Injury Report: Buff injury

[portamoral]

morrissey and trouba need to be split up now

 

[Adam da bomb]

If Buff doesn't come back during the season I definitely don't think they should add at TDL. They should accept that this is not their year.

 

[204hockey]

morrissey and trouba need to be split up now

kulikov trouba
morrisey myers
steel chair pylon

?

 

[portamoral]

kulikov trouba
morrisey myers
steel chair pylon

?

i'd go niku-trouba instead

but yea pretty much

whichever way you arrange the 3rd pair it's going to be horrific. just limit their ice time during this stretch and hope for the best. it's too bad poolman is still injured

 

[Derfel]

You want us to make a horrible trade for a defenseman?

Depends on the trade!

 

[nobody imp0rtant]

Depends on the trade!

If the premise is that we're making a horrible trade, I don't think it does.

 

[WPGChief]

I might be a tiny bit worried.

 

[lanky]

It's a shame that the pool man isn't ready.

Given what we have, I'd do

Morrissey - Trouba
Kulikov - Myers
Niku - Chiarot

 

[Flair Hay]

morrissey and trouba need to be split up now

Quite possibly yeah. Either that or they're playing 25-30 a night.

 

[Derfel]

If the premise is that we're making a horrible trade, I don't think it does.

Some people like to watch the world burn...

 

[RustyCat]

I wonder if Jay Harrison is available.

 

[KingBogo]

Some people like to watch the world burn...

So what horrible trade would you like to see us make so the Jets world will burn?

 

[DowntownBooster]

Buff will have plenty of time to ice fish.

Hopefully he doesn’t get fat during the lay off.

Jets metal will Truly be tested now.

He could really crush the opponents back when he was heavier.

 

[Derfel]

So what horrible trade would you like to see us make so the Jets world will burn?

I don't know - does anyone have Chris Thorburn's agent's phone number?

 

[sipowicz]

The length Buff is out will entirely depend on the quality of ice fishing he encounters, good ice fishing out a month, lousy ice fishing two weeks!

 

[Jets 31]

The length Buff is out will entirely depend on the quality of ice fishing he encounters, good ice fishing out a month, lousy ice fishing two weeks!

I hope the fishing is crap big time then .

 

[Jets 31]

I might be a tiny bit worried.

That is scary , Buff is so underrated .

 

[raideralex99]

The sign of a good team is when you can win without one of your top players.

 

[Maukkis]

Not playing Niku now is inexcusable.

You're losing the most talented offensive defenseman you have (not the most productive, though). Who do you replace him with, huh? The guy with literally zero points this year, or someone who has offensive tools and has produced points at lower levels of hockey?

 

[Deedog99]

All this guarded optimism goes out the window (yes, there is some word play there) should another key defenseman go down. Just because Buff got injured doesn't mean Morrissey or Trouba won't be injured during this stretch. Not trying to be a prophet of doom or anything, but these situations highlight Chevy's inability to draft and develop quality defensemen over the course of his time here. Only two of his picks have panned out to be NHL quality at this stage, and one of those has made it abundantly clear he wants to be elsewhere as soon as possible. That is unacceptable to me. I could also get into how poorly he has D&D'd centers and goalies but I don't want to stray too far OT.

Sounds like a prophet of doom to me.

 

[sipowicz]

Not playing Niku now is inexcusable.

You're losing the most talented offensive defenseman you have (not the most productive, though). Who do you replace him with, huh? The guy with literally zero points this year, or someone who has offensive tools and has produced points at lower levels of hockey?

And what you get in offense from Niku is lost in his defensive abilities...kinda of a trade off no?

 

[Maukkis]

And what you get in offense from Niku is lost in his defensive abilities...kinda of a trade off no?

What you get from Morrow is a big fat zero in offense, and poor defensive numbers to boot as well. Niku is raw and has struggled in his own end, but Morrow should not be an option at all.

 

[SoCalJetsFan]

Trouba always seems to play better with big minutes. He and JoMo will be logging somewhere between 25 and 30 each game. Jets will be fine and it might be just the ticket to tighten up the “D”.

 

[BigZ65]

Trouba always seems to play better with big minutes. He and JoMo will be logging somewhere between 25 and 30 each game. Jets will be fine and it might be just the ticket to tighten up the “D”.

The only issue with cranking the minutes up like that is injury. The last time JoMo got his minutes cranked he went out for a few games, Trouba has struggled with injury in the past too.

 

[SoCalJetsFan]

The only issue with cranking the minutes up like that is injury. The last time JoMo got his minutes cranked he went out for a few games, Trouba has struggled with injury in the past too.

Agreed, that is the added danger to playing so much.