Injury Report: 2019-20 Injuries: Steven Stamkos done for rest of playoffs

[PJ817]

Think there's a rule when a team submits the final roster for a game (the one you see on the official NHL sites), those are the only ones who can play in that game??? I vaguely remember a player (Dotchin on his current team??) who wasn't allowed to play because he wasn't on the final roster??

Per the NHL here:NHL releases rosters for Stanley Cup Qualifiers

Each team was allowed 31 players to bring into the bubble. Stammer was one of those.

Dotchin was a regular season issue w/Bolts and plays in AHL (EDITED HERE ) San Antonio Rampage which was part of the Blues organization until purchased by Vegas to be their AHL team.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

I wonder if there is honestly something very wrong with Stammer.

 

[Hinterland]

As far as I'm concerned, Stamkos isn't even a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning anymore. Gotta update my avatar. Without knowing the full extent of the injury, it seems strange that he could score a goal by blowing by the defender and ripping the puck higher than any of our other players can reach - and he isn't good enough to play 5-10 minutes? I thought this was hockey where players put it on the line for the Cup.

Obviously, I still respect the guy, but he's playing and looking better than most of our skaters at this point.

Keep calm until we know the entire story.

He tried it and it didn't work. Seems fair to me. I'm sure this isn't Stamkos' call anyway. He'd be the first to play.

 

[DFC]

I wonder if there is honestly something very wrong with Stammer.

Thinking the same thing. I can't remember an injury like this. A six week recovery and now we're closing in on... 7 months?

 

[Hinterland]

Thinking the same thing. I can't remember an injury like this. A six week recovery and now we're closing in on... 7 months?

Worrying of course but you never know with muscle injuries. He was good enough to try it and looked fine in limited action. Even after returning he felt good enough to test it during tv timeouts and wasn't ruled out for the series until just now. So there's hope.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

I don't really get it. He was out there and he looked good. He scored ffs.

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

I wonder if there is honestly something very wrong with Stammer.

I said it awhile ago, and I still think there's more than meets the eye going on.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

I'm thinking it's one of those things where it's vital that a full recovery takes place. As in, additional trauma could put his career in jeopardy.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Hope that wasn't that last we saw of Stammer

 

[Stammertime91]

Probably him wanting to play, rushed back and isn't 100%. We have made it this far without him, we don't need him to get 1 more win. Let him recover before he f***s up his career or life with whatever it is he's battling.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Per the NHL here:NHL releases rosters for Stanley Cup Qualifiers

Each team was allowed 31 players to bring into the bubble. Stammer was one of those.

Dotchin was a regular season issue w/Bolts and plays in AHL (EDITED HERE ) San Antonio Rampage which was part of the Blues organization until purchased by Vegas to be their AHL team.

Yeah, I know about the bubble roster. I'm referring to the actual game day roster filed on that day for a particular game. But yeah, probably not the same as regular season rules.

 

[Ginger Papa]

Came here when I heard the news. Really crummy as I was among those who was hoping to see him come in for Game 6.

I agree with those who suggest that it's likely due to concern over exacerbating the injury to where it could be career threatening. I truly believe that if it was not the case & Stammer was allowed to safely manage the pain that he'd play.

It's obviously serious and I respect the Team for putting his long term health first. He's an inspiration and great support just being there with them, imho.

 

[The Gongshow]

Thinking the same thing. I can't remember an injury like this. A six week recovery and now we're closing in on... 7 months?

I think he recovered from his sports hernia surgery but after being off for like 4 months came back too hard during practice and tore his groin or something. I think this is another separate injury from the hernia. He tried to give it a go and play thru the pain but couldn't.

 

[J T Money]

Esposito speculated the other day that Stamkos might be done for good. It was the day after he played.

The guys have to win it for Stammer!

 

[DFC]

I think he recovered from his sports hernia surgery but after being off for like 4 months came back too hard during practice and tore his groin or something. I think this is another separate injury from the hernia. He tried to give it a go and play thru the pain but couldn't.

Maybe. But we're at a point where the mystery of it all is beginning to feel a little bit ominous.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Maybe. But we're at a point where the mystery of it all is beginning to feel a little bit ominous.

They kept things quiet because there was still a chance he could play. Even now that he's ruled out, there's no point in making the story a big media distraction. We will find out this week (hopefully sooner rather than later)

 

[DFC]

They kept things quiet because there was still a chance he could play. Even now that he's ruled out, there's no point in making the story a big media distraction. We will find out this week (hopefully sooner rather than later)

It's just a really, really long time to be out, with a lot of strange setbacks. It seemed like he was on the verge of playing since Round 1.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Where is this “his career is over” stuff coming from?

 

[Hinterland]

Where is this “his career is over” stuff coming from?

Pure speculation. Doesn't make sense to me. He looked good when he played and even tried to test it. Something still not right obviously but if it was potentially career ending he wouldn't have played and they wouldn't have played him.

 

[Outl4w]

Prayers for Stamkos, but I hope it isn't career ending or life threatening. Hopefully he pushed his body to the limits to get back and aggravated his injury.

 

[Outl4w]

I asked this in another thread, and no one responded. Has a coached ruled out a player for a game or series, only for that player to play anyway? Legit, straight up lie to the media to deceive the other team?

Cooping making the other team make adjustments since we know he isn't. That is some next level Cooping.

 

[The Gongshow]

Yeah I dont get the career ending stuff. Guy might not another off season surgery but he's not hanging them up at 30 while his teams core is still competitive.

Guy has just had some really bad luck with injuries

Still my captain

 

[LTIR Trickery]

I think he recovered from his sports hernia surgery but after being off for like 4 months came back too hard during practice and tore his groin or something. I think this is another separate injury from the hernia. He tried to give it a go and play thru the pain but couldn't.

People forget its basically two separate injuries.

 

[BoltSTH]

They could Stamkos on LTIR, at least until they know if he will ever return.

 

[Point21]

Hypothetically if this is the last we have seen of Stamkos. I hope they give him a role behind the bench or something, retire his number, give him a statue, and most of all... get his name on the cup this year.

Team wise it helps our cap issues tremendously and will save us from having to pay to move Johnson till next year when his NTC is a M-NTC.