Injury Report: Pacioretty ruptures his Achilles again - placed on season ending IR

[Svechhammer]

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[MinJaBen]

Poop.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Well, that deal suddenly makes a lot more sense.

 

[StorminSnvechnAho]

Ouch I'll eat that crown now.... We have to make a play for Kane now I'd assume right?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Well, that deal suddenly makes a lot more sense.

wut? he wasnt injured at the time of the deal.

 

[StorminSnvechnAho]

Well, that deal suddenly makes a lot more sense.

You would think they would require a medical physical....

 

[A Star is Burns]

Well, it does seem it's a decent shot to have him when it matters. Now they need to determine if they need to bring in a real stopgap until he's ready.

And also, does this change the equation on any Gardiner related plans? It'll be interesting to see.

 

[spockBokk]

So, Evan Rodrigues or Paul Stastny?

 

[StorminSnvechnAho]

Take note the article doesn't say WHEN the injury occurred just that he will have surgery.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Our Twitter account showed him skating in Canes gear a few days ago, so I'd wager it was recent.

 

[Bub]

That seems less than ideal.

 

[Svechhammer]

So....

Maybe we just stash Patches on LTIR and activate him for the playoffs, and pivot to trading for JT Miller?

 

[DaveG]

Well, that deal suddenly makes a lot more sense.

Could have sworn that the insider account posted that he was injured earlier today somehow

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

So which one of you was supposed to pack Max up in carbonite until the season started and forgot?

 

[Cormag001]

Could have sworn that the insider account posted that he was injured earlier today somehow

Posted it four hours ago and then deleted it.

Someone really high up is leaking everything

The Burns trade, the Vegas trade, Nino Nashville terms, Necas deal, and now this

 

[didimentionlarseller]

wow feel bad to see Max possibly go out like this hopefully he can make a recovery

the trade forum rumour confirmed then ?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Could have sworn that the insider account posted that he was injured earlier today somehow

Possible. Also possible that he was sorta kinda considered damaged goods. Could have had achilles tendonitis that got worse.

I mean, I suppose he passed a physical before he was signed, but you gotta admit, it was extremely odd that they got him for nothing.

Now, Pacioretty is making $7m this year. The question now is, do they LTIR him to the end of the year to bring more talent in, and if so, who?

 

[Svechhammer]

wow feel bad to see Max possibly go out like this hopefully he can make a recovery

the trade forum rumour confirmed then ?

Wasn't necessarily a trade forum rumor, it came from a Twitter account that has hit on a few news breaks this summer. This one basically confirms that account as a legit source.

 

[HisIceness]

Well. f***.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Well I suppose it'd be better for him to be broke now and back in time for playoffs than the other way around...can they get creative with LTIR and get another dude who is good now and then have them both come playoff time like the damnable Lightning?

Oh look at me trying to be positive f*** this f***en shit

 

[Navin R Slavin]

It's also interesting that, if this were to happen, it's happening at maybe the best possible time for the Canes. It's still August 9th, with plenty of time to make deals, and even on a six month recovery time, Patches is available on February 9th.

The way this team operates, you can bet that they will 100% take advantage of the LTIR pool. If he's out half the season, that's, what, $3.5m in additional cap space they wouldn't otherwise have?

 

[Wolfpuck]

Grand opening. Grand closing.

 

[WreckingCrew]

While I don't mind pulling our own L"TBL"IR move, we're kinda f***ed unless we can get someone to replace the gaping Nino/Tro/Patches sized hole in our top-6 now for fairly cheap. I wouldn't count on Kase, Necas, or Dzingelberry to be more than 3rd liners right now.

On the bright side, he lasted longer than Marleau, but less than Wiz

 

[Novacane]

That royally sucks

 

[Wolfpuck]

I guess Patches counts as our trade deadline acquisition? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