Injury Report: Mitchell Marner ankle injury (will miss at least 4 weeks)

[baton elevated]

I'm being facetious here but hope we lose enough games to finish out of the playoffs and get a lottery pick (move up like Philly did 14th to 2nd). We can save our 1st if lottery protected otherwise we get zero for what is shaping up to be a write off year.
I think most here agree this is no a contender even when fully healthy. Team defense is OHL bad, seriously terrible.

 

[rumman]

I'm being facetious here but hope we lose enough games to finish out of the playoffs and get a lottery pick (move up like Philly did 14th to 2nd). We can save our 1st if lottery protected otherwise we get zero for what is shaping up to be a write off year.
I think most here agree this is no a contender even when fully healthy. Team defense is OHL bad, seriously terrible.

why insult the OHL?

 

[BlueForever75]

I'm being facetious here but hope we lose enough games to finish out of the playoffs and get a lottery pick (move up like Philly did 14th to 2nd). We can save our 1st if lottery protected otherwise we get zero for what is shaping up to be a write off year.
I think most here agree this is no a contender even when fully healthy. Team defense is OHL bad, seriously terrible.

I really think you should go speak to some St Louis fans, see how horrible they felt their team was in late January last season!!!!

No need to jump off the bandwagon just yet. The season is a long one. I think they will turn it around.

 

[baton elevated]

I really think you should go speak to some St Louis fans, see how horrible they felt their team was in late January last season!!!!

No need to jump off the bandwagon just yet. The season is a long one. I think they will turn it around.

I'm not a bad wagoner. i have preached this sentiment for a very very long time

 

[CelticDruid]

Has no one talked about the language used with Marner?

JT will be out for 4wks
Marner will be reassessed in 4wks

I think this is a very serious injury and Marner will not be coming back anytime soon

Two months plus.

 

[killer1980]

Two months plus.

I fear but certainly not hoping it is some form of ligament damage. If it's the Achilles tendon, that would not be good for a smooth skater like Marner.

 

[CincoHolio]

I love mitch and think he is a star. However its clearly we need a another great D and a big strong forechecking winger.

This is where we see our team without mitch and maybe we can trade him this summer. He is not worth 11 mill or at least the leafs cant afford a 3rd 11 mill player.

Hyman Matthews Nylander
Johnsson Tavares Kapanen
Mikheyev Kerfoot Moore
Korshkov Gauthier Timashov

Run these lines until he gets back and see how tavares does with those two wingers. I think he will be great as he will adjust to being more like how he was in the island. Setting up players rather than waiting for the setup.

I would love to see the Matthews-Nylander-Hyman line reunited.

That's right, y'all...come @ me!!!

 

[Golden_Jet]

Can’t go on LTIR for 10 missed games or 24 days I thought

 

[MyBudJT]

Can’t go on LTIR for 10 missed games or 24 days I thought

The rule is that ONCE you're on LTIR, you MUST miss at least 10 games or 24 days... whatever comes first.

 

[Legion34]

Can’t go on LTIR for 10 missed games or 24 days I thought

that’s 4 weeks easy. He will meet that

edit. I see what u mean. No they can do it right now. If they know he is out. They have to hold him out

 

[RoyalCitySlicker]

I fear but certainly not hoping it is some form of ligament damage. If it's the Achilles tendon, that would not be good for a smooth skater like Marner.

That was my fear when I saw him bambi-ing all over the ice.

Just look at EK65......a shell of his pre-achilles injury....let's hope it's not that!

 

[mouser]

The rule is that ONCE you're on LTIR, you MUST miss at least 10 games or 24 days... whatever comes first.

Actually it’s both 10 games and 24 days. Not one or the other.

 

[Tyler Durden]

So Marner wont be placed on IR until around the end of November?

 

[MyBudJT]

Actually it’s both 10 games and 24 days. Not one or the other.

I believe this is correct, nice catch.

 

[TexanGuy]

if there's little upside why not trade him for something the Leafs need?

like a Marner for Doughty swap?

 

[Peiskos]

Meh, not worried. He has 10 million dollars per annum he can afford rehab, greedy bum.

 

[gabeliscious]

So Marner wont be placed on IR until around the end of November?

i think leafs should do it. it would give them a considerable amount of cap savings i think. worst case scenario he needs to stay out an extra game or two. marner on ltir could be the difference of us being able to get a backup goalie or not. i think cap is calculated daily so him out a month at $11 million will add up quickly.

 

[Myopic]

How did he get hurt? Puck off the ankle?

 

[rumman]

like a Marner for Doughty swap?

we were talking about Bracco, not sure why you are proposing Marner for Doughty?

 

[Cor]

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Has no one talked about the language used with Marner?

JT will be out for 4wks
Marner will be reassessed in 4wks

I think this is a very serious injury and Marner will not be coming back anytime soon

It will be more than 4 weeks. He is off ice for 4 weeks and then retested.

Two months plus.

Ya, high ankle sprains (if that's what he has) can be tricky. They can be unpredictable.

 

[LeafingTheWay]

Both Marner and Tavares have struggled massively at 5v5 this season. But they haven't been slouching defensively IMO and they are still putting in the effort. Just need the puck-luck to go their way, which they got ample of last year.

Unfortunately for Tavares, he has to burden that alone with Marner injured and may face some unfair criticism until that puck-luck comes back.

 

[TexanGuy]

Ya, high ankle sprains (if that's what he has) can be tricky. They can be unpredictable.

I

I had a high ankle sprain 3 years ago, and it is still not 100% healed. With better doctors and physio hopefully he will have better luck then me.

 

[Coachcorner]

Hyman - Tavares - Kerfoot seems to be what will happen if we look at yesterday, but it's possible they will want Kerfoot as a center more than a winger game to game.

oh its like that now sire. Pretty surprising if they play even one game with those fools in the same. I would prefer kerfoot always on center, he makes us better.

Tavvy might want to welcome hyman back instantly with an assist on his (hyman's) goal. I'ma see to that.

Moore or Kapanen with Tavares is more what I would like to see. Imagine those two coneheads hyman and kapanen doing all kinds of D-work with tavvy, speedy and all, but still not getting enough goals done. That might happen too mayne.

 

[Coachcorner]

Both Marner and Tavares have struggled massively at 5v5 this season. But they haven't been slouching defensively IMO and they are still putting in the effort. Just need the puck-luck to go their way, which they got ample of last year.

Unfortunately for Tavares, he has to burden that alone with Marner injured and may face some unfair criticism until that puck-luck comes back.

He (tavares) already scored yesterday without marner. And assisted on some too. Tavvy don't need nodody. He the best like khaled.