Injury Report: Updates In 1st Post - Full Attendance at Practice (4.13)

[wej20]

I bet Geno has some bruised ribs.. What it sounds like to me anyway and is a similar time frame for recovery for those.

Also who sits when Maatta comes back?

I could see them giving Maatta a game or two just to get his legs backs before the playoffs but he wont be in the lineup if everyone is healthy the rest of the way.

 

[ncm7772]

I could see them giving Maatta a game or two just to get his legs backs before the playoffs but he wont be in the lineup if everyone is healthy the rest of the way.

Yes, he will. This is going to be a travesty, but he'll be in for Pettersson.

 

[ownal]

Maatta should be in for JJ.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

Maatta should be in for JJ.

Have you watched JJ lately? Big NO from me

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Maatta should be in for JJ.

Maatta shouldn't play unless we're in one of those "dire situations" where a shake-up is required, like losing the first two games of a series or on the brink of elimination.

Especially with how much time he's missed, he's going to be rusty as hell.

 

[2wayPlay]

Defense isn’t the problem right now I don’t think adding Maata does anything and he should be used as a 7th D ready for an injury.

Who on this team is going to score goals? That’s another story.

Are we missing Malkin and ZAR this much?

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Defense isn’t the problem right now I don’t think adding Maata does anything and he should be used as a 7th D ready for an injury.

Who on this team is going to score goals? That’s another story.

Are we missing Malkin and ZAR this much?

Uh no

 

[2wayPlay]

Uh no

Uh no? Are you saying we are not missing ZAR? Because we can’t score more than 1 goal in a game right now and it can’t all be because of Malkin who really hasn’t been that great second half of this season

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Uh no? Are you saying we are not missing ZAR? Because we can’t score more than 1 goal in a game right now and it can’t all be because of Malkin who really hasn’t been that great second half of this season

Yes. His impact next to Malkin's - even a slumping Malkin - is insignificant.

 

[2wayPlay]

Yes. His impact next to Malkin's - even a slumping Malkin - is insignificant.

Well of course he doesn’t mean as much as Malkin what am saying is by missing both it’s hurting our depth so much that we can’t score? ZAR is nothing more than a 4th liner but maybe he’s more important for us than we think

 

[K Fleur]

This is a league where an absolute nothing player can injure a superstar and face zero penalties/repercussions.

Gotta love the NHL.

 

[treeni12]

Malkin skated in full gears

On the Mend: Evgeni Malkin Skates in Pittsburgh with Skills Coach

 

[CrosbyMalkin]

This is a league where an absolute nothing player can injure a superstar and face zero penalties/repercussions.

Gotta love the NHL.

Lemieux said it best when he called it a garage league. You can take your stick and break a mans ribs even when the puck is no place near him and that is fine. Swimg your stick lazily after someone hits their stick in your lower back then punches you in the head and you get suspended. It really is what will eventually get me to stop watching hockey after decades of this crap. Watching the league ruin Lemieux’s career was sickening. Players groomed him up on a nightly bases in the 80’s and early 90’s.

I have told myself this is it when Crosby and this group hangs it up. I hope I stick to my guns because the league doesn’t deserve my money. Torn because I love Mario and as long as he owns them I will most likely support them. Only league that doesn’t protect its money makers.

 

[ColePens]

G skating almost guarantees a bruised/cracked (same recovery) rib. It makes too much sense.

And now that the Pens are doing well, he can rest even more and with a rib injury, you need rest. Need it.

 

[Sideline]

G skating almost guarantees a bruised/cracked (same recovery) rib. It makes too much sense.

And now that the Pens are doing well, he can rest even more and with a rib injury, you need rest. Need it.

I've had pretty serious burns, deep cuts, dental surgery, and broken bones. Some of those hurt more consistently than a pretty minor rib injury, but while the rib injury was healing it was fairly common that out of nowhere it would stop me in my tracks. Breathing the wrong way would wreck me. Rib injuries suuuuuck.

 

[chethejet]

Reese looks to be out longer than most thought. Ruhwedel as well but both probably back for the playoffs. Malkin skating is a good sign in that he can move around. Yes he isn't shooting yet but probably close to doing so. Pens need to win the next two home games and semi-lock up the metro top 3.

 

[ColePens]

I've had pretty serious burns, deep cuts, dental surgery, and broken bones. Some of those hurt more consistently than a pretty minor rib injury, but while the rib injury was healing it was fairly common that out of nowhere it would stop me in my tracks. Breathing the wrong way would wreck me. Rib injuries suuuuuck.

100% agree. I cracked rib 8 (lower) actually playing at PPG Paints (boards are freaking high!) and I played through the game. No problems at all. Didn't feel anything that night. Woke up and started feeling it. Went to the gym, was lifting and it absolutely stopped me in my tracks. As you said, took my breath away.

Couple of days later I had to get an x-ray as it wasn't going away and it was cracked rib 8. Sooooo many days I felt like I could do everything and then out of nowhere it would just stop me. So it's frustrating because you feel 100% but you have to give a few weeks to heal.

 

[OnMyOwn]

I think ZAR in for someone like Wilson or A. Johnson is a big difference, actually. Wilson especially is a black hole of offense.

 

[justaguy15]

Yeah, the rib cage stuff can be horrible. I dislocated cartilage and broke off my xiphoid process playing football in HS. Couldn't do any weightlifting for over a year and still experiened occasional stabbing pains 15 years later, with nothing the doctors could do about it.

 

[66-30-33]

G skating almost guarantees a bruised/cracked (same recovery) rib. It makes too much sense.

And now that the Pens are doing well, he can rest even more and with a rib injury, you need rest. Need it.

See you game 1 Geno.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I think ZAR in for someone like Wilson or A. Johnson is a big difference, actually. Wilson especially is a black hole of offense.

I want to see a 4th line of Aston-Reese, Cullen, and Johnson. I think that's the kind of wingers that makes a guy like Cullen more useful.

Wilson is worse than a black hole of suck.

 

[ownal]

I want to see a 4th line of Aston-Reese, Cullen, and Johnson. I think that's the kind of wingers that makes a guy like Cullen more useful.

Wilson is worse than a black hole of suck.

Where does TB play when Malkin & Zar are back?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Where does TB play when Malkin & Zar are back?

Assuming it's when the playoffs start, Black Aces.

WBS is not a playoff team, Guerin has done a fantastic job of that.

 

[ownal]

Assuming it's when the playoffs start, Black Aces.

WBS is not a playoff team, Guerin has done a fantastic job of that.

Johnson should not be playing over TB.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Johnson should not be playing over TB.

It has very little to do with anything you think.

Blueger - He's a C, he's better as a C, he's actually very good as a C and I would entertain moving Cullen to LW if Blue was the 4C. But Sully likes to keep him as wing right now.

Johnson looks better as a Winger than a C. Then again, I haven't seen him at C. Also, I was probably one of the most vocal Blueger supporters on here, almost to an annoying degree. You really think I want Blueger out of the line-up?