Just want to say again that pain is not necessarily correlated with severity. Like was mentioned, the best news afterwards was that he’s flying home with the team. He’s gonna be back.
Injury Report: Aaron Ekblad 3/28/21 (fractured leg), out fishing with the boys
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man, i sure hope this is less severe than it seems.
i was watching most of the first and second but got pulled away. when i saw the highlights and saw someone with a single digit number getting stretchered off, i thought gudas? yandle?
i was so shocked and saddened to learn it was ek. last night was such an emotional high. it was so meaningful to have him step up and win the game in dramatic fashion (twice!). that OT was such a joy to watch, maybe a top 10 moment for me (and i've seen them all), for so many reasons. what a punch in the gut. i have a glimmer of hope after getting the kids to bed and refreshing this thread.
i was watching most of the first and second but got pulled away. when i saw the highlights and saw someone with a single digit number getting stretchered off, i thought gudas? yandle?
i was so shocked and saddened to learn it was ek. last night was such an emotional high. it was so meaningful to have him step up and win the game in dramatic fashion (twice!). that OT was such a joy to watch, maybe a top 10 moment for me (and i've seen them all), for so many reasons. what a punch in the gut. i have a glimmer of hope after getting the kids to bed and refreshing this thread.
f***ing devastating injury at the worst time for this franchise. I don’t have anything else to say.
iam76
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just feel like we are cursed... I pray he can come back. The cats have been such a positive during this pandemic. Watching Aaron succeed this year has been amazing to watch. After all the concussions etc etc.. He deserves better.
We weren’t gonna win it all this year anyway... or so the plan went. But we might be somebodies next year after Z is finished with the off-season.
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Thinking about his injury more, and not watching any videos, is sounds like it might be a ligament issue. Usually when you fall backwards on the ice like that, it's your PCL; the back of your knee. That's what McDavid dealt with. He missed 6 months, but that was unprecedented waters. No one had ever made it back from that injury so soon.
So maybe eight months is realistic?
So maybe eight months is realistic?
But now that I'm thinking about it more, Ek has had more time to recover them McDavid. Didn't McDavid get hurt on the last game of the regular season? So that would be mid-april roughly. I think best case scenario Ek makes opening day roster. I'm going to say he might miss the first month of the regular season.Thinking about his injury more, and not watching any videos, is sounds like it might be a ligament issue. Usually when you fall backwards on the ice like that, it's your PCL; the back of your knee. That's what McDavid dealt with. He missed 6 months, but that was unprecedented waters. No one had ever made it back from that injury so soon.
So maybe eight months is realistic?
The next day or two will be a real telling time; if he chooses surgery or not. McDavid did not and it was a never been done before Medical treatment.
Dread Clawz
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I'm still devastated. What a bullshit way for our season to end. f***!
I just don't see how we're supposed to recover from this. The D corps isn't that deep and there is no number 1 guy anymore. Ek wasn't just a defensive stalwart, he was also helping the PP and offense generate chances/goals. I don't even want to think about how well he was playing because it just makes this more frustrating. And it HAD to happen in a year where the team was FINALLY clicking and looked to potentially make some noise.
That's just how it is, I guess. Hopefully the guys can pull together and finish strong before the inevitable first round exit.
I just don't see how we're supposed to recover from this. The D corps isn't that deep and there is no number 1 guy anymore. Ek wasn't just a defensive stalwart, he was also helping the PP and offense generate chances/goals. I don't even want to think about how well he was playing because it just makes this more frustrating. And it HAD to happen in a year where the team was FINALLY clicking and looked to potentially make some noise.
That's just how it is, I guess. Hopefully the guys can pull together and finish strong before the inevitable first round exit.
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GrumpyKelly
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Weegar has already stepped up as a top pairing guy. Need someone else. Great opportunity for Nutivaara imo.
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Let's put Barky on D when he gets back and see what happens
Gentle Man
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I'm going to be F5-ing the f*** out of Twitter tomorrow harder than Brock Lesnar F5ed the Undertaker
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This injury is really tough mentally. For years he never reached the potential he had and I was thinking that maybe a trade could be done to make the team stronger. Then he stepped up and this year Ekblad has been perhaps the best defense man in the league. To lose such a leader who can play both defensively and offensively very well in a season like this when the team finally has learned how to win feels unreal. It's difficult to describe feelings. Maybe something like wow, that escalated quickly is a way to summarize the injury situation. This sucks big time.
GrumpyKelly
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Yeah. The worst part is that he's never been a good skater to begin with and now this. Just have to hope it doesn't affect him long term like Tro.
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This was actually a positive in my mind... he doesn’t rely on his skating to be effective as much as say, Karlsson. If he can rehab well he may actually improve his skating (knock on wood) with increased focus and strength.
good thing is his IQ and hands won’t go away
GrumpyKelly
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yeah it's going to be interesting to see which way it goes, my thinking was if he was even an average skater I don't think losing speed would affect him since he never relied on it. But since he's already borderline bad agility wise specifically any loss of mobility could really hurt. There's only so much you can compensate with high IQ.
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tannehill's injury was ACL and he chose at first to forego surgery. that didn't end very well. maybe very different? i'm no orthopod.
That's crazy. I couldn't see it well due to the camera angle but I thought he Joe Theismann'd that leg for sure.
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Of course, I hope that this insight by the Dr. is realized... I thought similarly when Q answered at the post game Q/A that Ek was indeed returning home on the team flight...rather than being hospitalized and treated in Dallas.
No matter what the evaluation reveals, as to the extent of the injury(s) and plan for treatment, I hope that Ek is able to find strength and support he will need to overcome this obstacle; to return better than ever.
Prayers to you Aaron.
