Injury Report: Yamamoto week to week with ankle injury

[BlackDogg]

Make a trade Ken!

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

This sucks. Hopefully he has a speedy recovery. Gotta think Ennis pencils in for him.

 

[BlackDogg]

The medical team assures us that they are right on this one:

 

[Messrules11]

Is our medical staff completely brain dead? First McD is allowed to finish a game and now Yamamoto, then they’re both out for weeks.

 

[dem]

If it's a high ankle he is probably out until the end of the regular season..
Brutal

 

[Soundwave]

Spector says he just saw Yamamoto walking around with no limp, that's very good news.

I've had the same injury if it was something that severe (mine was worse) not a chance you'd be casually walking around two days later.

Good opportunity for Archibald and Ennis to get good looks playing with high end players.

 

[Uindicator]

Send him straight to the hyperbaric chamber

 

[McTonyBrar]

Send him straight to the hyperbaric chamber

He’s not walking around with a limp. So that’s good news

 

[Fourier]

Make a trade Ken!

Theoretically the Oilers could still make a trade. But the player they get would not be eligible for the playoffs.

 

[Jet Walters]

I sprained my ankle while high once. It actually helps with the pain.

 

[bucks_oil]

Not really that odd. Granlund will fill the Benson spot (which probably would have been Ennis originally) and Ennis likely fills Yamamoto's spot.

My +1 was AA, but I guess I forgot Gagner's gone (we need an appreciation thread)... so neutral in terms of bodies until you consider a healthy McD, a returning Kassian and another D-man in Green... you gotta figure we'd be sending a net-number of guys down rather than bringing one up?

 

[alphahelix]

What is the obscure rule governing Puljujarvi? How come December was the deadline for him to come over rather than the TDL? Do we not have access to other players whose rights we hold but who have not played in NA? I assume not but not sure on the technicalities. You can bring up younger prospects from all levels, right? As raw as Lavoie is, I bet he is still better than some of our options. Benson should be back up - if Granlund is slotting in it should be for Russel or Khaira, not 3rd line duty.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Spector says he just saw Yamamoto walking around with no limp, that's very good news.

I've had the same injury if it was something that severe (mine was worse) not a chance you'd be casually walking around two days later.

Good opportunity for Archibald and Ennis to get good looks playing with high end players.

Hopefully it's only a week... I can handle that but I REALLY don't want him to miss the rest of the year.

 

[bucks_oil]

If it's a high ankle he is probably out until the end of the regular season..
Brutal

One guy in this thread full-on speculated it was high-ankle.... it's not necessarily fact.

 

[Soundwave]

Hopefully it's only a week... I can handle that but I REALLY don't want him to miss the rest of the year.

I doubt it's anywhere that severe if he can walk on it with no limp already.

No need to really rush it with him though, especially with Kassian coming back soon, that can move Ennis down to play in that position and that's a good spot for him.

 

[MaxR11]

 

[SecretOilersFan]

Well that sucks though I was surprised he wasn't hurt after that collision turns out he was. Well good thing we got some wingers I would complain a ton about our injuries but then again the Blue Jackets are suffering even worse.

 

[Drivesaitl]

We can never catch a full break can we?

Do not ever, ever, ever, mention the bolded in an injury sidebar discussion again..

I was careful not even to type it out. heh

 

[SecretOilersFan]

Is our medical staff completely brain dead? First McD is allowed to finish a game and now Yamamoto, then they’re both out for weeks.

And McD was back earlier than expected (the fact he is playing at all is a miracle). I am not going to weigh in too much not my field but they probably didn't notice it until later analysis after Yam kept feeling discomfort after the game. I was seeing this on reddit an ankle injury like this means it could just be a little sore but after the skate is removed it started to inflame/swell. It's hard to tell as soon as it has occurred.

As said in the comments Yam is walking around it probably is a minor injury and he will be out likely for a few games.

 

[nabob]

Agreed.

We had Yamo play on it after his injury, unless they brought others in the same team misdiagnosed Larsson on a broken leg and McDavid finished the game on his injured quad.

It does raise questions on our medical staff's abilities here.

Or like others have said when adrenaline is pumping and players are fully engage in the game they push to play, they say the pain is a 2 instead of a 7 or 8. With the amount of contact there is in the NHL you can’t just take a player out for the game every time he feels something.

 

[SaltNPeca]

Cold, cold, world.

 

[Samus44]

If he's not limping much its precautionary. Ive sprained my ankle badly before so i feel like I've got an idea on how that goes. Sucks though.

 

[KCC]

I’m not surprised. It looked like he tweaked it pretty bad originally. Surprised he stayed in the game (at least I think he did). I hope week to week is really only one week. Lol

 

[TheRebuild]

I’m not surprised. It looked like he tweaked it pretty bad originally. Surprised he stayed in the game (at least I think he did). I hope week to week is really only one week. Lol

Me too, me too. He really brings a lot to the Draisaitl-Nugent-Hopkins line. I'm not convinced that those two have amazing chemistry on their own without him. That said, It's still a better option than loading McDavid and Draisaitl on one line.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

Well, that one sucks.

You guys have had quite some bad luck with injuries lately and Yamamoto really helped that line with Leon and Nugent-Hopkins.

Though luckily you've got some depth now and McDavid is back as well.

BTW: Does anyone know for how long Neal will be out?