Injury Report: Kaprizov out 3-4 weeks, lower-body injury

[Webster]

This is so significant it should have a specific thread.

Now we basically have to make the playoffs without him. It looks good, but will of course be harder.

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[Dr Jan Itor]

.500 should get it done.

Keep the lines together; replace him with Steel (or Walker). See that for ~5 games and if it's really ugly, adjust from there.

 

[Spurgeon]

Am a bit worried that injury is going to have an impact on his skating when he returns.

Team likely needs roughly 14 out of 34 points to make the playoffs, so I’m not concerned about that.

 

[Webster]

Am a bit worried that injury is going to have an impact on his skating when he returns.

Definitely a concern. Most likely a strained groin, and those can be tricky.

 

[MK9]

If Reaves doesn't fold Stanley in half next meeting with the Jets, he's 100% pointless to have on the Wild roster.

 

[AKL]

If Reaves doesn't fold Stanley in half next meeting with the Jets, he's 100% pointless to have on the Wild roster.

I'd say Connor, Morrissey, Scheifele or Dubois. Going after Stanley doesn't accomplish anything.

 

[Webster]

If Reaves doesn't fold Stanley in half next meeting with the Jets, he's 100% pointless to have on the Wild roster.

Well...Stanley got away with it.
The league says it was an unfortunate play. No penalty, no fine, no suspension.

 

[f7ben]

When your entire season is a house of cards built on a cotton candy foundation this is the type of thing that ends the delusion. The entire Reaves experiment has now been proven 100% worthless because that was as serious of a liberty taken with your superstar player as one can imagine and the team didn’t respond in any meaningful way. It was like watching the f***ing leafs respond to being manhandled. Nothing , bupkiss. Just turtled and watched the best player in franchise history have the rest of his regular season ended by a goon.

Now the excuse for being trounced in the first round will be Kirill being rushed back AND Zucc playing through an injury.

 

[Sad People]

We ended up winning the game, thats the most important response for me. Maybe if we were up 2 or more goals then yeah i woulda liked to see someone stand up but not in a 1 goal game. Im sure we will see something when we play them next.

 

[thestonedkoala]

It's the Wild...if this was Bergeron or Crosby the NHL would at least fine Stanley. We've seen this way too many times. If I was Guerin I would be screaming at Parros.

 

[Wabit]

It's the Wild...if this was Bergeron or Crosby the NHL would at least fine Stanley. We've seen this way too many times. If I was Guerin I would be screaming at Parros.

Fine him for what? There wasn't a hit to the head, it wasn't knee to knee, no slashing, not boarding, not diving, not charging, not a late hit. Being a big guy that lands badly on a small guy?

Kap got injured on a hockey play, it happens. If it was Shaw or Dewar in the same position it wouldn't be an issue, just them being dumb for trying a reverse check on a guy that's much bigger than them.

 

[Circulartheory]

Not sure what Reaves has to do with Kaprizov - Reaves was brought in to add some character to the locker room and add some grit/size to the 4th checking line to a somewhat smaller makeup of Shaw/Dewar.

 

[BagHead]

This is going to shake up the lines a lot. Who is Zuccarello going to carry next?

More seriously, I hope they learn to start scoring as a team rather than relying on just one guy. This is the sort of adversity that Cup Contenders get through, so we'll see what we have, now.

 

[Wabit]

This is going to shake up the lines a lot. Who is Zuccarello going to carry next?

More seriously, I hope they learn to start scoring as a team rather than relying on just one guy. This is the sort of adversity that Cup Contenders get through, so we'll see what we have, now.

Evason is still the coach. So it'll probably just be Duhaime (if healthy), Steel, or whoever is called up playing with Zucc/Hartman.

 

[P10p]

Reaves should kill someone for an accidental injury? Level headed response as normal around here.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Fine him for what? There wasn't a hit to the head, it wasn't knee to knee, no slashing, not boarding, not diving, not charging, not a late hit. Being a big guy that lands badly on a small guy?

Kap got injured on a hockey play, it happens. If it was Shaw or Dewar in the same position it wouldn't be an issue, just them being dumb for trying a reverse check on a guy that's much bigger than them.

For making a dangerous play. I didn't know that tackling a player is legal in the NHL.

This wasn't a hockey play

 

[Wabit]

For making a dangerous play. I didn't know that tackling a player is legal in the NHL.

This wasn't a hockey play

Guys fall on top of each other all the time; that's all it was. Kap spun and stepped into him, unfortunate results came from it.

 

[P10p]

For making a dangerous play. I didn't know that tackling a player is legal in the NHL.

This wasn't a hockey play

Kap tried to reverse hit Stanley and went too low. Stanley fell and you know the rest. Wasn't premeditated by any stretch

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Could've easily been a penalty, but nothing more than that.

 

[AKL]

Could've easily been a penalty, but nothing more than that.

Should have been a holding penalty. I'm not asking for him to be fined or suspended, I agree there's nothing to fine or suspend him for. But as long as Reaves is on the roster, guys like Stanley (who do have a history of questionable hits) should feel very uncomfortable getting that aggressive with Kaprizov, even if it wasn't a dirty play.

 

[Bdub]

I have a bad feeling the flames are gonna go on a run and knock us outta playoff contention with Kap out.

 

[Wabit]

I have a bad feeling the flames are gonna go on a run and knock us outta playoff contention with Kap out.

I have CGY going 9-5-2 the rest of the way. So 20p, maybe 25p? So sitting somewhere between 91p-96p in the standings.

I have MN with 4-10-3 without Kap or Nyquist. So puts them at 92p They are going to need the goalies to steal a few points to get the the "safe zone" of 96p.

 

[Bdub]

I have CGY going 9-5-2 the rest of the way. So 20p, maybe 25p? So sitting somewhere between 91p-96p in the standings.

I have MN with 4-10-3 without Kap or Nyquist. So puts them at 92p They are going to need the goalies to steal a few points to get the the "safe zone" of 96p.

Hope he will heal in time but those injurys can linger for alot longer than 3-4 weeks.

 

[Wabit]

Hope he will heal in time but those injurys can linger for alot longer than 3-4 weeks.

Well if they miss the Playoffs then he has extra time to heal.

 

[NHL1674]

Maybe my meds are kicking in, but I'm not overly concerned. Then again, I still haven't felt that we were a shoe-in for a playoff spot, and if we made it, would still get knocked right out.

Low expectations, people. Join me!