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NJ also won. The wild card race is getting tight.Detroit beating Washington 8-3 with 4:30 left
Vegas beating Toronto 4-1 with 5:30 left
NJ also won. The wild card race is getting tight.Detroit beating Washington 8-3 with 4:30 left
Vegas beating Toronto 4-1 with 5:30 left
None of that matters if they fail to make the playoffs. 8th seed facing the Panthers will not be a very good result with the mess that this team is in. Sugarcaot everything if you want.
I think you're spot on but nobody envisioned Serge getting hurt like he did.
If we have a chance to make a trade for someone like Hanifin for say Cirelli + Perbix or something like that. I think you do it.
If Serge was healthy then yeah stand pat, but there is an opportunity here that I think could benefit the team going ahead.
I say Cirelli because I think he was given that contract with the hope that he would step up and contribute more offensivley, which hasn't happened. I love
him as a player but if we could somehow trade that contract while gaining a player like Hanifin, how do you not do that?
Of course this is all just speculation. If it turns out we were never in the running for him I wouldn't be surprised either.
If he's still injured why are we riding him to death?
You can't have it both ways.
Can't believe there's still 7 years left on those contracts. What an oof.I don't think there's a chance in hell we can get Hanifin for that return, and that's coming from someone who's higher on Cirelli than most. I still think he's being slept on some. He's our 4th best forward in ES scoring per 60, and he's had to deal with Stammer as a linemate for a chunk of the season. Maybe GMs think more of him than most of our fans though.
For their respective contracts, I think I'd rather keep Cirelli over Cernak. I think Cirelli still has room for growth, and Cernak has peaked...not to mention the ongoing injury concerns. I don't know if I'd be actively shopping the latter, but if I could get a solid return for him, I would definitely consider it.
boomIt’s time to play JJ a bit more again maybe. Cooper needs to stop treating Vasi like an entitled divorce child. Play like shit? Sit one out or two and work out your demons.
Agreed. We reverted back to the core that couldn't get it done. Idk what goes on in there but the guys we lost certainly are missed.What a god awful performance again by Vasy. Quit watching after that fourth goal but all were very stoppable, especially for a supposed best goaltender in the world. At least two of them were soft as f***.
This team heads to the right direction for a couple of games and then it just always unravels like this. We've definitely lost some of that leadership that made us so good and the current crop of leaders on this team aren't good enough.
It's not just on here but everywhere. I read about how he's still injured or recovering from his back surgery.Don't try use logic
Our local press folks are weak as hell and never ask any hard questions.
He let in a ton of first shots during Tor series on the playoffs, he was definitely off and looking like his current, lost self. I’m sure surgery didn’t help, but this downside started prior to surgery.It's not just on here but everywhere. I read about how he's still injured or recovering from his back surgery.
Then why are we playing him so much? Our local press folks are weak as hell and never ask any hard questions.
He played through injury, which is his fault for not communicating that he was hurt, and BriseBois's (and previously Yzerman/Al Murray) fault for not solving the backup goaltender problem with a reliable option far sooner so Vasilevskiy wouldn't have to play as much. Even when Johansson is decent, the problem is still there, as Alnefelt is teetering on bust/AAAA/back to European Pro territory now and there's nothing else that is promising in the pool in terms of goaltending.He let in a ton of first shots during Tor series on the playoffs, he was definitely off and looking like his current, lost self. I’m sure surgery didn’t help, but this downside started prior to surgery.
What was the injury and when did it happen?He played through injury, which is his fault for not communicating that he was hurt, and BriseBois's (and previously Yzerman/Al Murray) fault for not solving the backup goaltender problem with a reliable option far sooner so Vasilevskiy wouldn't have to play as much. Even when Johansson is decent, the problem is still there, as Alnefelt is teetering on bust/AAAA/back to European Pro territory now and there's nothing else that is promising in the pool in terms of goaltending.
Back injury, unsure when it startedWhat was the injury and when did it happen?
I thought there was no injury until he hurt himself in the gym this offseason.Back injury, unsure when it started
Back injury, unsure when it started
It is unclear how Vasilevskiy initially sustained a herniated disc in his lower back, but it happened in August well before training camp started. Initially, an injection alleviated the issue, but Vasilevskiy felt pain again during his first practice of camp; a second injection, treatment and rest didn’t work.
The microdiscectomy procedure Vasilevskiy had on Sept. 28 is a minimally invasive surgery that removes the portion of the disc that is putting pressure on the nerves and generally, the disc itself remains largely intact.
“We have a lot of athletes with microdiscectomies who are in major professional sports who have gone back doing what they do, but then unfortunately, it is genetics to a large extent that ultimately will determine, and his disc, just where that will go,” Anand said. “Being a goalie, the load on the spine from squatting up and down is tremendous and actually even more than your regular hockey player.
“But he’s a professional athlete and extremely gifted and motivated and he can get back to normal. I feel confident that, as long as the surgery went well, he can get back to where he is and get back to the level he was at, as most professional athletes do.”
A players not letting his coaches know how hurt he actually is has nothing to do with "hockey culture." LOLWow lots of people here that watch hockey but don’t understand toxic hockey culture.
do people actually think that vasy would tell coaches and players that he's too hurt to go? new levels of understanding my posting crew here. incredible.
Mmmmm don’t know bout that. If a MLB player has gas they are on the IR for a month.A players not letting his coaches know how hurt he actually is has nothing to do with "hockey culture." LOL
Thats EVERY professional sport.