Injury Report: Coyotes Can't have Nice Things: Stepan Out 4-6 Weeks (UPD: Could return 3/24 or 3/25)

[lanky]

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7 weeks would take Stepan's return to the end of the 1st round. I wonder if the team will encourage a quick return if we make the playoffs given that he'll have all summer to recover.

 

[RABBIT]

7 weeks would take Stepan's return to the end of the 1st round. I wonder if the team will encourage a quick return if we make the playoffs given that he'll have all summer to recover.

I love you lanky but you totally disappointed me. I saw this thread bumped and thought that meant we had an update

Just out of curiosity where are you getting 7 weeks from? I would say we are looking at maybe five weeks from the date of injury. But who the hell knows with our team doctor

 

[lanky]

Morgan's tweet said 4-6 weeks. We know the Coyotes like to give an injury a little extra time. So I came up with 7 weeks.

If he's actually feeling 98% healthy after 5 weeks then he would be an awesome boost for game 1 round 1 if the team makes it there.

 

[_Del_]

Just as likely to see an amputation as to see only an extra week. In the NFL this team would be fined out the wazoo.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Just as likely to see an amputation as to see only an extra week. In the NFL this team would be fined out the wazoo.

Nope. The team's wazoo is on LTIR.

 

[SpaceCoyote]

The timeline was four to six weeks when he was injured. Two weeks have passed. He is apparently progressing well. The hope is that he will play games at the end of the regular season — and that they will be meaningful games.

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[Desert Ice 11]

So Stepan is out for about 2 more weeks?...

 

[Hogan20]

It's happening.


edit: insert 'it's happening' gif please n thank you

 

[zz]

It's happening.

YUGE... Having him back for the Hawks / Avs / Wild games next week would be absolutely incredible.

 

[RABBIT]

It's happening.


edit: insert 'it's happening' gif please n thank you

 

[Mosby]

Wow!

 

[CBJ goalie]

4-6 weeks....not terrible, was hoping it wasn't going to be worse.
I say he'll be back by the end of the month to help them make the push for the playoffs.

They've overcome lots of adversity this season, no reason to think they can't continue to do so.

I had a feeling he'd be back sooner than 4-6 weeks!

 

[Edenjung]

Ha stepan knows that he has to play on Saturday, because that'S my birthday.
That's why we play early that day too.

 

[_Del_]

Keller-Dvo-Galchenyuk
Crouse-Stepan-Garland
Grabner-Richie-Vinny
Panik- Cousins-Fischer/Archibald/Kempe/

?


Would love to see, but won't happen:
Vinny -Galchenyuk-Garland
Panik-Dvo-Keller
Crouse-Stepan-Fischer
Grabner-Richardson-Cousins/Archibald/Kempe

 

[Grimes]

Keller-Dvo-Galchenyuk
Crouse-Stepan-Garland
Grabner-Richie-Archibald
Vinnie- Cousins-Fischer/Kempe

?

I've liked Gally and Gardland lately. Keller and Galchenyuk just don't seem to mesh well. Also, can't split that Grab-Rich-Hino line right now.

Keller-Dvo-Panik
Galchenyuk-Stepan-Garland
Grabner-Richie-Vinnistroza
Crouse-Cousins-Kempe

Sit Archibald, he is starting to cool down. Fischer can sub in on less sticky games for Kempe (Florida, Chicago) and Kempe/Archibald can sub in for Garland or Fischer when we need more stickiness (Minnesota, Islanders). Or should we do the opposite???

 

[_Del_]

@Grimes I was editing because I forgot Panik haha. Also made my wish list, which will never happen.


I don't care about splitting Vinnie from Richie and Grabs. They just need a plumber there, to be honest. But they are playing well. If we keep both those lines together, we get:

Crouse-Galchenyuk-Garland
Panik-Dvo-Keller
Cousins-Stepan-Fischer
Grabner-Richardson-Vinny


Archibald/Kempe can slot in for "Stinky" when he's braindead. Too bad we've given up on the Galchenyuk at C thing.

