Injury Report: Gaborik out 8 weeks with foot injury

[Little Psycho]

@helenenothelen

Per Kings GM Dean Lombardi, Gaborik will be out eight weeks because of foot injury incurred at the World Cup.


Ugh bring on the Bropitar pairing

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[kingskring]

Get rid of the ****ing event.... Its extremely idiotic to have this event before the season..

 

[LAKings88]

Glassborik.

8 weeks plus how many months to round into form?

I love Gabby, but I hope he can get past the 20 goal mark this year.

 

[AvsGuy]

That's an unnecessary kick to the cajones for LA. Why does this tournament exist again?

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Gaborik gets injured with or without this tournament.

In all seriousness, why couldn't it be held in July or August so that in case there were any injuries, players would have more recovery time before the season starts?

 

[Reaper45]

And people wonder why I would love for the Kings to get rid of his contract...

 

[KingsFan7824]

He could be hurt at the Olympics too, and the Kings don't benefit from that either. No reason to blame the World Cup. He got hurt in a random NHL regular season game last year.

2 months, and he comes back closer to the dog days of the season. Gets back in the lineup, and plays his way into it. Other guys just have to step up between now and then.

 

[King'sPawn]

He could be hurt at the Olympics too, and the Kings don't benefit from that either. No reason to blame the World Cup. He got hurt in a random NHL regular season game last year.

2 months, and he comes back closer to the dog days of the season. Gets back in the lineup, and plays his way into it. Other guys just have to step up between now and then.

But you don't understand. The players should only play at events fans approve of, and only in those fake sumo suits so nobody else gets hurt.

 

[KingsFan7824]

And people wonder why I would love for the Kings to get rid of his contract...

Not sure anyone wonders why. I think most agree with it, all things being equal. Just that, outside of retirement, there's little reason to expect Lombardi to be able to do it. Nobody needs 4 more years of Gaborik after this season.

 

[Telos]

Unfortunate and unlucky, usually Gaborik is injuring his groin, but a shot to the foot is a fluke injury, almost Justin Williams like. He was the X factor we needed most this season. Now until he comes back we have to hope that Brown will regain some of his offensive form...

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Good thing I already had low expectations for this season

 

[goosh]

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[BigKing]

But you don't understand. The players should only play at events fans approve of, and only in those fake sumo suits so nobody else gets hurt.

They shouldn't be at the Olympics and this joke of a tournament shouldn't exist.

I approve of the Olympics, by the way. They should just make it that it is the WJC rosters pretty much.

Way too much money at stake to have these guys get hurt for no reason except for, in this case, the NHL to try and make some money. At least with the Olympics, they are playing for their country and not possible "Europe".

I have several season seats I pay for. Now the product that I pay for is not going to be as good. Of course, he could break his foot making pancakes but the point is that he was in an unnecessary position and now his eight week absence could be the difference between qualifying for the playoffs or missing them altogether.

It's stupid, just like sending them to the Olympics right before the playoffs start.

 

[KingsFan7824]

They shouldn't be at the Olympics and this joke of a tournament shouldn't exist.

I approve of the Olympics, by the way. They should just make it that it is the WJC rosters pretty much.

Way too much money at stake to have these guys get hurt for no reason except for, in this case, the NHL to try and make some money. At least with the Olympics, they are playing for their country and not possible "Europe".

I have several season seats I pay for. Now the product that I pay for is not going to be as good. Of course, he could break his foot making pancakes but the point is that he was in an unnecessary position and now his eight week absence could be the difference between qualifying for the playoffs or missing them altogether.

It's stupid, just like sending them to the Olympics right before the playoffs start.

Take it up with the PA. They want Olympic participation, and were part of the process to create the World Cup again. Most go to the World Championships when their NHL season ends. Players like playing in these tournaments.

 

[fsanford]

So does Setoguchi make the team now?
Maybe with him turning his life around, he can contribute a few goals?

Thought he always had good speed.

 

[Basilisk]

LoL @ all the whiners here!

 

[BigKing]

Take it up with the PA. They want Olympic participation, and were part of the process to create the World Cup again. Most go to the World Championships when their NHL season ends. Players like playing in these tournaments.

They play for their countries at the Olympics and WCs with the WCs being a huge deal in Europe.

What we have here is a tournament featuring video game teams along with national teams.

Pretty sure the players want Olympics and had to agree to doing the WCs to even get the owners to be interested in allowing the Olympic trip again.

As for the players, they are hockey players so I get that they like playing for their teams or playing against the best of the best. They are paid guaranteed money to play for their NHL club team though so the real problem here is that the NHL created this sham so the owners could make some money.

Guy gets hurt in the Olympics and GMs/owners are pissed. Get hurt here, well, it's okay because they are making money.

It's just so not worth it just to get some hockey in early September.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

this give michael mersch a shot to make the team out of camp. I could see the lineup looking like this

pearson kopitar brown
king carter toffoli
mersch dowd purcell
clifford andreoff lewis

 

[go4hockey]

Get rid of the ****ing event.... Its extremely idiotic to have this event before the season..

100% agree. This is a useless money grab of a tournament. Doing these things at the start of a season shows how dumb the people running the NHL really are.

 

[BigKing]

LoL @ all the whiners here!

Maybe it is a language barrier or something, but why are you seemingly pleased that Gaborik is out 8 weeks? Because you like this tournament and think it is actually important?

If so, save the comment and go make a Kopitar message board if that's all that really matters.

 

[Fishhead]

Gaborik will come back early.

Then break something else

 

[tsanuri]

They play for their countries at the Olympics and WCs with the WCs being a huge deal in Europe.

What we have here is a tournament featuring video game teams along with national teams.

Pretty sure the players want Olympics and had to agree to doing the WCs to even get the owners to be interested in allowing the Olympic trip again.

As for the players, they are hockey players so I get that they like playing for their teams or playing against the best of the best. They are paid guaranteed money to play for their NHL club team though so the real problem here is that the NHL created this sham so the owners could make some money.

Guy gets hurt in the Olympics and GMs/owners are pissed. Get hurt here, well, it's okay because they are making money.

It's just so not worth it just to get some hockey in early September.

I doubt that, the players are getting 50% of the revenue.
So guess they are greedy just like the owners.

 

[BigKing]

I doubt that, the players are getting 50% of the revenue.
So guess they are greedy just like the owners.

Well ****...I'd be for it too if I was a player not playing in this tournament if the pie is getting split.

Also, guaranteed contracts so who cares, right? Might stay away if it is a contract year but, if not, go for it.

 

[KingsFan7824]

They play for their countries at the Olympics and WCs with the WCs being a huge deal in Europe.

What we have here is a tournament featuring video game teams along with national teams.

Pretty sure the players want Olympics and had to agree to doing the WCs to even get the owners to be interested in allowing the Olympic trip again.

As for the players, they are hockey players so I get that they like playing for their teams or playing against the best of the best. They are paid guaranteed money to play for their NHL club team though so the real problem here is that the NHL created this sham so the owners could make some money.

Guy gets hurt in the Olympics and GMs/owners are pissed. Get hurt here, well, it's okay because they are making money.

It's just so not worth it just to get some hockey in early September.

I've never been big into the international tournaments. If they didn't do any of them, it's no skin off my nose. But I'm not in Canada, where they're always the favorite to win, and I can easily watch all the best players from across the Atlantic, because those players don't play in leagues in those countries.

 

[Little Psycho]

And I thought defense was going to be the MAIN issue, but looks like we will have one scoring line and a ****** defense.