Injury Report: 3/5/14 Update: Steven Stamkos (broken tibia) cleared to play!!!

[LightningStrikes]

Erik Erlendsson ‏@erlendssonTBO
Sure looks like on the replay that this could be as serious as it looks; his right leg appeared to snap as it hit the post

Yikes. Legs are not supposed to bend that way.

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[Necropolis]

Stamkos out indefinitely - broken tibia

Terrible, the best player in team and a top-4 defender. ************, I'm just so mad right now.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Tough break guys. That really sucks.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

At first I thought broken tibia/fibula
Now as I see it more times I think it might be broken ankle, ugly one though

 

[FlyersFanz]

Damn...that looks like a Tibia break. Hope he's okay, hate to lose this guy for Team Canada.

 

[FDfranklin]

****ing **** and to add insult to injury the Bruins score 2 goals... what a ****** game..

 

[LightningStrikes]

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[Five Alarm Fire]

I blame the moorings on the net more than I blame Hamilton. That net did not come off easy at all. Unfortunate accident.

 

[oilphan]

Terrible for him. Terrible for TBL. Terrible for Team Canada.

 

[RedWingzz]

who comes up? Namestnikov or Kucherov?

 

[Gallatin]

Terrible for him. Terrible for TBL. Terrible for Team Canada.

That's a serious injury - probably out for the year. Hopefully it's just an ACL or a clean break. Worried he might have multiple injuries the way it looked.

This sucks. Nobody wants to see a talented clean player like Stamkos go down. On the bright side, my Pens got Malkin's 2nd best season the year after he tore his ACL & MCL. As long as it's not a bad fracture/shatter situation, he should come back strong next year.

 

[Gallatin]

I blame the moorings on the net more than I blame Hamilton. That net did not come off easy at all. Unfortunate accident.

I agree. You rarely see a net stick to it's moorings like that anymore. Reminded me of the 80's before better technology made the moorings safer.

 

[LightningStrikes]

 

[Coopers Gum]

That's a serious injury - probably out for the year. Hopefully it's just an ACL or a clean break. Worried he might have multiple injuries the way it looked.

This sucks. Nobody wants to see a talented clean player like Stamkos go down. On the bright side, my Pens got Malkin's 2nd best season the year after he tore his ACL & MCL. As long as it's not a bad fracture/shatter situation, he should come back strong next year.

Hard to believe he could come back stronger than he has this year. He was an absolute beast. Better than Crosby, and I'm not afraid to say it at all.

 

[2 Weekes Notice]

It looked bad enough that I'm hoping he's only out for this season and not any of the next.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Weird coincidence that Boston was also where Stamkos got a puck to the face during game 7 of the ECF back in 2011

 

[Glide5]

Boy... thats bad. I dont even know where to go with this... Could be a month, could be a career. Terrible either way.

If there is one thing I can say, its not a question of if, its a question of when and how bad an injury happens to any player

 

[Gallatin]

Hard to believe he could come back stronger than he has this year. He was an absolute beast. Better than Crosby, and I'm not afraid to say it at all.

Stamkos has been stellar so far, as is expected, the guy has probably not topped out his ceiling yet, and can be even better.

Being a Pens fan since 1980, I have a lot of experience with severe career threatening injuries. That just now looked like the kind of injury that can derail a career a bit, lets just hope its not a multi-season injury as the other poster mentioned.

 

[nfld77]

Bruin fan here. I seen the Stamkos injury and really pray it isn't as bad as it looks. Being a Canadian, I followed his career since he was in juniors and right now he's probably the best player in the world and a really really nice person. I sincerely hope it's not so bad as it looked. many times we look to the worst circumstance and later realize it's not as bad. Damn, I hope this is one of those times. You guys are having a great season and I wish you all the very best of health and especially to Stevie!!

 

[nevesis]

I feel so bad for you guys. Stamkos is one of my top favorite players in the NHL. He's a great kid, and didn't deserve this. My condolences! He will be back and better than ever. GET WELL SOON STAMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[66_Lemieux_66]

Pens fan here wishing Stamkos a speedy recovery.

I know that feeling of not knowing when the best player in the league will be back in your lineup. It's such a shame as he was absolutely playing lights out this season...

Fingers crossed he can get back to the ice as soon as possible!!!

 

[Coopers Gum]

Dan Rosen ‏@drosennhl

Ken Hitchcock on Stamkos injury: "I'm physically sick. We're all holding our breath."

 

[DFC]

Is it just me or is there a moment in that sequence where the leg/bone bends at about a 45 degree angle?

 

[ThunderAlleyNomad]

Is it just me or is there a moment in that sequence where the leg/bone bends at about a 45 degree angle?

It's not just you. That happened.

And just to keep the hits coming, Salo injured. If we are going to have any kind of sucess with Stammer out, we need Sami. We need everybody.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

As a lightning fan and being Canadian this really sucks.