Injury Report: Hertl out for Remainder of Season (Torn ACL and MCL)

[Crazy Joe Divola]

Well, if we are going to lose couture and hertl to leg injuries in the same season, might as well be during this season.

 

[NWSharkie]

Oof. Just when the season couldn't get much worse. Hopefully the fact that he was skating afterwards means it wasn't the worst-case scenario for him

 

[Internazionale]

Christ. This season can't get any worse.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Christ. This season can't get any worse.

Oh, it can get worse.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I'm ready for this season to be over. I might even cut back on how much Sharks games I see. I'll see the game this week because I like the Tampa Bay Lightning, but the game next week against the Flames on the same night that I fly back from Hawaii, I think I might skip that game. Besides, the Flash comes back that night.

This really sucks. He's going to be out for a good portion of next year as well with a torn ACL and MCL.

 

[Internazionale]

Oh, it can get worse.

And it will!

 

[PackShark]

I have no words. What an absolute disaster of a season

 

[Timo Time]

Christ. This season can't get any worse.

"Bah Gawd! That's Starter Jones and Top-6 Melkers music!"

 

[The Ice Hockey Dude]

OMG>

Get well soon TH48.

More bad news for the team.

 

[Naki]

Christ. This season can't get any worse.

Wait until the draft Lotto.

 

[DG93]

F*** everything...poor Tomas

 

[Saskatoon]

Yea as much as it would pain me to see Ottawa draft #1 overall it's still in Sharks best interest to have rest of picks as high as possible

 

[Barrie22]

Yea as much as it would pain me to see Ottawa draft #1 overall it's still in Sharks best interest to have rest of picks as high as possible

The whopping 2 of them? Lol

 

[HawkeyTalkMan]

Any news if its the same knee he had surgery on in late 2013/early 2014?

 

[Jan Smite]

I feel like Hertl is nowadays just injured when we need him the most. Same happened playoffs last year and year before.

 

[letsgrowcactus]

That really sucks for you guys and for Tomas As if the season wasn't bad enough.
Fingers crossed for Hertl's recovery.

 

[Lebanezer]

Any news if its the same knee he had surgery on in late 2013/early 2014?

It’s the other knee.

 

[WTFetus]

Yea as much as it would pain me to see Ottawa draft #1 overall it's still in Sharks best interest to have rest of picks as high as possible

The difference between a pick in the 30s vs 40s is negligible. The difference between a top 10 and top 20 pick is often huge. I'm petty and want to give Ottawa the worst pick possible.
Trading players like Dillon and Melker are fine though since they could be replaced with minimal difference.

 

[TheUltimateOiler]

Sorry for Hertl being out, boys.
I Wish for a full recovery for Hertl.

 

[Coily]

Sigh. Just sigh.

I hope he recovers and is able to play at a decent level next year.

 

[Random Comment]

Sens fan coming in peace. Apologize in advance for any fans relishing in this news.

We went through this last year. It is what it is. The fan in me didn't want Colorado to win the lotto for the optics of it, but the rational side of me wanted them to win to keep a top talent out of the conference. You may miss out on a great player, but you aren't exactly gifting it to a team with tons of talent.

Who knows what can happen though. Although Hertl is a core piece of this team, sometimes players rally around these things and can put some solid wins together.

 

[Barrie22]

It’s the other knee.

So the one he had surgery on from the cup finals?

 

[Sysreq]

So if we trade Thornton, our top line center is gonna be Barclay Goodrow. That’s comically bad.

 

[hohosaregood]

At this point, I don't know if we're better off just injecting as many of the kids into the line up as possible.

 

[themelkman]

Sens fan coming in peace. Apologize in advance for any fans relishing in this news.

We went through this last year. It is what it is. The fan in me didn't want Colorado to win the lotto for the optics of it, but the rational side of me wanted them to win to keep a top talent out of the conference. You may miss out on a great player, but you aren't exactly gifting it to a team with tons of talent.

Who knows what can happen though. Although Hertl is a core piece of this team, sometimes players rally around these things and can put some solid wins together.

It’s just not going to happen. Any team wanting to win needs a legit Center and our best one right now is Joe Thornton followed by three AHL guys