Injury Report: Matt Cooke - Sports Hernia, out 5-6 weeks (Feb. 6)

[Spurgeon]

While it really sucks to lose someone like Cooke in our bottom 6, we do have the depth to handle his absence and I'm going to enjoy seeing guys like Sutter or Schroeder get more of an opportunity up here.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

I feel like you could tell Cooke was trying to play through something. I kept thinking in my head about that quote he had about everyone having each other's back in the locker room etc. then not go all out for certain plays on the ice. I think he wanted to, but wasn't physically able to do what he wanted during games.

 

[Paul Bunyan]

For me, you saw what he added to the team even whilst out in a lot of those playoff wins last year where he was the first guy in the tunnel hugging and high fiving everyone and you could see he was a "locker room guy" that would be good for the team.

That may right now be the biggest drawback to him being out. Interesting to see who the replacement will be.

 

[gphr513]

So that timeline has him returning with about 10-15 games remaining in the season.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

So, not necessarily season ending. Interesting.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Will need practice and conditioning to get back in but at least he'll be there with the team too. And assuming playoffs, he'll be rested and ready to go hopefully