Injury Report: Scheifele injury hyperventilation thread (UPD: out 6-8 weeks)

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

This is really bad. Little doesn't have enough skills to create offense against 1st line centers. Scheifele is our bread & butter and our team will be absolutely trash without him.

Did you only start watching the NHL in the last 10 months or so?
Little has been a good 1C from 2011 to present.
When he returned from the early knee injury last year he went on a great streak where he was the teams best player.

.7966 PPG last year. Looks like 1C production to me.
But they may try a few games with Wheeler at C too to spread out the vets among a very young top 6. If he does play with Wheeler then I would expect a return to a more offensive role.

 

[Asiantuntija]

Did you only start watching the NHL in the last 10 months or so?
Little has been a good 1C from 2011 to present.
When he returned from the early knee injury last year he went on a great streak where he was the teams best player.

.7966 PPG last year. Looks like 1C production to me.
But they may try a few games with Wheeler at C too to spread out the vets among a very young top 6. If he does play with Wheeler then I would expect a return to a more offensive role.

No. I respect his achievements in past, but that doesn't change situation at the moment. At the moment he has one good game per five games and it's not simply enough at all. Everyone talks how Laine can't create his own offense, but at least he is way better on it than Little. Little can't create his own offense at all.

 

[Jets 31]

Does anyone think that it was his elbow that was hurt and not shoulder ? Not that it would be any better but i thought it looked like his elbow . This sucks big time , the only thing that would help me feel better is if Roslovic comes up and lights it up .

 

[Maukkis]

All I am reading on twitter are real bad case scenarios. Anyone know of any kind of shoulder injury that would just be day to day?

A recovery time table of 3-4 weeks or less is not the end of the world. Anything more than that though and I'll be worried

I walked into a door shoulder first once. It hurt a bit.

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Ehlers-Little-Wheeler
Connor-Roslo-Laine

Could work

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Jets have thrived under adversity in the past. I expect team will be stronger come playoffs with any lengthy injury.

 

[SensibleGuy]

I don’t think this is necessarily a bad thing. I mean it sucks losing Chef but it might be just the thing the team needs to keep them focused at this point in the season. It often seems like the loss of a key player like this actually doesn’t cause a terrible slide for a team. We have a couple players dominating in the AHL right now and this is an opportunity for those guys.

Also, Buff and Enstrom will be back soon to help defensively.

 

[MrBoJangelz71]

Man woke up this morning excited to read the news and rewatch highlights of a win, followed by a sick deep twist in my stomach when I remember who went down.

 

[SM]

I think X , Little, Wheeler could be the 1st line just not sure who could be but on LW, on 2nd line i would like to see Laine, X , Armia Just not sure who could be the C for them. Perreault? Just in this kind of scenario Connor or Ehlers would suffer...man is hard when you have too good team

Option 1: Run top-9 equally
Petan-Little-Wheeler
Laine-Perreault-Armia
Connor-Lowry-Ehlers
Tanev-Hendricks-Copp

Option 2: Top-6 loaded
Ehlers-Little-Wheeler
Perreault-Roslovic-Laine
Connor-Lowry-Armia
Tanev-Hendricks-Copp

Option 3: Wheeler Centre
Connor-Wheeler-Ehlers
Laine-Little-Roslovic/Petan
Tanev-Lowry-Copp
Perreault-Hendricks-Armia

-Option 1 looks best on paper to me, but Perreault hasn’t played Centre for us in a while.
-Option 2 highly depends on Roslovic succeeding in a 2C role, which would be asking for a lot.
-Option 3 essentially keeps the lineup the same but patches Scheifele with Wheeler, Wheeler with Ehlers, and Ehlers with Roslovic/Petan to balance lines.

