Injury Injury news

[GHT120]

1 hour ago, brindavis said:

Hate to say this, but Suzuki is 100% carrying a knock of some kind. Lacks the pop of earlier in the year and is definitely not moving as quickly.

 

And with these injuries he absolutely will not take even a couple of games off to get back to even close to 100% ... sigh

[Commandant]

2 hours ago, brindavis said:

Hate to say this, but Suzuki is 100% carrying a knock of some kind. Lacks the pop of earlier in the year and is definitely not moving as quickly.

 

Sad for Dach as he was starting to look like a player, but I am not convinced he should be slammed for getting hurt as he did it blocking a shot (exactly like Gally last year). At least he got in the way, unlike Veleno who become 2-Dimensional when tries to block anything. 

 

 

Suzuki is barely practicing and taking therapy days on the regular.  Hes definitely hurt.

 

Our centre depth is really in trouble now.

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

13 hours ago, Commandant said:

 

Suzuki is barely practicing and taking therapy days on the regular.  Hes definitely hurt.

 

Our centre depth is really in trouble now.

 

It’s ironic, because with the unexpected emergence of Kapanen and the gradual improvement of Dach, we were actually starting to look OK down the middle. Now…yikes.

[GHT120]

If Kampf had waited ONE day he might have seen a role with Montreal

[dlbalr]

1 hour ago, GHT120 said:

If Kampf had waited ONE day he might have seen a role with Montreal

 

They went after him but I don't think they'd have offered more than a fourth line slot even with the Dach injury.  I suspect Vancouver will play him higher that in the short term.

[GHT120]

59 minutes ago, dlbalr said:

They went after him but I don't think they'd have offered more than a fourth line slot even with the Dach injury.  I suspect Vancouver will play him higher that in the short term.

Probably right ... but at least he might have seen a more of a chnace

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Therapy day is better than being announced as injured. 
 

Although I wouldn’t be surprised if injury  announcement is coming

[GHT120]

3 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Therapy day is better than being announced as injured. 
 

Although I wouldn’t be surprised if injury  announcement is coming

 

Expect he is being "tested" to determine the exact nature of what kept him out after he briefly returned last night.

[tomh009]

15 minutes ago, GHT120 said:

Expect he is being "tested" to determine the exact nature of what kept him out after he briefly returned last night.

Concussion protocol.

https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nhl-concussion-protocol-process-return/fjmsr0uwqlelys53gag6grrj

 

He might end up missing the Toronto game tomorrow as well, even if everything is OK.

[GHT120]

16 minutes ago, tomh009 said:

Concussion protocol.

https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nhl-concussion-protocol-process-return/fjmsr0uwqlelys53gag6grrj

 

He might end up missing the Toronto game tomorrow as well, even if everything is OK.

I agree, but didn't want to assume ... could be a neck or shoulder issue, although concussion usually makes the most sense after such hits

[Prime Minister Koivu]

20 minutes ago, tomh009 said:

Concussion protocol.

https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nhl/news/nhl-concussion-protocol-process-return/fjmsr0uwqlelys53gag6grrj

 

He might end up missing the Toronto game tomorrow as well, even if everything is OK.

Seems like “evidence” that Wilson elbowed Evans in the head

 

Perhaps player safety should review the tape

[dlbalr]

16 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Perhaps player safety should review the tape

 

Already ruled that there's no hearing or fine.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Yeah nothing to see here refs, player safety

[DON]

Evans also bit prone to making himself vulnerable isnt he, but i couldnt tell if bad hit or not and didnt watch a replay. 

[GHT120]

2 minutes ago, DON said:

Evans also bit prone to making himself vulnerable isnt he, but i couldnt tell if bad hit or not and didnt watch a replay. 

No great angle that shows the hit ideally (i.e., in profile)

[Prime Minister Koivu]

2 minutes ago, DON said:

Evans also bit prone to making himself vulnerable isnt he, but i couldnt tell if bad hit or not and didnt watch a replay. 

Elbow to the head and Wilson took a long run up too

[GHT120]

 

 

Davidson is the one who was double-teamed by Laughton and McCann by the side of the net ... if he can't play Wednesday in Utah the Habs still only have 13 forwards ... is Roy who they want to take west in that case?

[dlbalr]

1 hour ago, GHT120 said:

Davidson is the one who was double-teamed by Laughton and McCann by the side of the net ... if he can't play Wednesday in Utah the Habs still only have 13 forwards ... is Roy who they want to take west in that case?

 

They had Roy as the 13th forward for most of the Western Canada road trip so I suspect they'd be okay with doing that again even though it's not ideal from a prospect playing time standpoint.

[GHT120]

 

Struble "day-to-day" ... with Engström up no need for another recall unless Struble isn't ready by Saturday in TO

[GHT120]

 

 

Baby steps

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Laine will be back by end of month and everyone should be back after the Olympics 

 

Means we are stuck with Veleno as a regular centre until late February 🤕

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Dach isn’t scheduled to return until late February - 3 months from now 

 

Very, very slow drills being done so clearly no imminent return but if he is skating now then he must be ahead of schedule ?

[GHT120]

25 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Dach isn’t scheduled to return until late February - 3 months from now 

 

Very, very slow drills being done so clearly no imminent return but if he is skating now then he must be ahead of schedule ?

 

At this point, with Dach I don't think there should ever be a "schedule" ...take rehab one step at a time, very slowly, and see what happens.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Would explain his lack of production

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

23 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Would explain his lack of production

 

Indeed. Our bottom end FW and D have been fairly disastrous, on the whole, and a hobbled Evans would be a big part of that