Speculation: Time to Play Coyotes Injury Lottery

[Vinny Boombatz]

Nuff said, who will be the next person to lose games to an injury?

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[Vinny Boombatz]

With our luck it's probably Keller or OEL next.

 

[moosemeister]

Panik right before the trade deadline so we can’t trade him

 

[Murf]

It’s usually someone who is pretty important, that is starting to give you hope that they turned a corner and are going to start really producing.

I voted OEL. I would vote Keller but he has been somewhere between OK and invisible. He’s not important enough right now to be struck down by Coyote luck.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Hammer, because he's due.

 

[RABBIT]

 

[Bandit34]

Hammer or Chychrun.

 

[Summer Rose]

Voted in the poll that it's Niklas Hjalmarsson, on the principle that our next player taken out is going to hurt a lot to lose, because he's our defensive anchor on a team that can barely score.

At the rate we're going with our lack of luck, because Hjalmarsson is underappreciated being a defensive defenseman, our bright star we have now that Schmaltz has made his way to IR, it's going to be Adin Hill (who isn't an option in the poll) though. Then down will go Kuemper, and we'll all be wishing we had Wedgewood back, as we watch a goalie tandem of Hunter Miska and Marek Langhamer (nothing against either personally, but neither are NHL ready).

 

[Jakey53]

Panik right before the trade deadline so we can’t trade him

No, Chayka will sign him to an long term extension.

 

[Imaravencawcaw]

Chychrun is due for his yearly knee injury

 

[Llewzaher]

Whomever it is I dont want to see another Krys Kolanos....

Keller has been getting creamed lately with no retribution

I voted Hammer tho

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Chayka from choking on an organic carrot.

 

[BigMac1212]

Is this the PowerBall or Mega Millions version?

 

[Lilhoody]

I voted OEL, in hopes his absence goes unnoticed, or finds the team improved.

 

[TheLegend]

We came close to losing Archibald today. He took a slap shot on his foreleg in practice and went down. Had to be helped off but was back about five minutes later.

 

[Jakey53]

I voted OEL, in hopes his absence goes unnoticed, or finds the team improved.

Not sure if you are serious or just being sarcastic, but losing OEL is about the worst thing that could happen to this team. It would not go unnoticed and the team will be much worse.

 

[cobra427]

Not sure if you are serious or just being sarcastic, but losing OEL is about the worst thing that could happen to this team. It would not go unnoticed and the team will be much worse.

OEL loss would kill us. Remeber our train wreck D at the start of last year with Hammer out and our downfall this year started after the often hated Demers went down. We need to keep OEL and keep him healthy.

 

[Plub]

Niklas and Chicken have to be the two worst players at taking hits I've ever seen. They don't brace or lean into hits, they just kind of stand there and get destroyed. So one of those two would be my guess.

 

[ck26]

This is probably the worst thread I've seen in the 6 years I've frequented this forum. The summer 2014 "why did we re-sign Dave Moss?" thread was pretty bad, but it's softened with time. This ... yeeesh.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Seriously, guys, the only legitimate beef against our defensemen is that they aren't forwards. Nik is fine. Chychrun is fine. OEL ought to score more, but ok. Lubie is playing above expectations. Kuemper, for a backup goalie, is playing fine.
We need forwards who can score.

 

[hbk]

I wonder if our players are guilty of overtraining in off season. The volume of long-term major injuries just seems like such an anomaly.

 

[_Del_]

I wonder if our players are guilty of overtraining in off season. The volume of long-term major injuries just seems like such an anomaly.

First real offseason with new med staff. RT and Chayka talk big on fitness (which always seems weird to me, as I doubt there are any teams who don't have reasonable fitness standards/programs). It's a reasonable inference, imo.