Injury Report: 2019-2020 Injury Thread Part 2

[the_fan]

Donskoi could be hurt after taking that head shot

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Kaut going back down, I wonder who is ready to return?

I will go with Mikko, second guess is Kadri.

I'm gonna guess both return. Maybe even Gru as the backup. Cal and Bura seem a few games away yet.

I also think Dong will be out awhile. No way he doesn't have another concussion. Dries will probably be recalled.

 

[PAZ]

Man just seeing Mack is out for two weeks. Avs might be lucky to hang onto 2nd in the Division at this point.

We have a 10 point lead on Dallas, even if we played .500 hockey the rest of the season Dallas would need to be perfect to catch us.

 

[El Travo]

We have a 10 point lead on Dallas, even if we played .500 hockey the rest of the season Dallas would need to be perfect to catch us.

Don't have to play .500 hockey if you don't have to play hockey.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

You aren't? I always pictured you tall and built.

 

[Boulder Avalanche]

At least we have time for the injuries to heal...

 

[missionAvs]

At least we have time for the injuries to heal...

Yeah ironically enough, this might be the best time for the Avs to get healthy lol.

 

[Boulder Avalanche]

Yeah ironically enough. This might be the best time for the Avs to get healthy lol.

I have an even hotter take. Wilson is patient zero for the virus in the United States.

 

[crue7]

As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.

 

[Frenchy]

As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.

Correct , Nathan Mackinnon was out for at least one week and kadri, Rantanen , Grubauer, Burakovsky.... will all benefit from this time off . The Avs had so many injuries it was starting to look like an AHL lineup.

 

[Ceremony]

They should all be fit and raring to go for the next NHL hockey to happen. The 20-21 season, in October.

 

[Vaslof]

As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.

Not if the season gets canceled. We were one of the favorites.

 

[Foppberg]

As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.

Not if the season is lost, which I think it is.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Damn.
Should've traded all our picks & prospects at the TDL.

 

[Raucherhusten]

Not if the season gets canceled. We were one of the favorites.

Not if the season is lost, which I think it is.

There is so much money on the line here that i'm certain that the season will continue at some point in some form. We have to wait and see how exactly but we'll have a Stanley Cup winner at the end of it. But it could take a while.

 

[Foppberg]

There is so much money on the line here that i'm certain that the season will continue at some point in some form. We have to wait and see how exactly but we'll have a Stanley Cup winner at the end of it. But it could take a while.

I can't see it if it goes beyond June. I think they'd rather have a normal season next year than have 2 mangled seasons in a row.

 

[El Travo]

Damn.
Should've traded all our picks & prospects at the TDL.

Sakic is out there playing 4D chess and knew the season would be cancelled.

 

[AvsWraith]

The NBA owners are pushing for a reevaluation after 30 days, and if they manage to get their season back, other sports will follow suit.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I already want the league to move to 76 games instead.

Once Seattle arrives, you play every team in the other conference twice (home and away). That's 32 games right there.
Then you play every divisional team 4 times. That's another 28 games for a total of 60. You make up the remaining 16 by playing the other division twice. Pre-season begins in August. Games begin in early September. Playoffs over before June 1st.

As for this season...I think the best course of action is to call the regular season done. Calculate the playoff rankings based on points per game rates and go ahead with a full playoffs beginning ASAP. Don't disrupt draft and free-agency timelines. Really put the screws to GMs since they only trade the week of the deadline day, make them work for a change.

 

[Foppberg]

Move back to 65 or 70 games.

 

[Garavar]

I already want the league to move to 76 games instead.

Once Seattle arrives, you play every team in the other conference twice (home and away). That's 32 games right there.
Then you play every divisional team 4 times. That's another 28 games for a total of 60. You make up the remaining 16 by playing the other division twice. Pre-season begins in August. Games begin in early September. Playoffs over before June 1st.

As for this season...I think the best course of action is to call the regular season done. Calculate the playoff rankings based on points per game rates and go ahead with a full playoffs beginning ASAP. Don't disrupt draft and free-agency timelines. Really put the screws to GMs since they only trade the week of the deadline day, make them work for a change.

I like this especially if it will remove the uneven number of back to back games some teams play. Right now schedule is unfair as some teams play more back to back games in a season then others.

I don't have time to look it up but I am fairly certain Blues have played less back to back games than Avs. So points per game rank puts Blues ahead today. Take out the back to back games for both teams and I am sure Avs are ahead since we love losing second game.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

I already want the league to move to 76 games instead.

Once Seattle arrives, you play every team in the other conference twice (home and away). That's 32 games right there.
Then you play every divisional team 4 times. That's another 28 games for a total of 60. You make up the remaining 16 by playing the other division twice. Pre-season begins in August. Games begin in early September. Playoffs over before June 1st.

As for this season...I think the best course of action is to call the regular season done. Calculate the playoff rankings based on points per game rates and go ahead with a full playoffs beginning ASAP. Don't disrupt draft and free-agency timelines. Really put the screws to GMs since they only trade the week of the deadline day, make them work for a change.

You can't do points per game though, it's simply not fair. There's a 3GP differential for some teams right now. Sure, ppg averages out everything but there are teams that I'm sure would be getting screwed if they aren't allowed to play the same amount of games.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

You can't do points per game though, it's simply not fair. There's a 3GP differential for some teams right now. Sure, ppg averages out everything but there are teams that I'm sure would be
getting screwed if they aren't allowed to play the same amount of games.

I understand what you are saying but I think this far into the season points per game is the way to go. Let's say team x has max games already. Team y has them on the schedule for this week. Do they skip that game and have team y play the next team that doesn't have the max games yet? That's going to piss folks off because games skipped may be against tougher/lesser competition. Folks are going to be pissed no matter what...I just think calling it now and ripping the band-aid off is the best way to go about business.

I like this especially if it will remove the uneven number of back to back games some teams play. Right now schedule is unfair as some teams play more back to back games in a season then others.

I don't have time to look it up but I am fairly certain Blues have played less back to back games than Avs. So points per game rank puts Blues ahead today. Take out the back to back games for both teams and I am sure Avs are ahead since we love losing second game.

From my understanding back-to-back games are mostly due to arena commitments not because the NHL wants them. Teams with busier arenas (those that host basketball, lacross, large number of concerts, circuses, etc) will have more back to backs than say a team whose arena is used solely for hockey and the occasional concert.

 

[CobraAcesS]

I understand what you are saying but I think this far into the season points per game is the way to go. Let's say team x has max games already. Team y has them on the schedule for this week. Do they skip that game and have team y play the next team that doesn't have the max games yet? That's going to piss folks off because games skipped may be against tougher/lesser competition. Folks are going to be pissed no matter what...I just think calling it now and ripping the band-aid off is the best way to go about business.



From my understanding back-to-back games are mostly due to arena commitments not because the NHL wants them. Teams with busier arenas (those that host basketball, lacross, large number of concerts, circuses, etc) will have more back to backs than say a team whose arena is used solely for hockey and the occasional concert.

I've never looked into that, but I'd think they would have to give teams a number of them that's pretty close across the board, or there would be some complaints.

On ending the season.. I wonder what the financial impact will be. Are the players still getting paid for these missed games.

I think I'd cut the season, calculate win percentage, and move forward. Its maybe imperfect, but it's a standard enough practice.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Even when they aren't playing they are still getting injured in some way. Feels like these guys are cursed this year.