Lots of moves from guys not on the rumour chart. Mittelstadt Byram Johansen Carrick. Then Walker goes to Colorado who were never even mentioned as looking to add defense. Wild stuff so far.
The Buffalo Sabres brain trust have zero ability to evaluate talent and put a competent team together. They've been the embarrassment of the NHL since 2014.
The Buffalo Sabres brain trust have zero ability to evaluate talent and put a competent team together. They've been the embarrassment of the NHL since 2014. - Pet.m.d.
I'm not a buffalo fan at all, however seeing your from arizona my question to you is: Does arizona know the goal of hockey is to win the stanley cup and not getting the most draft picks and prospects every year?
I said this in the Isles thread the other day: He's got a lacerated spleen. I had the same injury when I was a kid and that poop is no joke. I lost about 40% of my blood and spent almost an entire summer laid up in bed. I don't know if they removed or repaired his, but if it's the latter he's going to need some time to heal. This isn't a Tampa/Kucherov LTIR situation.
I said this in the Isles thread the other day: He's got a lacerated spleen. I had the same injury when I was a kid and that poop is no joke. I lost about 40% of my blood and spent almost an entire summer laid up in bed. I don't know if they removed or repaired his, but if it's the latter he's going to need some time to heal. This isn't a Tampa/Kucherov LTIR situation. - eichiefs9
Say he comes back in time for the playoffs, I can already see this becoming a point of contention on twitter (or wherever they discuss hockey) amongst fans. Hockey is pretty much the only league I can think of where long-term injury can benefit a team in a championship which makes for a pretty odd concept when compared to other leagues. A player gets injured it's either next in line or you can get a remplacement but so can the rival team if they chose to go over the cap and pay the allocated penalty.
No doubt the team doctor qualifies a paper cut as a lacerated spleen. A lot of contenders on tonight's schedule. One last chance to put some salary on LTIR.
Say he comes back in time for the playoffs, I can already see this becoming a point of contention on twitter (or wherever they discuss hockey) amongst fans. Hockey is pretty much the only league I can think of where long-term injury can benefit a team in a championship which makes for a pretty odd concept when compared to other leagues. A player gets injured it's either next in line or you can get a remplacement but so can the rival team if they chose to go over the cap and pay the allocated penalty. - Alexzanki
I mean a lot of it is highly dependent on how bad it was and, I would assume, if they saved or removed his spleen. If they just removed it then it would probably be a shorter timeline because it's not there to reinjure again. If they kept it, I would imagine it's longer. Given the fact that he's a pro athlete, I assume they caught his injury a lot earlier than they caught mine. I was unknowingly bleeding internally for a couple hours before I got a CAT scan and rushed into surgery. I was weak for months and on iron pills for a year building back up my red blood cell count. He may not have lost very much blood.
Not to mention, forgetting all else, the NHL has severely cracked down on teams using LTIR for anything other than its intended purpose. I'm sure that they'll be forced to activate him when he's medically cleared to play. It's not at all absurd for him to miss the last 6 weeks or so of the season with an injury like that. If he just happens to come off in time for game 1 of the first round then I can see why people would lose their minds, but if he misses any time in the playoffs then I have no real issue with him being on LTIR again.