I guess with that in mind, it'd probably be:

Panik-Dvo-Keller
Galchenyuk-Stepan-Garland
Grabner-Richardson-Vinny
Crouse-Cousins-Fischer/Archibald/Kempe

 

[Grimes]

Btw here is what we were rolling with on January 13th (injury perfect storm period)

Keller-Weal-Fischer
Panik-Stepan-Hino
Gally-Cousins-Garland
Crouse-Kempe-Archibald

 

[SniperHF]

Before Stepan got hurt we only got to have him and Dvorak in the same lineup twice

Btw here is what we were rolling with on January 13th (injury perfect storm period)

 

[Hogan20]

The Richardson line stays together and I'd like to see the Keller - Stepan - Panik line together again. That leaves; Crouse, Galchenyuk, Dvorak, Garland, Fischer, Kempe, Archibald and Cousins.

Keller - Stepan - Panik
Galchenyuk - Dvorak - Garland
Hinnistroza - Richardson - Grabner
Crouse - Cousins - Fischer

 

[RABBIT]

The Richardson line stays together and I'd like to see the Keller - Stepan - Panik line together again. That leaves; Crouse, Galchenyuk, Dvorak, Garland, Fischer, Kempe, Archibald and Cousins.

Keller - Stepan - Panik
Galchenyuk - Dvorak - Garland
Hinnistroza - Richardson - Grabner
Crouse - Cousins - Fischer

I like this lineup

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

My biggest concern is that when players come back I hope they can: A) Jump into the action quickly enough not to drag down any performance. B) Have good chemistry with the rest fast enough to not cause issues.

At this point in the season with as little breathing room the team has... can't leave any points on the table and the team needs to be clicking to win. If they all come back and it's discombobulated out there, it defeats the purpose of them coming back. So I just hope they can slide right in and produce well.

It would be a very "Coyotes" thing to happen... have a bunch of injuries and play better with a decimated line up to get into position. Have the good fortune of players coming back before the end of the season and then play worse to miss. But I hope that's all past Coyote's stuff and they are ready to take advantage of the situation.

 

[moosemeister]

The Richardson line stays together and I'd like to see the Keller - Stepan - Panik line together again. That leaves; Crouse, Galchenyuk, Dvorak, Garland, Fischer, Kempe, Archibald and Cousins.

Keller - Stepan - Panik
Galchenyuk - Dvorak - Garland
Hinnistroza - Richardson - Grabner
Crouse - Cousins - Fischer

I'm all for this one.

Then if Schmaltz gets back

Keller - Stepan - Schmaltz
Gally - Dvo - Garland
Vinnie - Richie - Grabner
Crouse - Cousins - Panik

 

[zz]

Keller - Stepan - Panik
Galchenyuk - Dvorak - Garland
Hinnistroza - Richardson - Grabner
Crouse - Cousins - Fischer

No star power but damn, this is a pretty solid roster right there. 4 pretty legit scoring lines. None would be a top line in any other playoff team, but the top 3 would make for a decent second pairing on most teams.

 

[Dead Coyote]

I'd like to see Stepan/Gally and Dvo/Keller for a while until Schmaltz comes back, Dvo/Keller has looked good when we've seen it and I think Stepan/Gally fits a bit better than Dvo/Gally because of passing tendencies. Overall can't complain though.

 

[Imaravencawcaw]

Whenever Stepan talks about line mates he always likes "straight-line" players who are easy to read off of, Gally is definitely not that kind of player so I'd keep them apart if at all possible. I'd probably just take the current lineup and shift all the non-Richardson C down a line:

Panik - Stepan - Keller
Galchenyuk - Dvorak - Garland
Grabner - Richardson - Hinostroza
Crouse - Cousins - whoever is playing better between Archibald, Kempe, and Fish.