"At age 34, Langkow's offensive production also dipped this season from a career high of 33 goals and 77 points to 14 goals and 37 points.
For the first time Tuesday, Sutter shed light on the terrifying injury Langkow suffered March 21 when a White point shot pelted him in the base of the neck.
"Exactly where the puck hit him, in his third or fourth vertebrae, he had a tiny fracture," Sutter said.
"It was nothing that was going to threaten his career or anything like that.
"We just wanted the bone to heal and the soft tissue to get rehabbed properly.""
