Injury Report: Lombardi Injury Update

[Howler Scores]

@davest4yotes #Coyotes GM Don Maloney says Smith remains day-to-day and Lombardi "may be out for a significant amount of time."

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[Howler Scores]

Coyotes Recall N. Johnson from AHL

GLENDALE, ARIZONA – Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have recalled forward Nick Johnson from the Portland Pirates, the Coyotes’ American Hockey League affiliate (AHL).

http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=652423

 

[TickleMeYandle]

I didn't see what happened, what's the scoop on his injury?

 

[Howler Scores]

So to recap through 4 games:

Mike Smith-Lower-body injury-Day to day.
Martin Hanzal-Lower-body injury-Day to day.
Rostislav Klesla-Lower-body injury-Injured Reserve
Matthew Lombardi-Upper body injury-Injured Reserve?

 

[XX]

I didn't see what happened, what's the scoop on his injury?

He got slew-footed by Desjardins. Looked like it was a knee issue of some sort.

 

[SniperHF]

K, so what other crap centers are out there?

We can't afford to not have 2 of our top 4 centers for any amount of time.

 

[Naych_PHX]

He got slew-footed by Desjardins. Looked like it was a knee issue of some sort.

Radio said it was an upper-body injury. With Lombardi, I think we know what that means.

 

[Sciamachy]

That's just great. Lambo isn't the only guy Desjardins slew-footed last night either, got Schlem and Z as well. At least they weren't hurt.

Coyotes Recall N. Johnson from AHL



http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=652423

Didn't we just send Brown to the Sundogs in case we needed to get somebody up here quick?

 

[XX]

What is Jason Arnott up to? Wonder if he is in shape. Honestly, why not Miele? In fact, Johnson and Klinkhammer should have made the team. Biz has to go. I'm not sorry for that opinion. He can't be trusted for more than 5 minutes of TOI, he has no business being on the roster. I love Chips, but he is best when he plays every other game. Klinkhammer is a team best +12, with some nice offense.

Vs Kings:

Sullivan - Vermette - Doan
Boedker - Hanzal - Vrbata
Korpikoski - Miele - Moss
Klinkhammer - Gordon - Johnson

Chips
Torres

Not having a trustworthy 4th line is killing this team. Late in games, the top 12 guys are gassed because they have no relief. You can't play Biz and Bolduc 5 minutes a game and expect to win with such a compressed schedule.

 

[SniperHF]

This article says Moss played center a couple years ago. Maybe he will pinch center for a bit.

A rut in the ice at the Saddledome ended his 2010-11 campaign just as he’d taken the role of a lifetime as the team’s top centre between Alex Tanguay and Jarome Iginla.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/04/moss-has-2020-vision

 

[Howler Scores]

Didn't we just send Brown to the Sundogs in case we needed to get somebody up here quick?

I am just going to guess if Hanz is out Saturday, Brown will be up faster than it takes me to drive to the arena from Gilbert.

 

[Sinurgy]

Well that didn't last long. Great.

 

[ClassLessCoyote]

Between the injuries and the ****** play of D early on, it would have made more sense to have a 40 game season with 8 exibition games or just cancel the damn season at the rate things are going for us.

 

[KG]

Well, this isn't good.

 

[rt]

So freaking disappointing. Man....

 

[Rutkowski]

I seriously don't get why they don't give Miele a chance. I watched most Portland games during the lockout and he was really reliable there. Good scoring, good defensive work and effective forechecking. Really good with faceoffs(might be wrong there, just my impression though) and excellent puck control.

So yeah, put him at the second for a game and see if it works out. I mean, it can't get worse right?

 

[moosemeister]

Well that sucks.

 

[Sciamachy]

Sarah McLellan ‏@azc_mclellan

LaBarbera will start tomorrow for #Coyotes with Smith still day-to-day with lower-body issue. Again, Smith not pegged to be out long-term.

Hanzal and Klesla (both lower-bodies injuries) skated today, Tippett said. Hanzal is questionable for tomorrow. Klesla still on IR.

Tippett on Lombardi: "I haven’t heard anything from the doctor this afternoon, but we’re certainly not expecting him any time soon."

On Lombardi's upper-body injury, Tippett said it's not something he's had a history with.

 

[moosemeister]

Anybody have players they wanna trade?

 

[RemoAZ]

So to recap through 4 games:

Mike Smith-Lower-body injury-Day to day.
Martin Hanzal-Lower-body injury-Day to day.
Rostislav Klesla-Lower-body injury-Injured Reserve
Matthew Lombardi-Upper body injury-Injured Reserve?

Well Klesla is only good for 70% of the games if we're lucky and Lombardi was a gamble on his health so neither of them being out is a shock. We really needed Hanzal and Smith to be iron men this year though. Guess we are running three lines for the majority of games for a while. The really bad news is it's easier to play Bizcrappy since that line is only going to get the Tippett standard 5 minutes anyway.

 

[lockstock]

I'll just put in my vote for trading Yandle for Ryan O'Reilly if we can get him to sign. He got a minor injury and terminated his KHL contract so they could replace him before the Jan 31 deadline. Even without Yandle, our D is still deep. We need options at C. Imagine in a few weeks if we were rolling ROR, Vermette, Hanzal, Lombardi.

 

[SniperHF]

Guess we are running three lines for the majority of games for a while.

I think that virtually guarantees a loss on the second game of back to backs.

 

[Summer Rose]

We need Gilbert Brule back and Raffi Torres unsuspended.

 

[Big hockey fan]

Agree.....bring back Brule to play with Chip and Torres and have a functioning 4th line that has energy and scores.

 

[Mosby]

K, so what other crap centers are out there?

We can't afford to not have 2 of our top 4 centers for any amount of time.

Tim Connolly...