Injury Report: Seth Jones out 4-6 weeks

[CoachWithNoTeam]

I just feel bad for Jones because of his Norris chances, I think the team will be just fine for a month.

I think the big players to watch for picking up the slack are going to be Carlsson and Kukan.

Werenski, Nutivaara, and Savard are all perfectly top 4 capable. Hell, those 3 alone with a few depth guys is as good or better than some teams groups. If Werenski is healthy enough to play at 100%, which we didn’t see most of last season, that could be a big boost. And I am not sure on the timetable for Murray, but if he’s healthy we still have a solid group.

It will be very interesting to see how the young guys step up in the face of bigger responsibility. Carlsson has the athleticism and sense to be a big minute muncher. If Carlsson siezes his spot and doesn’t give it up, we have the very thing that a lot of people have been calling for, a big shut down defenseman. He could very well end up taking a lot of those situational minutes that Cole was taking.

And Kukan was looking very impressive down the stretch last season, and has only seemed to improve on that throughout camp so far. It might finally be his time to step in.

There is a possibility that those two could play well enough to have us wondering who we will have to sit when Jones gets back.

Or...

 

[major major]

~10 games is not so scary to me. It gives a great opportunity for Kukan, Carlsson, Clendening, etc... and like CoachWithNoTeam said we've still got 3 top 4 capable D expected in the lineup. 4 if Murray is back. It's always a plus to be able to evaluate those guys who need minutes.

I was almost wondering if it would be good to have a short-injury spell at forward so we could see how several players look in real games. As is there's no way to give useful minutes to everyone who needs a look. But I wouldn't wish that in addition to Jones going down.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

damn it

 

[Theo Von]

Luckily I don't think the first month or so is a foreboding schedule.

Oct 4	@DETY
Oct 5	CAR
Oct 9	COL
Oct 11	@FLA
Oct 13	@TB
Oct 18	PHI
Oct 20	CHI
Oct 23	ARI
Oct 25	@STL
Oct 27	BUF
Oct 30	DET

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Lots of teams that should be motivated after underperforming last year... we shall see

 

[JacketsDavid]

No matter how you look at it not good news.
Hopefully team play well and doesn't dig themselves a hole.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Jones is easily the second or third best player on the team. Some may argue the best. I'm certainly hopeful it won't be a blow, but I'm not going to shoulder shrug and say "NBD Kukan will be fine."
This sucks.

 

[NotWendell]

If he only misses 10ish games, he still has a chance

And so do we.

 

[NotWendell]

Jones is easily the second or third best player on the team. Some may argue the best. I'm certainly hopeful it won't be a blow, but I'm not going to shoulder shrug and say "NBD Kukan will be fine."
This sucks.

He might very well be the best, but I know for certain he's my favorite. I like him WAY more than Johansen.

 

[Doug19]

Nothing surprising here, we made the playoffs back to back, so it is only natural that the hockey gods punish this team and city.

 

[Johansen2Foligno]

Hmm not a good start to the year. Here's hoping to a swift recovery

 

[JohnnyJacket13]

Tbh wouldn’t be shocked if Jarmo is involved in these discussions

 

[major major]

Tbh wouldn’t be shocked if Jarmo is involved in these discussions

He's not in Toronto's plans because he's had a bad pre-season. I watched the Montreal game and Carrick was a mess. I don't think he'd improve on Clendening for one.

 

[NotWendell]

He's not in Toronto's plans because he's had a bad pre-season. I watched the Montreal game and Carrick was a mess. I don't think he'd improve on Clendening for one.

What about Wennberg?
(it's a damn joke, people!)

 

[spintheblackcircle]

 

[Speedy Sanderson]

Really looking forward to his transition game and help on the power play. Also gives the Jackets a pretty impressive first two pairings on D.

 

[Jovavic]

Hope it doesn't take long for the rust to shake off

 

[Theo Von]

I fully expect the team to look and play extremely different (for the better) with Seth back.

 

[Crede777]

I think it is dangerous to think the team will suddenly figure everything out when Jones returns.

That said, I expect them to look good tomorrow because they're playing against Arizona.

 

[major major]

I think it is dangerous to think the team will suddenly figure everything out when Jones returns.

That said, I expect them to look good tomorrow because they're playing against Arizona.

I've watched a couple Arizona games, and they are like a Jr. version of Carolina. Very competitive, just not much scoring touch. It probably won't make for a pretty game.

I hope they listened to Torts and will go into the game with the same approach as they had in Chicago.

 

[Theo Von]

I fully expect the team to look and play extremely different (for the better) with Seth back.

Note to self:

You couldn’t have been anymore wrong.

 

[MoeBartoli]

I've watched a couple Arizona games, and they are like a Jr. version of Carolina. Very competitive, just not much scoring touch. It probably won't make for a pretty game.

I hope they listened to Torts and will go into the game with the same approach as they had in Chicago.

It strikes me the only thing in common with the Chicago game was the high number of missed shots.

 

[major major]

It strikes me the only thing in common with the Chicago game was the high number of missed shots.

Yeah that's not the part I meant.

Artemi described it as "dumb shots" - I think we need to re-think the approach to offense. This team can outskate the opposition but it all seems to go to waste with that kind of shoot from everywhere approach.

 

[EspenK]

I fully expect the team to look and play extremely different (for the better) with Seth back.

Note to self:

You couldn’t have been anymore wrong.

You took the words right out of my mouth. . Guess 27 plus minutes wasn't enough.