Confirmed with Link: Dhaliwal: Markstrom out 3 - 4 weeks

[The Stig]

I honestly don’t know if your being serious or not lol

I am. We aren't a bad team.

 

[thenextone]

Canucks need to tighten up their game anyways. They are lucky Markstrom is making 40 saves a night and they are scoring 5 goals while letting in 4. That won’t happen in the playoffs. Team defense is gonna be huge and this will be a good test to see if they have the people to do it.

 

[mathonwy]

What tank thread?

Right here.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Demko has been solid but this is going from maybe the best goalie in the NHL this year to a league average goalie instead. It's huge.

Agree with this...the rest of the roster will tested..Hopefully not exposed.

 

[Grumbler]

f***...if this causes us to miss the playoffs...

 

[PG Canuck]

Time to see what this roster really is.

 

[PG Canuck]

Odd how this came out of nowhere - was he labouring at any point vs Boston? Was there a situation where we can pinpoint it happening? I wasn't suspecting this.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Odd how this came out of nowhere - was he labouring at any point vs Boston? Was there a situation where we can pinpoint it happening? I wasn't suspecting this.

Probably happened during one of the collisions he had during the game against the Wild.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Probably happened during one of the collisions he had during the game against the Wild.

Benning on record saying it happened in the game vs Boston.

 

[Nazzlind]

And Markstrom didn't even notice it until he woke up the next morning

I'm not an expert on meniscus tears but hopefully that shows that it's not as bad as it sounds

 

[bandwagonesque]

Time to see what this roster really is.

Exactly. Provided Markstrom comes back healthy, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Let's see if this offence can carry a team without great goaltending. Let's see if the D can tighten up when there's no one to bail them out.

 

[NoShowWilly]

if it is 3 weeks then we are looking at 10-11 games with two sets of back to back.

4 weeks has us 14-15 games with three sets of back to backs and two multi-day rests.

5 weeks leaves us at 19 with four back to backs and only two multi-day rests.

any longer is the rest of the season. hopefully Demko gets in a groove.

 

[4Twenty]

I’m a plan for the worst kind of person. Im doubling the 3-4 weeks to 6-8. If he comes back sooner great.

I’m very intrigued to see what Demko can do.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Big test coming up for Demko - and the whole team - here. The team has been really quite fortunate on the injury front until this month (Boeser, Markstrom) but this is the sort of adversity any team that wants to contend needs to battle through. Hopefully the team as a whole snaps to attention and starts playing better team defense in front of Demko to help compensate for Markstrom being on the shelf.

 

[Spectrefire]

This is both a blessing and a curse for the Canucks.

Obviously losing your MVP Vezina calibre goaltender isn't at all ideal, but this team is at least blessed enough to have a high-end back-up in Demko to take the reigns. This is Demko's and the Canuck's opportunity to see what he can do.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Big test coming up for Demko - and the whole team - here. The team has been really quite fortunate on the injury front until this month (Boeser, Markstrom) but this is the sort of adversity any team that wants to contend needs to battle through. Hopefully the team as a whole snaps to attention and starts playing better team defense in front of Demko to help compensate for Markstrom being on the shelf.

Toffoli is huge to take pressure off the top 6. Demko will have to play well and I hope Stecher builds off last game

 

[krutovsdonut]

Odd how this came out of nowhere - was he labouring at any point vs Boston? Was there a situation where we can pinpoint it happening? I wasn't suspecting this.

possibly just had a boatload of knee inflammation after the ducks game and thought it went down, and then again after the boston game.

 

[JT Milker]

This is both a blessing and a curse for the Canucks.

Obviously losing your MVP Vezina calibre goaltender isn't at all ideal, but this team is at least blessed enough to have a high-end back-up in Demko to take the reigns. This is Demko's and the Canuck's opportunity to see what he can do.

In no way is this a blessing if you’re pro-playoffs.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

If the Hurricanes could win with a 42 years old Zamboni driver

We must be able to win with Thatcher Demko

 

[bandwagonesque]

I’m a plan for the worst kind of person. Im doubling the 3-4 weeks to 6-8. If he comes back sooner great.

I’m very intrigued to see what Demko can do.

How often in professional sports do injuries take twice as long as predicted to heal?

 

[StreetHawk]

How often in professional sports do injuries take twice as long as predicted to heal?

Plus they actually said what was injured rather than LBI or just knee injury.

 

[mossey3535]

Well, we'll see what this team is made of. I found the team already plays more cautiously in front of Demko even when he gets some of the softer starts. That absolutely has to continue. Maybe a silver lining in the Marky injury.

Also this is literally the only way that Green would have played Demko for any significant length down this stretch.

I have faith in Demko but won't be too surprised if he is up and down in the remainder of the season and definitely this month. It's a really big transition to full time starter.

 

[m9]

How often in professional sports do injuries take twice as long as predicted to heal?

Didn't this just happen with Boeser?

 

[DS7]

And Markstrom didn't even notice it until he woke up the next morning

I'm not an expert on meniscus tears but hopefully that shows that it's not as bad as it sounds

Adrenaline is a hell of a drug

 

[bandwagonesque]

Didn't this just happen with Boeser?

Sort of, but not really. The team said he'd be reevaluated in three weeks, not that he'd return at that time, and it turned out the injury was different/more severe than first thought. Assuming Markstrom's injury is what the team thinks it is and the tear is where they think it is, which an MRI will show conclusively, he should be back within a month. Meniscus tears are somewhat less predictable than most other injuries, but doubling a timeline that already takes this into account isn't likely to yield a useful prediction.