Injury Report: Zuccarello out indefinitely with upper body injury, per NYR (Mod Warning Post #280)

[NICKtheGREEK]

Why do the hockey gods hate the Rangers so much.

 

[haveandare]

This blows a lot

Have we seen JT with Nash yet? Could be an interesting idea...

Nash-Brass-JT
Kreider-Stepan-MSL
Hagelin-Hayes-Fast
Glass-Moore-Shep

Hopefully he gets better soon

Interesting idea. I think JT could do good work there.

 

[rangers1314]

Wasn't it Miller that moved up when Zucc got hurt ? (or do i remember that wrong ? Granted.. it was a traumatic moment, my mind shut down to protect my heart).

I think it was Fast, and thats probably who will move up. Sheppard might get a crack at it too, but we'll see.

 

[nyrleetch]

Interesting idea. I think JT could do good work there.

Could help Nash gain some more space.

 

[rangers1314]

Interesting idea. I think JT could do good work there.

Its time for MSL to wake up.

 

[Raspewtin]

This blows a lot

Have we seen JT with Nash yet? Could be an interesting idea...

Nash-Brass-JT
Kreider-Stepan-MSL
Hagelin-Hayes-Fast
Glass-Moore-Shep

Hopefully he gets better soon

Bottom 6 has no creativity at all but I don't think we have a choice.

 

[KingStian]

This is a huge blow. Not that it wasn't expected, but **** this hurts.

 

[DudMan28]

I thought he got in the jaw more than the head? Could it be possible he has a broken jaw?

 

[Ragnarok14]

Horrible, awful news. This team without Zuccarello is not winning the cup. Can McD stop trying to kill his teammates?!
I guess now we can see St.Louis deteriorate even more before our eyes... Yay!

 

[Cassano]

Good thing we have Stempniak, who has played on the top 6 throughout his career.

Oh wait.

 

[Grifter3511]

Concussion Recovery Question:

What's the timeline once a player is symptom free? Can he be cleared by docs to resume skating/taking contact right away, or does the player need to be symptom free for a certain amount of time?

Or is it just a case by case basis?

 

[Raspewtin]

Zuccarello was the Rangers best possession forward against Pittsburgh.

We will feel this loss. Hard.

 

[SavedByLundqvist]

Well now we have our "win the cup for Zucc!" inspiration.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

RIP 2015 NYR Cup chances

Well now I feel better about them winning

But seriously if hes out for more than a round they're pretty much ****ed.

 

[Raspewtin]

I thought he got in the jaw more than the head? Could it be possible he has a broken jaw?

Nobody actually said "concussion", Brooks speculated that that's what it is.

 

[PromNite]

Worst news possible for Zucc. This is terrible. He could be done for the year. This puts a nice little dent in our Cup hopes.

 

[JohnC]

Bottom 6 has no creativity at all but I don't think we have a choice.

Agreed. Our healthy depth rocks. Our injury depth is scary. Just became a 3 line team in the absolute best case scenario.

 

[silverfish]

Lee Stempniak, come on down!

There is just one possible silver lining to all this; that Sheppard comes in and plays the way he did for SJ in round 1 last year and forces AV's hand.

Rampant speculation that this is in fact a concussion, right?

Ugh

Agree with JohnC's lines. I wonder if AV has the balls to put D. Moore on the third line, and play Sheppard at C?

So...

Kreider - Stepan - MSL
Nash - Brass - JT
Hagelin - D. Moore - Hayes
Glass - Shep - Fast

 

[haveandare]

Bottom 6 has no creativity at all but I don't think we have a choice.

Hayes and Hagelin?

The bottom 6 didn't have creativity before if it doesn't now. The only person bumped up is MSL, who hasn't exactly being making his line sing.

 

[Raspewtin]

Lee Stempniak, come on down!

There is just one possible silver lining to all this; that Sheppard comes in and plays the way he did for SJ in round 1 last year and forces AV's hand.

Rampant speculation that this is in fact a concussion, right?

Ugh

Agree with JohnC's lines. I wonder if AV has the balls to put D. Moore on the third line, and play Sheppard at C?

So...

Kreider - Stepan - MSL
Nash - Brass - JT
Hagelin - D. Moore - Hayes
Glass - Shep - Fast

My eyes and ears are bleeding at just the thought of that line.

Sheppard has been historically very poor at center.

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

What was the speculated worst case scenario? I missed that comment.

 

[Rangers2319]

if we win the cup does zucc get his name on it and a ring? I think he's qualified, correct me if im wrong

 

[Ragnarok14]

Zuccarello was the Rangers best possession forward against Pittsburgh.

We will feel this loss. Hard.

On the bright side , we can watch St.Louis cough up the puck like a pneumonia ridden toddler more often

 

[Dalagaze]

Concussion Recovery Question:

What's the timeline once a player is symptom free? Can he be cleared by docs to resume skating/taking contact right away, or does the player need to be symptom free for a certain amount of time?

Or is it just a case by case basis?

It depends on the case. Sometimes it's a couple weeks, sometimes it's a couple months, sometimes it's almost a full season (ie: Perron/Bergeron). We just have to wait and see.

 

[NYR94]

Good thing we have Stempniak, who has played on the top 6 throughout his career.

Oh wait.

And who lit it up in Winnipeg after the trade.

But that's in the past. Other Rangers will have to step up in Zuc's absence. They've done it with Klein out and they'll have to do it again if they are going to advance deeper into the postseason. I don't think anyone expected to make it through a long playoff run unscathed.