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15 minutes ago, inkman said:

He’s been injured all season.  If you couldn’t tell, I don’t know what’s left to tell ya. 

That we look so bad this year without him being close to himself (and that he's STILL our leading scorer despite that) sharpens his MVP case from last year in retrospect. 

3 minutes ago, SwampD said:

That's how good he is.

I'm confused, you said the replacement would "actually have a chance to improve the position". That implies that whoever it is would be able to add more to the team than Jack is. 

I agree it shows how good he is that he's still one of our top contributors while hurt. 

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5 hours ago, Sabre1974 said:

Totally with this. Sit the vets and let the kids play. 

Do we really want RK rubbing his stink off on the "kids"? He's pretty much ruined everyone else 

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4 hours ago, inkman said:

He’s been injured all season.  If you couldn’t tell, I don’t know what’s left to tell ya. 

I can tell his game has been way off, but not that it was because of injury. If it is, then the organization could have avoided a lot of rumours about him by being more forthcoming about it. The secrecy just leads to suspicion. 

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Posted
45 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:

Do we really want RK rubbing his stink off on the "kids"? He's pretty much ruined everyone else 

I’d still like to hear from someone above RK who can explain why RK is STILL here today. 

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2 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:

I can tell his game has been way off, but not that it was because of injury. If it is, then the organization could have avoided a lot of rumours about him by being more forthcoming about it. The secrecy just leads to suspicion. 

NHL teams always tend to be extremely secretive about injuries.  I think it goes way back to being afraid that opponents would target players injuries.

Posted
1 hour ago, Pimlach said:

Ok, I’m in the wrong thread.  This has happened to me before.  Lol 😂 

Come on grandpa! Take your vitamins and get it together. I think there might be a kid on your lawn. 

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Posted
5 minutes ago, Curt said:

NHL teams always tend to be extremely secretive about injuries.  I think it goes way back to being afraid that opponents would target players injuries.

^would^do

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54 minutes ago, Curt said:

NHL teams always tend to be extremely secretive about injuries.  I think it goes way back to being afraid that opponents would target players injuries.

That's true, but given the rumours about him wanting out they could have come out and said Eichel is nursing an upper body injury and left it at that. 

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2 hours ago, Pimlach said:

Ok, I’m in the wrong thread.  This has happened to me before.  Lol 😂 

Dodo just poured you a glass of warm milk. Come in off that porch.

Posted
3 hours ago, Claude Balls said:

Soooo, we won't see Jack until next year? And quite possibly on a different team.

It sounds like the rumors that Jack is seeking a second opinion are valid; that seemed to jibe with what Ralph said at the post game PC, along with "at least 1 week".

Why is Jack getting a second opinion?  Because the first opinion is telling him he needs surgery and that would mean shutting the season down, so that's a big deal.

So now Jack is flying to location X to see a specialist in the relevant area.  Assuming that doctor agrees with first doctor and recommends surgery, Jack's season will be done.

I'll be very surprised if that is not how this plays out.

And in the meantime, Ralph Krueger will remain HC of the team! 

We need to inject a lot more comedy around here; all we are going to have left, fairly shortly, is our sense of humor.

 

 

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Posted (edited)
13 hours ago, Curt said:

NHL teams always tend to be extremely secretive about injuries.  I think it goes way back to being afraid that opponents would target players injuries.

But they usually don't outright say a player "is not injured" if they are

11 hours ago, Claude Balls said:

Soooo, we won't see Jack until next year? And quite possibly on a different team.

What an incredible, sobering point.

I didn't even think of that - I'm not saying it's likely, but there are plenty followed-minds who think the chances of Jack getting traded are about 50/50. 

There's an actual, real possibility we've already seen his last game, his last goal as a Sabre. 

I can't even remember them.

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Posted
8 hours ago, Kruppstahl said:

We need to inject a lot more comedy around here; all we are going to have left, fairly shortly, is our sense of humor.

We shall redouble our efforts!

Perhaps an Ewok hitting himself in the head with a sling? Or a porg slamming into a windshield?

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Posted
12 hours ago, Claude Balls said:

Soooo, we won't see Jack until next year? And quite possibly on a different team.

I think Jack will need to be shutdown for the season. No idea if he gets traded in the summer but I don't think he plays again this season. 

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Posted
17 hours ago, Claude Balls said:

Do we really want RK rubbing his stink off on the "kids"? He's pretty much ruined everyone else 

Was kinda hoping he'd be gone😀

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Posted
59 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

I think Jack will need to be shutdown for the season. No idea if he gets traded in the summer but I don't think he plays again this season. 

Why risk future injuries. 

Posted (edited)
2 minutes ago, Radar said:

Why risk future injuries. 

Well, if he gets healthy, he should play. If he's hurt, he shouldn't. But I would never leave a guy sitting just because the season was "lost" - again, provided they were fully healthy. 

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2 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Well, if he gets healthy, he should play. If he's hurt, he shouldn't. But I would never leave a guy sitting just because the season was "lost" - again, provided they were fully healthy. 

Agree, Thorny, but something has been wrong for whole year. 

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Posted (edited)
8 minutes ago, Radar said:

Agree, Thorny, but something has been wrong for whole year. 

Of course. 

But there's still ~ 2 months left in the season. It's conceivable he could be good before then - getting the prolonged rehab period he never got because he got hurt right before the season started and it was a condensed camp. 

Least, I'm hoping 

Most of all I just hope regardless of injury length it's not something that has a high risk of reaggravation 

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