Injury Report: Auston Matthews - Shoulder - Mystery timeline

[egd27]

The latter. I'm going to trust MLSE medical staff personally. It's likely the best in the NHL.

We just have so many experts here, I never know what to believe.

 

[Drytoast]

Jeff O'Neill was saying yesterday on Overdrive how two shoulder surgeries ruined his shot.

Absolutely a possibility.

 

[saffronleaf]

At what percent do you think Matthews can compete in the playoffs? He said he will be playing through the injury. I'm guessing 60%? Still enough to sneak into the lineup. Shoulder is pretty important.

 

[saffronleaf]

Jeff O'Neill was saying yesterday on Overdrive how two shoulder surgeries ruined his shot.

Brutal

 

[ITM]

Brutal

Nah. No need to despair.

Management has Matthews (and the club) completely locked into long term plans. If Matthews needs to be shut down for precautionary measures, he'll be shut down and if need be, rest until the summer.

Jeff O'Neill, good hockey player, great shot...different animal to Matthews.

And I think Matthews would have to be above 80% to go and at that, with a great abundance of caution.

 

[ImpartialNHLfan]

Jeff O'Neill was saying yesterday on Overdrive how two shoulder surgeries ruined his shot.

So that's why he always shot it at the goalies logo on the jersey?

 

[biotk]

At what percent do you think Matthews can compete in the playoffs? He said he will be playing through the injury. I'm guessing 60%? Still enough to sneak into the lineup. Shoulder is pretty important.

Roughly the same as the Matthews who has been playing (I have maintained throughout this time period) at significantly less than 100% over his last 39 games and managed 32 points (about 60% of the PPG he was putting up in his first 14 when healthy).

 

[DatSnipeMatthews]

So that's why he always shot it at the goalies logo on the jersey?

Jeff O'Neill had 41, 31, and 30 goals seasons in the dead puck era. He wasn't fast or particularly smart but he had a heck of a shot.

 

[Daisy Jane]

i miss Matty

 

[saffronleaf]

Roughly the same as the Matthews who has been playing (I have maintained throughout this time period) at significantly less than 100% over his last 39 games and managed 32 points (about 60% of the PPG he was putting up in his first 14 when healthy).

Damn. Wish they'd just let him heal up, no point playing at 50%. I guess it'll offer moral support.

 

[Liminality]

Good sign

 

[Spirit of 67]

Absolutely a possibility.

Medical advances may have come far enough in the interim that it's not longer the case.

 

[Joey Hoser]

Jeff O'Neill had 41, 31, and 30 goals seasons in the dead puck era. He wasn't fast or particularly smart but he had a heck of a shot.

Playing with Francis helps.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Nice

 

[ImpartialNHLfan]

Jeff O'Neill had 41, 31, and 30 goals seasons in the dead puck era. He wasn't fast or particularly smart but he had a heck of a shot.

For some reason I mixed O'Neill with Jason Blake, disregard my comment

 

[rent free]

Westbrook had to go home after and google both of them

what would he search though?

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Surgery after the play offs - surely it’s as easy as that?

Hope he has better luck with his shoulder than I've had with mine.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

100% agree. Teams win cups. Leafs got a very good young core that will most likely bring the cup to Toronto, with or without Mathews.

Wtf is this? You are mistaken. Profoundly, outrageously, severely mistaken.

 

[Stephen]

Jeff O'Neill had 41, 31, and 30 goals seasons in the dead puck era. He wasn't fast or particularly smart but he had a heck of a shot.

When Jeff O'Neill first broke into the NHL he was actually a pretty fast player.

 

[TIGERCOOL]

I'm confused by Matthews statement. Doesn't our decidedly old-school management keep a pretty tight lid on this sort of thing? Why share that your injury is lingering? Why give divisional rivals or playoff competition any excuse to run our franchise center with the intention of aggravating his shoulder injury?

The only reason I can imagine Matthews would share those details would be to dampen expecations of his performance for media/fans. Hardly a good enough reason for guys like Lou and Babcock to be comfortable with it.

I can only guess that they would green light this statement if there was no chance of exacerbating it whatsoever, but how can that be if it's still a significant enough factor in his comfort to warrant mentioning it at all?

Anyone have a theory on this? I'm totally lost.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I'm confused by Matthews statement. Doesn't our decidedly old-school management keep a pretty tight lid on this sort of thing? Why share that your injury is lingering? Why give divisional rivals or playoff competition any excuse to run our franchise center with the intention of aggravating his shoulder injury?

The only reason I can imagine Matthews would share those details would be to dampen expecations of his performance for media/fans. Hardly a good enough reason for guys like Lou and Babcock to be comfortable with it.

I can only guess that they would green light this statement if there was no chance of exacerbating it whatsoever, but how can that be if it's still a significant enough factor in his comfort to warrant mentioning it at all?

Anyone have a theory on this? I'm totally lost.

even him revealing it was a shoulder injury rather than calling it an UBI was a bit weird. I have no clue what the reasoning is

 

[Mickey Marner]

Jeff O'Neill was saying yesterday on Overdrive how two shoulder surgeries ruined his shot.

Auston Matthews has a peculiar release point on his wrist/snap shot (in front of his right foot) that I don't think would be compromised by shoulder surgery.

 

[Stephen]

Auston Matthews has a peculiar release point on his wrist/snap shot (in front of his right foot) that I don't think would be compromised by shoulder surgery.

Let's just hope Matthews stays healthy and there are no concerns in the future, even if he has corrective surgery. Last thing you want is to dampen the enthusiasm for potentially a once in a hundred years kind of player.

 

[PromisedLand]

really hoping they don't rush Auston too soon. Also would like to see the team give Freddie some rest

 

[Canadian Finn]

I hope they get Auston back asap, so he can get back into game shape.

I'm not part of the "sit him until summer" camp. He's a professional player and a top athlete.

If he's ready to come back, get back!!! No more sitting, and certainly don't sit games out for 'safety sake'.