Injury Report: 2016-17 Line Combinations, Roster & Injury Discussion ★

[MBTendy]

No 0-2 team, with one loss being against an expansion team, has ever gone on to win the Stanley Cup.

"History will be made"

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Praise Cracknell in Sunday morning paper as you waive him? Have to believe it's a combo Nill/Hitch discussion.

 

[Troy McClure]

Even if they like him, he's still the lowest man on the depth chart.

 

[Satan]

NYR claimed Cracknell

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Good for Adam. Hope he sticks. Interesting to see the new Hitch. The old version probably would keep any vet not in a wheelchair.

It does seem like speed is the watchword here, and Smith has more than Cracknell, IMHO.

 

[Unspecified]

Letonen is not helping any value he may of had

 

[serp]

Not quite sure why we're keeping Pateryn around though . Hope he gets waived when we clear up the 8D .

 

[Troy McClure]

Not quite sure why we're keeping Pateryn around though . Hope he gets waived when we clear up the 8D .

I kind of wonder if he'll end up being the #7 guy if the team makes a decision on which of Johns, Oleksiak, or Hamuis gets the boot.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Honka' s in tonight!!!!!

Also Remi has been recalled and is in tonight

 

[LoneStarHockey]

Hitchcock is switching up the defense. Looks like Methot will be with Klingberg on the top pair.

This is how the other pairings looked:

Lindell - Honka
Hamhuis - Johns
Oleksiak - Pateryn

 

[Satan]

Honka sent to AHL

 

[Magic Mittens]

Guess it's better then sitting in the press box, but he deserves to be playing over Oleksaik

Hopefully Oleksaik is sitting when John's comes back

 

[brighteststars]

Yeah absolutely brutal. We better be getting ready to trade the Big Rig.

 

[serp]

Hopefully just a short stint to give him some confidence , like they did with Lindell last year , before playing him hopefully the rest of the year at the NHL . Not confident in that though ...

 

[Ajacied]

There’s a piece on the main Stars site where I believe Nill is quoted as to saying Honka needs to take the next step and that he’ll need to accomplish that in the AHL. They especially mentioned being better in defensive zone as they didn’t think he was good there during his NHL tenure these past few weeks. Weird, as I didn’t really see him standout negatively in his own zone. Not when supposed defensive juggernaut Oleksiak continuesly makes boneheaded plays. Honka needed to gain some confidence as well but the article makes it seem he will be playing in the AHL for quite some time, if there are no injuries ofcourse.

Dickinson called up as well. He’s been on a little offensive tear. Hanzal will miss the game vs Winnipeg, though I didn’t even notice his absence vs Vancouver, honestly.

 

[serp]

There’s a piece on the main Stars site where I believe Nill is quoted as to saying Honka needs to take the next step and that he’ll need to accomplish that in the AHL. They especially mentioned being better in defensive zone as they didn’t think he was good there during his NHL tenure these past few weeks. Weird, as I didn’t really see him standout negatively in his own zone. Not when supposed defensive juggernaut Oleksiak continuesly makes boneheaded plays. Honka needed to gain some confidence as well but the article makes it seem he will be playing in the AHL for quite some time, if there are no injuries ofcourse.

Dickinson called up as well. He’s been on a little offensive tear. Hanzal will miss the game vs Winnipeg, though I didn’t even notice his absence vs Vancouver, honestly.

On the PK you saw his absense a bit . It wasn't as good ( still good ) but other than PK yeah Hanzal hasn't done anything.

Dickinson has been on a scoring tear in the AHL so hopefully he can continue this and help the big team.

 

[sepHF]

Sad to hear Pitlick got hurt again, what happened?

 

[Magic Mittens]

Honka's been recalled, whether he plays is anyone's guess right now

Also Lehtonen has left the team due to personal reasons. Mckenna has been called up

 

[Arkham32]

Methot out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury, hopefully Hitchcock finally lets Honka play regularly and let him adjust to the NHL with Methot being out for so long. I don't think I can take another month of Oleksiak Peteryn playing in every game.

 

[MBTendy]

Methot being out is a big blow. Geezus we can't catch a break.

 

[Troy McClure]

Also, Hanzal is out up to a week with a hand injury. The fact he has hands was news to me.

 

[Satan]

Very smart to call Honka up to leave him in the press box

 

[Troy McClure]

Very smart to call Honka up to leave him in the press box

With Methot out for a while, the team needed an extra body to fish pucks out of the net in practice.

 

[Arkham32]

At this point i would rather just trade Honka for forward depth player of a similar level. Hitchcock is just destroying his confidence and if this continues for the rest of the year his development is going to take a huge hit.

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Also Lehtonen has left the team due to personal reasons.

Man, that was a Star's PR fail - his wife had a baby, so he's getting a couple of games off. Nill saying "...indefinitely for personal reasons" made it sound so much worse .