 

[Maukkis]

Option 1: Run top-9 equally
Petan-Little-Wheeler
Laine-Perreault-Armia
Connor-Lowry-Ehlers
Tanev-Hendricks-Copp

Option 2: Top-6 loaded
Ehlers-Little-Wheeler
Perreault-Roslovic-Laine
Connor-Lowry-Armia
Tanev-Hendricks-Copp

Option 3: Wheeler Centre
Connor-Wheeler-Ehlers
Laine-Little-Roslovic/Petan
Tanev-Lowry-Copp
Perreault-Hendricks-Armia

-Option 1 looks best on paper to me, but Perreault hasn’t played Centre for us in a while.
-Option 2 highly depends on Roslovic succeeding in a 2C role, which would be asking for a lot.
-Option 3 essentially keeps the lineup the same but patches Scheifele with Wheeler, Wheeler with Ehlers, and Ehlers with Roslovic/Petan to balance lines.

1. Laine is a RW, period. That being said, you could rotate Armia, Laine and Ehlers to make all of them play their respective positions (EPL, CLA). I have my doubts about Perreault playing center, but we may not get to choose.

2. By far the best option out of these three. Roslovic would have a line driver playing with him, and we could shelter Roslovic and Laine to an extent. The bottom six could be rotated nicely as well.

3. I don't see Wheeler playing C for too long, nor do I like that idea. I'd prefer keeping Wheeler where he is at his best and replacing Scheifele with an actual center.

Combining elements from these three lineups and my own preferences, I'd run with...

Ehlers-Little-Wheeler
Perreault-Roslovic-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Tanev
Connor-Hendricks-Armia

The basic idea is that Little becomes the 1C that is assigned with the toughest of matchups. We keep the Lowry line together, for without Scheifele, we need Lowry to take an even bigger responsibility over covering the tough matchups that Scheifele usually gets. Since CLT has proven to be successful in that role, I'd like them to remain intact. This way, the second line can be sheltered; Roslovic needs to be insulated, which is best achieved by giving him a line driver to work with (Perreault) and limiting his tough assignments (Laine needs this too, hence why he is the best fit to be the other winger). Connor is the victim of these changes, but he has been on the fourth line in the past, so that's somewhat likely to happen anyway. If needed, we could go Connor-Lowry-Armia and Copp-Hendo-Tanev, but I like that shutdown unit a bit too much to go with those lines by default.

 

[King Woodballs]

My guess is out until the snow melts if it's a collarbone.
So I hope it isn't that.

Now where's my paper bag I can breathe into

 

[Jets1975]

Heart sunk watchin Chef go down, and hope the best for him. Game almost felt like a lose last night. Would love to see Roslo get his chance with the big club. Do not want to see PoMo plug in either Matthias or Dano. If Chef is down for a considerable length of time and this team falters without him, what do the Jets do? Does Chevy look for a rental?

 

[meedle]

1. Laine is a RW, period. That being said, you could rotate Armia, Laine and Ehlers to make all of them play their respective positions (EPL, CLA). I have my doubts about Perreault playing center, but we may not get to choose.

2. By far the best option out of these three. Roslovic would have a line driver playing with him, and we could shelter Roslovic and Laine to an extent. The bottom six could be rotated nicely as well.

3. I don't see Wheeler playing C for too long, nor do I like that idea. I'd prefer keeping Wheeler where he is at his best and replacing Scheifele with an actual center.

Combining elements from these three lineups and my own preferences, I'd run with...

Ehlers-Little-Wheeler
Perreault-Roslovic-Laine
Copp-Lowry-Tanev
Connor-Hendricks-Armia

The basic idea is that Little becomes the 1C that is assigned with the toughest of matchups. We keep the Lowry line together, for without Scheifele, we need Lowry to take an even bigger responsibility over covering the tough matchups that Scheifele usually gets. Since CLT has proven to be successful in that role, I'd like them to remain intact. This way, the second line can be sheltered; Roslovic needs to be insulated, which is best achieved by giving him a line driver to work with (Perreault) and limiting his tough assignments (Laine needs this too, hence why he is the best fit to be the other winger). Connor is the victim of these changes, but he has been on the fourth line in the past, so that's somewhat likely to happen anyway. If needed, we could go Connor-Lowry-Armia and Copp-Hendo-Tanev, but I like that shutdown unit a bit too much to go with those lines by default.

