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Injury Report: Injuries Thread | Bear (Head), Lagesson (Wrist), Kassian (Hand/Weeks), 4K (CollarBone/Months)
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McJadeddog
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Well that's really good news. Archibald doesn't score, but he helps our PK for sure. Nygard has looked pretty good in limited views so far, and has a TON of speed. Also, it will create a lot of internal battle for playing time and roster spots.
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Larsson expected to be back Thursday vs Kings (from Leavins). Persson expected to go to Bakersfield.
After a nursery rhyme loss to the Dallas Stars Saturday, what lessons do the Edmonton Oilers take away: 9 Things
After a nursery rhyme loss to the Dallas Stars Saturday, what lessons do the Edmonton Oilers take away: 9 Things
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I'm honestly feeling pretty good to see a
Nurse - Bear
Klefbom - Larsson
Russell - Benning
Defense
If Larsson regains half of his 14/15-16/17 form I think this will be the most well-balanced D group we've seen a while. Better than 16/17. Obviously not perfect, but still.
We'll see, I know lots of people have serious doubts about Larsson.
McJadeddog
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Larsson in a 2nd pairing role isn't what most people have a problem with. Most don't like him in top-pairing role. You could certainly still argue that a Klefbom/Larsson pairing is our top pairing, but with the emergence of Nurse/Bear, its really a 1a/1b scenario. I can't see a situation where having Larsson isn't better than having Persson or Jones (on his off-side) in that spot.
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Anyway you slice it, Larsson is a 21-22 minute d-man who likely plays the most minutes on the team on the penalty kill whereas Persson and Jones are 15-16 minute d-men who only play 5 on 5 save some mop up time on the PP. That extra 6 minutes of ice at minimum allows Russell or Benning to play less minutes, or if Bear starts to struggle at some point you can drop a minute or two from his game, also helps distribute some of the PK minutes away from everyone as Klefbom and Russell's PK minutes are getting a little high.
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Apparently he’s been playing with the injury for a couple of games. I think he hurt it vs San Jose. I remember him holding his hand heading to the bench and thought of the time he broke his hand. He maybe cracked a bone or something.
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Ah shit, here we go again
McJadeddog
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It would seem strange to only be out for another 2 games for a broken game, which is apparently the case with RNH. I'm not sure what kind of hand injury keeps a guy out for less than a week though? Maybe he was "mostly healed" or something, and they are just giving him a week or so to finish healing? No idea.
If they keep him out until the Kings game on Dec 6th, RNH can only miss 4 games, but have 2 weeks off though. So with a bit of a lull in our schedule, it might the perfect time to give him a few games off.
Could be a nasty bruise that makes certain movements tough
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This is the Oilers. They always say 'x days" and it turns out o be 10x longer.
If he is out for a while, it will hurt us. From the Oilers itmeline, he is supposed to be back for the two games against VAN.
If he is seeing doctors, it must be something lingering.
If he is out for a while, it will hurt us. From the Oilers itmeline, he is supposed to be back for the two games against VAN.
If he is seeing doctors, it must be something lingering.
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I hope that Tracey Lane twitter person is wrong like usual. Says the Oilers expect Hopkins to miss weeks.
McJadeddog
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Let's hope she is wrong, as we can't handle RNH being out for any serious length of time. I suppose they might break up 97 and 29 potentially, if RNH is out long term
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