Injury Report: Jesperi Kotkaniemi out 2-3 weeks with LBI

[Svechhammer]

All things considered, thats not bad

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[Nikishin Go Boom]

that is good news.

 

[Tryamw]

All things considered, thats not bad

Better then the 4-6 I expected.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Not bad at all. Good chance to rest up the rest of the body for the playoffs. We're 14 forwards deep anyway now with Domi in the mix.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Not too bad at all. And that's why you don't take Brindy's assessments at face value.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

too bad it couldnt have been through the playoffs that way we could avoid having to bench him for the playoffs. You know cuz Montreal fans say how bad he is and all.

 

[Tryamw]

too bad it couldnt have been through the playoffs that way we could avoid having to bench him for the playoffs. You know cuz Montreal fans say how bad he is and all.

So we too could be Montreal?

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'm guessing that's a fairly conservative timeline, considering the lack of pressure to rush him back.

If he's fully healthy in 3 weeks, that's a happy ending to this story. He would have about a week to get back up to game speed before the playoffs.

 

[Svechhammer]

I'm guessing that's a fairly conservative timeline, considering the lack of pressure to rush him back.

If he's fully healthy in 3 weeks, that's a happy ending to this story. He would have about a week to get back up to game speed before the playoffs.

I mean you look at the schedule we have remaining and there is zero reason to rush him back. Let him heal up fully, then reintroduce him to get him up to speed for the final few tuneup games in the schedule and be ready to go full bore in the playoffs.

 

[Lempo]

I mean you look at the schedule we have remaining and there is zero reason to rush him back. Let him heal up fully, then reintroduce him to get him up to speed for the final few tuneup games in the schedule and be ready to go full bore in the playoffs.

Of course! The old magical healing just for the playoffs trick!

 

[tarheelhockey]

I mean you look at the schedule we have remaining and there is zero reason to rush him back. Let him heal up fully, then reintroduce him to get him up to speed for the final few tuneup games in the schedule and be ready to go full bore in the playoffs.

Yep, our April schedule is really soft compared to the gauntlet we just ran. From here forward, if we can't win a solid majority of the games it's not because we didn't have Kotkaniemi out there.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Of course! The old magical healing just for the playoffs trick!

Just wondering whether LTIR is an option

 

[Svechhammer]

Of course! The old magical healing just for the playoffs trick!

Its a shame it happened now instead like 3 weeks ago. We could have put him on LTIR and freed up even more room for a deadline deal. Oh well

 

[Chrispy]

Just wondering whether LTIR is an option

There's only one reason to put Kotkaniemi on LTIR post-deadline, and I don't think you want me to say it out loud.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

That's actually really good news. That very easily could've been a season-ending ACL tear.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

There's only one reason to put Kotkaniemi on LTIR post-deadline, and I don't think you want me to say it out loud.

To activate Gardiner from LTIR?

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

That's actually really good news. That very easily could've been a season-ending ACL tear.

With how cheap Dundo is it still very easily could be a season-ending ACL tear. I don't think we have an MRI machine, and our team doctor got his degree from a cereal box

 

[raynman]

We’re about to get a glimpse of how spoiled we are with KK on the 4th line.

 

[GoCanes2015]

We’re about to get a glimpse of how spoiled we are with KK on the 4th line.

Hopefully Lorentz and/or Martinook (back soon) can make up most of what KK was bringing on that line.

 

[Derailed75]

too bad it couldnt have been through the playoffs that way we could avoid having to bench him for the playoffs. You know cuz Montreal fans say how bad he is and all.

I bet he single handedly has more playoff points this year than the entire Habs team!

 

[Wolfpuck]

With how cheap Dundo is it still very easily could be a season-ending ACL tear. I don't think we have an MRI machine, and our team doctor got his degree from a cereal box

3 box tops gets you a bachelor’s. smh Dundon so cheap he can’t even get 5 cereal boxes for the Master’s.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Hopefully Lorentz and/or Martinook (back soon) can make up most of what KK was bringing on that line.

I don't have a lot of confidence in that. Something like a Lorentz - Stepan - Martinook line ends up getting caved shift after shift, mainly because the puck bounces 10 feet off the wingers' sticks every time they touch it. Kotkaniemi gave us a guy who could actually maintain possession and make a play to get it out of the zone, which is uncommon on a 4th line unless it's coming at a cost to the top-9.

 

[MinJaBen]

I don't have a lot of confidence in that. Something like a Lorentz - Stepan - Martinook line ends up getting caved shift after shift, mainly because the puck bounces 10 feet off the wingers' sticks every time they touch it. Kotkaniemi gave us a guy who could actually maintain possession and make a play to get it out of the zone, which is uncommon on a 4th line unless it's coming at a cost to the top-9.

We won't see that line unless someone else farther up got hurt, thus letting Domi go farther up the lineup. If noone else gets hurt, then either Domi is still there or someone from the other lines (Fast, Jarvis, ???) takes one of their spots.

 

[VAcaniac]

He should have done this before the trade deadline

But seriously, glad we’ll have him back for the playoffs. It looked really bad.

 

[Svechhammer]

If he plays against Detroit, it'll be 2 weeks after his injury, so on the best case scenario on his return window. At the same time, I wonder how much of that timing is reflective of our play the last few games