Injury Report: Maple Leafs' Petter Granberg on waivers, Reimer Lower body?

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[dubplatepressure]

Saw this earlier... at least it happened at the beginning of the summer. Hope he recovers well.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

 

[Duke16]

4 months will be October, the word minimum scares me here.

 

[ToneBone03]

Pretty terrible news. On the bright side, he could recover in time for the beginning of next season... on the dark side, he's going to miss a full summer of training. Bummer.

 

[Cor]

Well, he may have just cost himself a roster spot.

He seemed to be a lock for a spot out of camp. Now, when he returns, he'll likely be sent down, and may not see the NHL next season.

 

[Daisy Jane]

poor thing
I don't think this is what Babcock meant in regards to "Pain is Coming"

 

[Chevboyarsky]

Well, he may have just cost himself a roster spot.

He seemed to be a lock for a spot out of camp. Now, when he returns, he'll likely be sent down, and may not see the NHL next season.

I'm not sure that he was.

Phaneuf - Rielly
Gardiner - Polak
Robidas -

I have pretty heavy doubts that Phaneuf gets moved and I think a few guys will get a look for the last spot under Babcock. He was a big fan of Xavier Ouellet in DET so I'm guessing Percy was the front runner. Erixon is also an option and is RFA.

Anyway if he's good enough and in the plans a Nov/Dec return is still possible.

 

[Swervin81]

Ouch. It usually takes at least half a year to come back from that. We probably won't see him till late November/December.

 

[I Believe]

That's a tough break for him.

At least the season doesn't start for another 4 months, so hopefully he'll be fully healed (or close) by the time the season starts.

 

[Super Mega]

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Would he have to clear waivers to be sent down next year?

 

[yubbers]

Ughhh

Even when that heals it's never right.

 

[Byron Bitz]

this sucks, RHD is the weakest position on our depth chart. Hes gonna miss an entire summer of training for a crucial year in his development, this was likely gonna be his first full season as a leaf.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I doubt he even had a roster spot next year anyways. He and Percy were going to start in the minors, but now he may be brought along even slower. I had him on the Leafs by next years TDL, but now it may be longer. At least 2016-2017 he can come up with a long list of players (Percy, Nylander, Brown, Leipsic, etc.)

He'll probably be good by the start of the AHL season though. It's just he won't really be hitting the ground running. We have good depth on defense, so that's not bad... Enough where we can still trade some and be solid.

 

[GordieHoweHatTrick]

That really sucks. I saw him as a likely starter out of camp but not after this news. Hopefully it doesn't affect his mobility too much going forward and he manages to play himself onto the roster again next year.

 

[Joufreau]

brutal

 

[LV*]

Ughhh

Even when that heals it's never right.

Karlsson looks ok

 

[Bullseye]

Very difficult injury to ever really get back 100% from. Biggs will fighting through the same condition. I wonder if this changes the depth enough for the Leafs to influence the draft at all.

In any case, here's an opportunity for the younger guns like Valiev, Finn, Nilson, Loov to step up for the Marlies as T.J. Brennan is likely Grannberg's replacement call-up to the Leafs.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

Very difficult injury to ever really get back 100% from. Biggs will fighting through the same condition. I wonder if this changes the depth enough for the Leafs to influence the draft at all.

In any case, here's an opportunity for the younger guns like Valiev, Finn, Nilson, Loov to step up for the Marlies as T.J. Brennan is likely Grannberg's replacement call-up to the Leafs.

It wouldn't influence their selection with a given pick, if that's what you mean. But it would affect his trade value if they were doing a deal for picks.

 

[Swervin81]

Karlsson looks ok

Took his almost a year to get back to 100% skating. Mostly because he rushed back, though.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

I remember some posters stating that tom nilsson was the better RHD D-man of the two. Nevertheless, that sucks. He also needs a new contract for next year as well.

 

[htpwn]

Ouch.

Really tough luck, at the worst possible time.

Even if he can get back to 100%, missing an entire summer of training is going to affect him right through next season, and possibly his long-term development.

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

How did he hurt him self? Wrestling a bear?

Good thing strength and conditioning is one of his key attributes.

Still bad news.

 

[Warden of the North]

Oof. That sucks