Injury Report: 2017-18 thread: first of many

[dracom]

John Gibson and Cam Fowler questionable with injuries as Ducks enter final week – Orange County Register

"A Ducks spokesman said Monday that it was not believed that Gibson required concussion protocol."

And regarding Fowler,

"“Right now, it’s just an upper body,” Carlyle said. “All these assessments take place over the course of the next 24 hours."

So basically we don't know anything like we already didn't know. Maybe you guys who complain about ES not posting info on twitter all the time should wait until he does his actual job and writes an article with the information he does have.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

That quote came out of RC’s post game interview. The article had nothing new in it.

 

[bsu]

Eric Stephens the bieksa of beat writing and coverage

 

[Static]

Stephens will get more today when, you know, the other people are willing or know enough to answer.

I'm not a Stephens guy but this is par for the course for this organization, it's not his fault.

 

[Static]

 

[dracom]

Oh you beat me by a second Static!

This isn't great news. If Kes actually injured Gibson and keeps him out of the playoffs, I'm gonna be pissed. But also, of course Fowler gets injured against the Avs, can't go a game without them hurting someone.

 

[dracom]

 

[Dryish]

Two to six weeks on Fowler? That's going to make any first round series difficult.

 

[mightyquack]

So Fowler is out for the season, either by missing the playoffs or losing in round 1.

Was already 50/50 if we'd win a series if we made it, zero chance we're winning a series without Fowler (especially as Bieksa is probably due back any day now and he'll step into the Fowler role).

 

[Static]

2-6 weeks is so broad, haha. Fowler has always shown to be a pretty fast healer, hopefully he comes back close to the two week mark.

The playoffs start April 11th. If we start that day and play every other day then game four will be April 19th, 16 days from now. So, best case scenario is he joins the team in the middle of round one, most likely he is out until round two.

 

[darkwingduck]

Back to back injuries for Fowler right before the playoffs. Gotta feel for the guy.

 

[Zynbanejad]

Odds of Miller getting these last two starts?

 

[mightyquack]

Odds of Miller getting these last two starts?

Somewhere between 0% and 100%

 

[The Duck Knight]

Odds of Miller getting these last two starts?

Well we have 3 games left. I'd say it's a certainty that Miller will get the start Wednesday and then one of the B2B.

 

[Dryish]

It'll depend on the clinching scenarios. Miller will play for as long as we need to battle it out with Gibson gone.

 

[Zynbanejad]

Gotcha thanks. Fantasy playoff finals are getting tight and I've been keeping an eye on your goalie situation. Hope Gibson makes it back soon.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Seriously F the Avs.

Also when the Ducks are bounced in round 1, it’s another excuse to keep that dinosaur of a coach.

This is the perfect scenario for Barstool to keep his drinking buddy on another season.

 

[KelVarnsen]

Besides being half the player he once was, Kesler literally injured one of our players.

Have a season bro!

 

[Duck Off]

I hope Murray is kicking himself for not trading a mid round pick for Cole now

 

[Ducks DVM]

2-6 weeks is so broad, haha. Fowler has always shown to be a pretty fast healer, hopefully he comes back close to the two week mark.

The playoffs start April 11th. If we start that day and play every other day then game four will be April 19th, 16 days from now. So, best case scenario is he joins the team in the middle of round one, most likely he is out until round two.

Separated shoulders are all about the ability to play through pain, assuming there's no instability. It probably won't be the issue with him it was for Perron, but teams will target the hell out of him.

 

[HanSolo]

So f*** the Avalanche. I'm glad they lost last night

 

[Vinegar Strokes]

The injuries are starting to pile up for Cam. Not good for a player on a long-term contract.

Also not good for our playoff hopes.

 

[Vinegar Strokes]

So **** the Avalanche. I'm glad they lost last night

I understand being upset that a player was injured, but I believe it was a clean check, right?

As for Gibson's injury, that's on Kesler.

 

[ADHB]

Let’s just hope it’s not a situation where he’s getting injections to play through the pain and then needs major surgery afterwards, like Sami and Lindholm.

 

[Mallard]

So Fowler is out for the season, either by missing the playoffs or losing in round 1.

Was already 50/50 if we'd win a series if we made it, zero chance we're winning a series without Fowler (especially as Bieksa is probably due back any day now and he'll step into the Fowler role).

We were missing Fowler last year in Round 1 and made it through - BUT I do agree since we will be playing against a much better team this year than Calgary.