Injury Report: Updates In 1st Post | Letang Out vs CBJ

[SUBdrewgANS]

Rust was in a bad position and McQuaid moved toward him and finished his check. My complaint is when a player is on the boards, the opposing player has to play the puck as the primary responsibility. I think the hit on Ruhwedel was also the same kind of play. Foligno made mo attempt to play the puck and IMHO should have been charged with boarding. Two injuries could have been avoided with calling those kind of situations that way.

I don't think either play was dirty or unwarranted. I'd have to watch again, but the main point of a check is to separate a player from the puck.. not necessarily making a "play on the puck."

If either of the 2 were iffy it would be the McQuaid hit, but I don't think there was any malice intent behind it.

 

[ncm7772]

Rust was in a bad position and McQuaid moved toward him and finished his check. My complaint is when a player is on the boards, the opposing player has to play the puck as the primary responsibility. I think the hit on Ruhwedel was also the same kind of play. Foligno made mo attempt to play the puck and IMHO should have been charged with boarding. Two injuries could have been avoided with calling those kind of situations that way.

C'mon man, this is hockey. It's a collision sport. Nothing wrong with either of those hits. This is a game of violence and physicality. Not trying to be rude here man, but come on.

 

[chethejet]

My point was in a position of no where to go on the boards, playing the puck would be a safer play. I get it is a physical game, just seems to me a player who is in a vulnerable position is not hammered as a "hockey" play. It is the issue of how hard you line up someone who really is a easy target trying to make a play.

 

[Human]

Maybe my brain is getting old, but when was the last time a Penguin injured an opponent with a hit? It seems weird all these hits that injure Penguins players never go unpunished, and I mean by the league. It can't be that all of these pro players are Pejorative Slured when it comes to absorbing a hit. I guess my point is that other teams' tactics against these Penguins is to hit them hard, so maybe getting a big body was a legit concern...

 

[Multigrain]

Maybe my brain is getting old, but when was the last time a Penguin injured an opponent with a hit? It seems weird all these hits that injure Penguins players never go unpunished, and I mean by the league. It can't be that all of these pro players are ******ed when it comes to absorbing a hit. I guess my point is that other teams' tactics against these Penguins is to hit them hard, so maybe getting a big body was a legit concern...

How many has Malkin injured? Just wondering if it is a long list.

 

[Hell Yeah!!!]

Maybe my brain is getting old, but when was the last time a Penguin injured an opponent with a hit? It seems weird all these hits that injure Penguins players never go unpunished, and I mean by the league. It can't be that all of these pro players are ******ed when it comes to absorbing a hit. I guess my point is that other teams' tactics against these Penguins is to hit them hard, so maybe getting a big body was a legit concern...

I don’t think it’s a coincidence. We take a way disproportionate amount of punishment than we give. Roster composition drives that.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

It's hard to tell if we actually receive more punishment or if it's just confirmation bias. I'm inclined to think it's the latter.

 

[2wayPlay]

Really gotta hope that at least one of Dumo or Letang is back by Thursday otherwise I’m going to start thinking these guys are out long term. We have survived without them so far but it’s going to catch up and we have little room for error in that B2B with Columbus

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Just a thought. People are thinking that Dumo is ahead of Letang because he's skating. I'm not sure that is necessarily the case. If he has something like a pulled neck muscle, they may just want his neck immobile for a set period of time to heal. If he was skating he would risk aggravating it. I wouldn't be surprised to see him skate for a day or 2 and go right back into the lineup.

Of course, this is just a shot in the dark. My main point is that we know almost nothing about the injury, so it's difficult to define progress.

 

[chethejet]

Pens next practice is Monday so by then things should be clearer on both. I would love to have both back and ready to go by Thursday.

 

[2wayPlay]

Pens next practice is Monday so by then things should be clearer on both. I would love to have both back and ready to go by Thursday.

This is the Penguins we are talking about. Day to Day could mean a return by 2020 sometime.

 

[DegenX]

 

[MeinerEiner]

 

[Peat]

Dumo's in a non-contact jersey

edited: Gah! Ninja'ed.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Nothing on Rust for a while Im guessing

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Obviously the best case scenario would have been to have everyone that is injured back fully at practice. But hearing that all 3 defenseman were either beforehand skating or practicing in non contact was actually surprising in a good way.

Should be back soon. Was really surprised to hear Maata was skating. Didn’t think he would be close yet and hadn’t heard a peep about him.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Oh, nice. When I saw the tweet about Letang and Olli skating before practice but not Dumo, I assumed he'd had a setback.

 

[Gurglesons]

Obviously the best case scenario would have been to have everyone that is injured back fully at practice. But hearing that all 3 defenseman were either beforehand skating or practicing in non contact was actually surprising in a good way.

Should be back soon. Was really surprised to hear Maata was skating. Didn’t think he would be close yet and hadn’t heard a peep about him.

It’s a shoulder injury so nothing preventing him from skating.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

It’s a shoulder injury so nothing preventing him from skating.

And may affect him when he does play. Hes already slow...last thing we need is him to be bothered by that shoulder. Letang and Dumo will be back and we have others, if Maatta is struggling they better not keep him in there.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

I have no clue what our defense will look like when everyone is healthy.

It’s a shoulder injury so nothing preventing him from skating.

A shoulder injury would definitely affect his skating if it was bad. You wouldnt be able to pump your arms at all. You’d feel your shoulder at every movement you made. So the injury has to be progressing well or the feeling pain factor has to be near a minimum.

 

[Gurglesons]

I have no clue what our defense will look like when everyone is healthy.



A shoulder injury would definitely affect his skating if it was bad. You wouldnt be able to pump your arms at all. You’d feel your shoulder at every movement you made. So the injury has to be progressing well or the feeling pain factor has to be near a minimum.

Uh. You can’t skate through pain. A shoulder injury would not prevent a player from participating in a casual skate.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Uh. You can’t skate through pain. A shoulder injury would not prevent a player from participating in a casual skate.

A bad shoulder injury certainly would. And let’s not act like these guys are going through a “casual skate”. Look at the video of Letang of his pre-practice skate. You can’t do that with a badly injured shoulder

 

[TNT87]

That's definitely good to see.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I think it was Yohe who said the Pens thought Maatta would be out 4-6 weeks.

Hes been out 3 weeks and he just started skating, so this is kind of where hes suppose to be.

 

[Multigrain]

So I assume they might all be on the ice tomorrow night against Florida?