Injury Report: Nick Bjugstad Out for Season

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Somehow the injuries keep piling up?

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[Empoleon8771]

Nick Bennett-stad

At least this locks up McCann to be the 3C and prevents Sullivan from doing something stupid with Bjugstad.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Idk how they’re gonna move his deal, even with just a year left.

 

[Andy99]

Idk how they’re gonna move his deal, even with just a year left.

LTIR...his groin has developed an allergy to skating...

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I gotta kinda feel bad for the guy at this point. His entire time here has been a clusterf***.

But yeah I gotta agree with @Empoleon8771 - at least this prevents stupid line tinkering.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Idk how they’re gonna move his deal, even with just a year left.

They'll hurt the return on Murray or Jarry to dump Bjugstad in that deal, the same way the Capitals hurt Grubauer's return to dump Orpik's contract.

 

[Turin]

Has anybody ever felt less a member of the team than him in a calendar year? Is ok for a bit, disappears in the playoffs, starts slow the next season, is injured forever after.

 

[orby]

It's a shame for everyone that it had to go this way for Bjugstad. I really thought he could have been a useful bottom 6 player.

 

[EightyOne]

Screw this dude

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

They'll hurt the return on Murray or Jarry to dump Bjugstad in that deal, the same way the Capitals hurt Grubauer's return to dump Orpik's contract.

Is Bjud's contract THAT onerous though where we'd need to dump him?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Is Bjud's contract THAT onerous though where we'd need to dump him?

Yeah, especially with a stagnant/decreasing cap. You can already argue that Bjugstad had near negative value when the Penguins acquired him in 2019. His value is only going to be worse now.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Who knows, maybe he'll be on LTIR all of next season too.

 

[EightyOne]

Is Bjud's contract THAT onerous though where we'd need to dump him?

The turd needed flushing this year.

His earlier injury was likely the only thing that kept him around through TDL, conveniently only became healthy like a week after it. Real convenient.

 

[Gurglesons]

Wouldn’t be surprised if his career is over. Seems like he has some type of long term back or LBI.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Just move on from this frigging guy in the summer.

 

[TNT87]

You know what to do Bill Guerin.

 

[ColePens]

The Pens are the only time ADDING injuries during a pandemic shutdown.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Got hurt removing his face mask!!

 

[HandshakeLine]

The Pens are the only time ADDING injuries during a pandemic shutdown.

Well, you can't ask a leopard to change its spots, can you, Cole?

If it's career ending, I wonder if he'd try to rehab anyway and go to camp only to get LTIR'd through the end of his contract and retire with a little more scratch. I feel bad for the dude, he's just never been healthy here.

 

[Ryder71]

My concern from a team perspective is that it hurts our overall depth. With both Simon and Bjugstad out, there's even more pressure on the bottom six guys to produce. McCann in particular. And the way he played over the last few weeks prior to the shutdown, didn't exactly instill me with a lot of confidence.

 

[HandshakeLine]

They'll hurt the return on Murray or Jarry to dump Bjugstad in that deal, the same way the Capitals hurt Grubauer's return to dump Orpik's contract.

Bjugstad's only got a year left, though, wouldn't it be better to just buy him out or LTIR him into oblivion for the remainder of his contract than try to move him?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Has he had issues in the past?

It's gonna get to the point where players are just going to like... promptly retire from the NHL and run off to the Sweden for a year to play when the Penguins acquire their rights.

 

[ColePens]

Well, you can't ask a leopard to change its spots, can you, Cole?

If it's career ending, I wonder if he'd try to rehab anyway and go to camp only to get LTIR'd through the end of his contract and retire with a little more scratch. I feel bad for the dude, he's just never been healthy here.

Totally agree, man. Totally agree. I see this guy being signed for like 1 year/2m by a team and killing it on a non-playoff team and somehow playing 70 games. This is just your classic Derrick Brassard like player. A player you think is a decent "gamble" to bring in and just is absolute garbage in terms of fit.

You saw parts of his game where you realize why he is good. But putting it together consistently... NEVER happened. People give Simon crap and he was like an 800k player. I'd take Simon at 1-2m over Bjugs 24/7 365.

 

[HandshakeLine]

My concern from a team perspective is that it hurts our overall depth. With both Simon and Bjugstad out, there's even more pressure on the bottom six guys to produce. McCann in particular. And the way he played over the last few weeks didn't exactly instill me with a lot of confidence.

We still have a bunch of competant young guys in the AHL who don't have a post season, though. Bjugs was depth, but it's not like we're losing a ton of production without him, even when he was healthy.

Also, on a related note, has anyone seen @Honour Over Glory lately? Last I saw him he was muttering something about a "cricket bat".

 

[Jules Winnfield]

I really f***ing hate Bjugstad. He's the Made in China version of Jordan Staal.