Injury Report: 2014-2015 Injury Thread Part II

[dahrougem2]

Odd question to ask. Especially the statement at the end of the post...

Lol few hours from now we'll see that poster has started a thread on the main board "Avs fans prefer Shattenkirk to EJ and here's proof" or something stupid

 

[crue7]

Johnson and Winchester back would be huge

 

[PAZ]

Johnson and Winchester back would be huge

I donno about Winchester. He hasn't played all year, theres a pretty good chance hes going to be rusty.

Johnson will be huge though, hopefully our other defenseman keep their current level of play.

 

[TheStranger]

I donno about Winchester. He hasn't played all year, theres a pretty good chance hes going to be rusty.

Johnson will be huge though, hopefully our other defenseman keep their current level of play.

Winchester off for a year is still better than anyone in our bottom 6 not named Everberg

 

[Foppa2118]

What the hell's the deal with Hishon? He still ailing from that "elbow" injury? Haven't been following the usual news sources, but seems like he's become the forgotten man again.

Edit: I see Chambers just had a piece on him, but he managed to write an entire article about him without updating his status once. Not one word on the severity, or how close he is to returning, or commenting on what's wrong with him apart from it being an "elbow injury" which just sounds weird.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Hishon scratched. Healthy scratches don't have it easy, and rookie center Joey Hishon was "bag-skated" Thursday morning after telling the coaching staff his bothersome elbow is not sufficiently healed. Hishon was healthy enough to get skated until he felt sick, with assistant coach Tim Army offering encouragement while demonstrating drills.

"Not strong enough on face offs," Roy said of Hishon, the Avs' 2010 first-round draft pick. "Maybe (Friday). We'll see how it goes. He's a center. If he can't do faceoffs, that's not good for us."

DP did their rewrite an article over and over again, I'm surprised there hasn't been talk of this but probably nobody saw it either.

 

[Foppa2118]

DP did their rewrite an article over and over again, I'm surprised there hasn't been talk of this but probably nobody saw it either.

Thanks. Looks like that was from last week. Wonder how he managed to hurt his elbow so bad.

Also, why the hell does he have to play center? I don't understand Patty's insistence on this. He's got no problem switching MacKinnon, Mitchell, O'Reilly, and Bleackley to the wing, but Hishon has to stay at center?

 

[tigervixxxen]

I'm a bit concerned it was HIM telling the coaches he's not ready to go. There's one thing if the doctor won't clear him but another if he's not pushing through pain.

 

[Metallo]

I'm a bit concerned it was HIM telling the coaches he's not ready to go. There's one thing if the doctor won't clear him but another if he's not pushing through pain.

Maybe he's just the messenger, repeating to Roy what the doc told him.

 

[Foppa2118]

I'm a bit concerned it was HIM telling the coaches he's not ready to go. There's one thing if the doctor won't clear him but another if he's not pushing through pain.

Yea that may or may not be an issue. Might just be the wording in the article. A lot of coaches will just ask the player to give an honest assessment of their readiness, and if they can do certain things on the ice. There is an element of not wanting to be selfish and say you're ready, when you think you might hurt the team if you played. Maybe Hishon was being honest and said he was having a little trouble with the faceoffs when Patty asked.

Hard to know if there's an issue of him not battling through injuries, without knowing the severity of them. Obviously the concussions weren't an example of that, but with so many little things, that thought has entered my mind as well.

 

[TheStranger]

Hard to tell if he is in the full practice, but sounds like Jesse Winchester was out there for the entire practice today.

Says Johnson was "in red", does that mean he's back to no contact? Or is that yellow? He also left early.

 

[tigervixxxen]

Avs no contact is red, Monsters is yellow.

Yeah I don't know about Winchester but its good he's at least out there after being shutdown.

 

[Avs_19]

Winchester in a non-contact jersey too. Lets just hope he might be good to go in October.

 

[TheStranger]

Wasn't EJ in full contact as of a few days ago? Not a good sign if he's back to no contact and left the ice early. :/

 

[tigervixxxen]

I'm not sure he ever had a full practice

 

[TheStranger]

 

[Cypher]

Any word on Bordeleau?

Timetable was 8-10 weeks...it's been 13 weeks now

And Rendulic?

Timetable was 8 weeks, it's been over 9 weeks now



... Hope Wideman stays away from Winchester come Monday if he plays

 

[FoppaForsberg*]

Pretty surprised to see Winchester on the trip. Would love to see him get a few games in before the season ends.

 

[RockLobster]

Wasn't EJ in full contact as of a few days ago? Not a good sign if he's back to no contact and left the ice early. :/

EJ had not previously practiced with the team.

 

[TheStranger]

EJ had not previously practiced with the team.

Oh alright, for some reason I thought I had read someone saying that he had been practicing.

 

[tucker3434]

So, any update on EJ?

 

[RockLobster]

So, any update on EJ?

None that I can see...hopefully we'll have some news today (practice or morning skate)

 

[RockLobster]

 

[Avs_19]

They should be "getting very close" to shutting EJ down for the season rather than bringing him back for meaningless games.

 

[the_fan]

Why play EJ now? With 8 games left in the season just let him rest until next season.