Injury Report: Sabres Injury Report 2021 (Eichel, Hutton, Ullmark, Okposo)

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Sabres' Jack Eichel will 'still be out for a while,' GM says
Sabres captain Jack Eichel will "still be out for a while," general manager Kevyn Adams told reporters Monday after the trade deadline.
"He was again recently looked at by the doctors. There's been a slight improvement from before," Adams said. "That’s as far as I want to go. Where that puts him in terms of return, we’ll have to see. We’d love to have him even if it’s just for the end of the season. It still looks like he’s going to be out for a while."
Adams said there was "more clarity last week" and added that more should be coming in the next few days after continuing discussions with doctors on next steps.

A slight improvement from a neck injury since March 7th doesn't sound good.

I'm not sure we know all.

 

[EichHart]

Eichel having surgery, out rest of season. Will be back for start of next season. According to Elliott Friedman.

 

[jfb392]

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Eichel has a herniated disc in his neck. Ouch.

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

I think this puts the trade discussions to an end for a year

 

[BananaSquad]

Eichel has a herniated disc in his neck. Ouch.

He’s not going anywhere

 

[SackTastic]

Remember when Eichel was just lazy and wasn't really hurt? Yeesh.

 

[Sabre the Win]

This is great news, I just wish he went with the surgery earlier, why wait all this time? Season was long gone.

 

[Fjordy]

Sucks. How long does it take to recover from such an operation?

 

[SackTastic]

This is great news, I just wish he just went with the surgery earlier, why wait all this time? Season was long gone.

There are often other things that can and should be tried first with herniated discs. Surgery is not the first option .

 

[1TuchAnd1NoTuch]

Sucks. How long does it take to recover from such an operation?

I believe they remove the herniated disc and fuse the two surrounding discs together. I had one in my back but did not go the surgery route. I was told recovery time would be about a month before I could start training again but it may be different with the neck

 

[EichHart]

I knew he wasn't completely healthy. The Eichel I saw this year compared to last was so different.

 

[Gras]

I knew he wasn't completely healthy. The Eichel I saw this year compared to last was so different.

I wonder if this was the injury that he got in training and that hit against the boards made it worse.

 

[SackTastic]

I wonder if this was the injury that he got in training and that hit against the boards made it worse.

I would say that's almost likely, or even old and the training injury aggravated it.

My guess would be that it was plaguing him all season and he was trying to power through it, but the hit just pushed it to a point where he couldn't tolerate the pain anymore.

 

[Snippit]

I thought the training camp injury was a shoulder injury? At least that’s what I thought Rayzor mentioned once.

 

[Zman5778]

I thought the training camp injury was a shoulder injury? At least that’s what I thought Rayzor mentioned once.

Neck injuries are weird, as are herniated disks. Depending on where things were, it wouldn't be a shock for a herniated disk in the neck to cause pain in the upper part of a shoulder.

 

[SackTastic]

Neck injuries are weird, as are herniated disks. Depending on where things were, it wouldn't be a shock for a herniated disk in the neck to cause pain in the upper part of a shoulder.

My brother has gone through this. I would expect lots of shoulder , back, and arm pain, again depending on which disc is tweaked.

 

[Zman5778]

My brother has gone through this. I would expect lots of shoulder , back, and arm pain, again depending on which disc is tweaked.

Yeah, and if he was experiencing back pain to go along with the neck and shoulder pain.............it pretty well explains this entire season for him.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

So here it is folks. Team just need to learn to play without Jack. And when he comes back will be huge boost I hope.

 

[brian_griffin]

I wonder if this was the injury that he got in training and that hit against the boards made it worse.

that is my belief until told otherwise

Neck injuries are weird, as are herniated disks. Depending on where things were, it wouldn't be a shock for a herniated disk in the neck to cause pain in the upper part of a shoulder.

or, they don’t want to say it’s a neck injury so Jack isn’t targeted there.

 

[Jim Bob]

that is my belief until told otherwise

or, they don’t want to say it’s a neck injury so Jack isn’t targeted there.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

Remember when Eichel was just lazy and wasn't really hurt? Yeesh.

In fairness, this needs to stop:

(1) players thinking it's heroic to be in the lineup when they're neither helping the team nor themselves
(2) coaching and management acquiescing to (1)

That said, looking forward to a healthy Jack in 21/22.

 

[SackTastic]

In fairness, this needs to stop:

(1) players thinking it's heroic to be in the lineup when they're neither helping the team nor themselves
(2) coaching and management acquiescing to (1)

That said, looking forward to a healthy Jack in 21/22.

I agree with you. That comment was directed more at the folks around here who were accusing Eichel of sandbagging, etc, all year, when clearly he was injured and still playing.

 

[Deep Blue Metallic]

I agree with you. That comment was directed more at the folks around here who were accusing Eichel of sandbagging, etc, all year, when clearly he was injured and still playing.

I know. I was one of them. Jack looked like he didn't give a shit. Shame on me.

But he shouldn't have been on the ice. Hence my post.

 

[hizzoner]

I know. I was one of them. Jack looked like he didn't give a shit. Shame on me.

But he shouldn't have been on the ice. Hence my post.

I was on him too. But what the hell was he doing playing with an injury like that? God help him if he got hit in that area while coping with the injury. I wish him a very speedy and full recovery.