nexttothemoon
and again...
The Oilers should just line up in front of their goalie 5 players wide for every faceoff... soccer style... instead of wasting a player on the dot.
He's breathing and a veteran presence...
Doesn't make sense to me if it is a broken bone because he was back on the ice at the end of the game was he not?
Huge loss to the club IMO he was our best veteran player to this point.
If it was a broken foot, wouldn't they just say he has a broken foot or broken bone in his foot?
Broken toe apparently.
Open wound! Open wound!
Eric Belanger has two broken toes on his right foot (not the big one) after Colorado Avalanche defenceman Erik Johnson hammered a point shot off the Oilers’ centre’s leg last Saturday. He is on IR (you have to stay on injured reserve for at least a week). It’s retroctive to the end of last Saturday’s game but because the Oilers play an afternoon game in Detroit Feb. 9, he likely can’t return until Sunday Feb. 10 in Columbus. There’s a better chance he comes back Feb. 12 at home against Dallas. Until he can get his foot in a skate boot comfortably, he can’t even skate.
Belanger was also cut on his right arm for at least six stitches–a pressure cut–when he blocked a shot later in the first. He also took an errant stick inthe face, but didn’t get a penalty call.
I honestly see very little difference in Belanger's play this year except a higher compete level.
His FO% is down and his offense still sucks, but still fine defensively just like last year.