A team so absolutely bereft of forward depth had Foegele and McLeod BOTH playing in topsix again and can barely find 11 forwards a night to dress should be sitting Drai?
To answer your question, the all-star game was a reflection of his current play. I modified my opinion from the OP. Does that clarify things?
I mean we got 3 out of 4 points on this trip so far without any contribution from him. Nuge is playing well enough to cover for his absence.
FYI, I haven't voted. Not that it's any of your business.
I asked for your answer. Give us all your perfect answer and solution. You want to sit Drai. For how long, who takes his spot, how do we even get to 11 forwards?
You dont think injuries effect how you play the game mentally?
Well that would take cogent & logical thought.
You deserve whatever you get. Its a ridiculous thread.
I don’t know the nature of his injury. Maybe it’s serious, maybe it’s nothing. Give him a rest with back to back games coming up against weaker teams. Yamamoto should be back soon, shouldn’t he?
The bolded was being stated weeks ago. The concussion has been worse than expected and is one of several the player has had. Each one now being significant impact. Not like Yama is a Center or much of an answer either. Thanks for proving you don't have one.
You asked about forwards, not centers specifically. The team is a spot where they can afford to rest him until they’re back in Edmonton. Put Nuge in his spot. Unless they’re stapling him to McDavid in which case I don’t know if it matters much.
Of course, you're welcome to participate in any threads that you wish. My point was that if you think the thread is stupid, you don't need to participate.
The team has not staked out a playoff margin. We can't scratch Drai longterm and such injuries can even get worse with work or no work. These types of ankle injuries are hell for hockey players. Its even worse if you're big and a power skater. Hockey exacerbates just this kind of injury but its the profession Drai is in. Would you have him sit out an entire season and not train and not skate and not do anything that could exacerbate? Maybe bubble wrap?
Already stated the reason. The injury Drai has doesn't improve with one week off. Its something that improves with one year off. Thats the nature of the injury. Even a month off doesn't do anything. An entire offseason off did not erase any trace of the injury. He had pain in preseason, he had pain early in season. He talked about it multiple times. The condition never went away. So that we'd just be sitting Drai for the sake of sitting him. Nothing would be achieved by it and it wouldn't improve the condition or ameliorate the pain.
I somehow don’t think the Flames are going to catch us. They’re the only team outside the picture right now that’s even a remote threat. They look cooked.