I a totally agree with this. I think having Connor - Roslovic - Laine would be a defensive night mare. I think they might do some damage but i think they would cost us a game or 3 defensively.

 

[KingBogo]

Hoping against hope for some good news today. After that I'm guessing Roslovic gets the call.

 

[BB88]

Hoping all the best for Scheifele. Just absolutely hate injuries.

This is a team when they figure out if they are a good team or not.

 

[PhilJets]

Lets Go Schiefele.. you are a warrior.

My favorite Jet 2.0


Wishing you a speedy recovery.

 

[RustyCat]

If it is longer term I would bet Petan or Lemieux gets called before Roslovic. Have to wonder if Dano slides in to the fourth line.

Connor-Wheeler-MP
Ehlers-Little-Laine
CLT
Dano-Hendricks-Armia

Who knows. The best part is we have loads of options. I remember when Little went down and it crumbled the team because we could not fill that role - it destroyed the team. We still have a very. very good team even with Chef down.

 

[Whileee]

Heard Maurice mention that the Jets now have a lot of left-shooting forwards but not many right shots. I think that might signal that Roslovic is called up and goes straight into the lineup. I think we might see...

Ehlers - Little-Laine
Perreault-Wheeler-Armia
CLT
Connor-Hendricks-Roslovic

They might flip Roslovic and Armia to keep a bit more balance.

 

[lomiller1]

I think I prefer a broken collar bone to a shoulder injury even if he’s out longer. With the collar bone at least you know that once he’s back he’s healthy. With a shoulder he may not be 100% until next season even if he’s back in the lineup.

 

[GaryPoppins]

Seem to remember Chef stepping up in Little's absence that was a driving force turning him into the player he is now. Time for Little to reciprocate and play to the level he SHOULD be playing. I love Little, great player/teammate/etc, but this year has been nothing but a disappointment for him from an offensive output side.

If Chef is out until late Feb/March which is possible, Roslo is up and they begin the process of doing some early deadline shopping to stop the bleeding.

 

[puck stoppa]

Seem to remember Chef stepping up in Little's absence that was a driving force turning him into the player he is now. Time for Little to reciprocate and play to the level he SHOULD be playing. I love Little, great player/teammate/etc, but this year has been nothing but a disappointment for him from an offensive output side.

If Chef is out until late Feb/March which is possible, Roslo is up and they begin the process of doing some early deadline shopping to stop the bleeding.

Chevy may make a deal, you may be right on. Cause when Little went down last year we got torched on road match ups.

 

[RandomJetsFan]

shoddy deals for mark but i cant help but think of roslo being that kid john wayne throws in the river lol well only way to learn i guess

 

[Edgar Halliwax]

After looking at the replay a few more times I'm thinking separated shoulder or broken collarbone. I've suffered a dislocated shoulder (along with torn rotator cuff) - and that injury usually occurs when the arm is extended. That was a blunt impact on the outside of the shoulder with his arm in. In any case, I doubt we'll see 55 before sometime in March.

On the positive side, I went to my first ever Moose game last week and Roslovic blew me away with his speed and hockey sense. If he gets a chance, I think he's going to make the most of it.

 

[Channelcat]

This is exactly why you sign Little to a big deal. I'm probably not as worried about this as I should be, haven't liked Schiefs game for the last ten or so. Hopefully he'll take this opportunity to reset.

 

[Howard Chuck]

I am actually fairly calm about this situation given the depth that has been built in the organization. Scheif will be missed but I think the Jets will be fine. just like they were when Buff and Toby went down. depth is a beautiful thing.

My hope is that we use the depth and not shuffle the deck chairs.