesn't feel well in the morning. Harding is flying to Chicago tonight to meet up with the team, but it was easy to get Hackett here because the Aeros play tonight in Grand Rapids.

Pierre-Marc Bouchard this morning said it all started Dec. 13 in Winnipeg after Zach Bogosian checked him face-first into the boards.

He broke his nose and felt some headaches, but after taking a week off and missing two games, Bouchard felt "decent enough to play."

Then, with 58 seconds left in Vancouver one week ago, Chris Higgins stripped Bouchard of the puck in front of the net as Bouchard was about to take a shot. After Higgins skated to the corner to retrieve the puck and clear it, Bouchard approached and was accidentally elbowed by Higgins on his chin.

He was immediately dazed. You could see it on video. The next morning, he woke up and felt "off."

He had headaches and the "pressure" he talked about so much during his 20-month absence (one game in that stretch) from a concussion from March 2009-Dec 2010.

"We're trying to be positive here," Bouchard said. "There's symptoms that I had in my previous one that I don't have right now. I guess it could be a good sign. But I still have headaches, but at the same time, it's not good. So hopefully it will be quicker."

"I wish I could give you a timetable, but it's pretty much day to day and make sure I'm symptom free before I start exercising again," Bouchard said. "I'm positive I can come back. The only bad thing about concussions is you don't know how much time it's going to take."

Bouchard said it's a fast game and accidents will happen, but he wishes there was more respect on the ice (talking about Bogosian hit and others). He joins a laundry list of NHLers, including several top ones like Sidney Crosby and Marc Savard and Chris Pronger, sidelined by concussions.

Bouchard said he'll be patient and make sure he's 100 percent before he starts working out. He said he also suffered whiplash, so his neck is stiff.

"I have a special helmet that's supposed to help against concussions and my mouthguard, that's supposed to be better and help you if you get hit. So I guess I took all the precautions that I could, but I guess it wasn't enough."

Real quick update because I have to get to my flight to Chicago:

--Josh Harding didn't practice this morning. Yeo said he was complaining last night of sickness and he still felt that way this morning. Matt Hackett will likely be recalled.