Injury Report: Keller out 4-6 Months with Leg Fracture

[mighty Stanley Duck]

Sounds like 3-4 months injury. If he says he will be ready for the 1st day of next season, i guess that means training camp.

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[LittlePipes]

This an awful development for mostly Keller, but also for his teammates and the fans. If there is an inkling of a silver lining… a little one…. it looked to me Keller was going full out to score. Sorta a picture of his great season. Thanks for the wonderful hockey moments this season Clayton. May there be many more.

 

[Jakey53]

This happened right in front of me. Awful collision, he was not showing signs of pain when still, but man when they put him on the board it was a different story and the pain looked intense.
Good Lord, I hope he can come back and that it's somehow not as bad as it appeared to be.

When you have a broken bone and you have to move the pain is intense. I know from first hand experience. I just hate when players get hurt. This one looks real bad. Fingers crossed.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I hope the kid is mentally strong. I've known many pro athletes who suffer a serious injury, and afterwards are more hesitant when faced with a similar context upon their return. Keller was getting back in touch with his aggressive side this year after playing perimeter under Tocchet... hopefully this doesn't set him back in his development.

 

[GhostofTommyBolin]

Keller is out 4-6 months, according to Coyotes official Twitter. Surgery for leg fracture.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

It could have been a lot worse. After watching that high speed crash, I'm thankful that it wasn't a dislocated hip and fracture, or dislocated knee and fracture.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Tourigny says that Kells broke his femur completely.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Wow that's awful, wonder if it could affect his skating long-term

Boeser's back injury completely hampered his potential, he can't skate for shit

 

[Nowotny]

Is it fractured tibia or femur?Thanks God it does not look like compound fracture like the one Alex smith had

 

[Art.Vandelay]

Is it fractured tibia or femur?Thanks God it does not look like compound fracture like the one Alex smith had

Complete fracture of the femur.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

First thing in my head when he got put on the cart: okay, next season is 6 months away. Fingers crossed. Hang in there, Kells.

 

[ck26]

Femur is the best possible outcome. Hip or knee is horrible. But as long as he didnt suffer any arterial damage or nerve damage, you insert titanium rods, take steroids and it'll be 50% stronger than it was before.

 

[rt]

Femur is the best possible outcome. Hip or knee is horrible. But as long as he didnt suffer any arterial damage or nerve damage, you insert titanium rods, take steroids and it'll be 50% stronger than it was before.

If a Schlub like me can be 90% better 6mo later, this kid is gonna be just fine. I got a rod and screws and I’m mostly only bothered in the wee hours of the morning after being motionless too long.

 

[rt]

Also - it doesn’t show up during TSA scans. Fun fact for the curious among you. Lol.

 

[AZviaNJ]

I do worry whether or not he'll skate with the same level of elusiveness and freedom from a physical and mental standpoint when he returns. That's a big part of his game and been on full display this season.

 

[TheLegend]

If a Schlub like me can be 90% better 6mo later, this kid is gonna be just fine. I got a rod and screws and I’m mostly only bothered in the wee hours of the morning after being motionless too long.

The rod and screws will come out.

They can't leave them there because as you get older the femur shrinks slightly and the rod can literally pop right through the end of the bone.

Also speaking from first hand experience.

And long term he'll be fine. Of all the bones I broke in my accident my femur doesn't bother me at all.

 

[TheLegend]

Craig has unlocked the story for everyone..... has updates on all the other injured players.

Neutral Zone: Coyotes' Clayton Keller suffers gruesome leg injury - PHNX Sports

The NHL's playoff qualifying round is worth revisiting.

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[Fyreman]

If a Schlub like me can be 90% better 6mo later, this kid is gonna be just fine. I got a rod and screws and I’m mostly only bothered in the wee hours of the morning after being motionless too long.

rt, did they use a Hare Traction splint on you? On the FD we used this a lot. Saw many fractures like this, when I saw the replay, I told the wife he broke his femur. The quad muscles contract and pull the femur bone ends grating against each- OUCH!! If the femur didn't splinter, I really think he'll be fine.

 

[Fyreman]

The rod and screws will come out.

They can't leave them there because as you get older the femur shrinks slightly and the rod can literally pop right through the end of the bone.

Also speaking from first hand experience.

And long term he'll be fine. Of all the bones I broke in my accident my femur doesn't bother me at all.

Blew my knee out playing HS football, major knee repair, stapled in three places the muscles to take place of the shredded ligaments. Staples started working their way out in a little over 3 years, looked like I had something growing on the inside of my knee. Went back in to surgically remove them. LOL...

 

[Baby Doaner]

I’m thankful it wasn’t worse. I was sick to my stomach after watching that. Great kid and has had an incredible year. He will be ready for the playoff run next year!

On a side note, we will have to sign someone with his cap space going on LTIR, right?

 

[TheLegend]

Blew my knee out playing HS football, major knee repair, stapled in three places the muscles to take place of the shredded ligaments. Staples started working their way out in a little over 3 years, looked like I had something growing on the inside of my knee. Went back in to surgically remove them. LOL...

I had nails in my foot back out on their own a few weeks after leaving the hospital. Same look. Hurt like hell.

 

[mighty Stanley Duck]

"Only" broken femur is actually good scenario. At first i thought knee, ligaments, hip, what not...wish best for him and good recovery.

 

[rt]

rt, did they use a Hare Traction splint on you? On the FD we used this a lot. Saw many fractures like this, when I saw the replay, I told the wife he broke his femur. The quad muscles contract and pull the femur bone ends grating against each- OUCH!! If the femur didn't splinter, I really think he'll be fine.

They used the arms of one beefy man. Lol.

 

[rt]

rt, did they use a Hare Traction splint on you? On the FD we used this a lot. Saw many fractures like this, when I saw the replay, I told the wife he broke his femur. The quad muscles contract and pull the femur bone ends grating against each- OUCH!! If the femur didn't splinter, I really think he'll be fine.

Just googled the splint. It would not have worked. I had to have my leg up and bent slightly or it was unbearable even with the fentanyl. The break was way up high, inside my hip. They couldn’t straighten it until after they knocked me out with ketamine.

I still say the worst part of the entire process was the hallucinations I had from the ketamine. The $6500 it set me back hurt too. And then the part where I was stuck in isolation on the COVID floor because I also had COVID (for the 2nd time, despite being vaccinated) - lol.

 

[RABBIT]

I’m thankful it wasn’t worse. I was sick to my stomach after watching that. Great kid and has had an incredible year. He will be ready for the playoff run next year!

On a side note, we will have to sign someone with his cap space going on LTIR, right?

maybe I don't know the rules, but do they even need to put him on LTIR?