The 2008-2009 NHL Injury Thread

[RadioGaGa 162]

Let's see how this goes...Rather than a TON of separate threads, lets' try to keep tabs on who's hurting and how long they will be out as the season goes one in one place.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=250655&lid...s=topStory_main

Lidstrom out with a broken schnoz. 3 games.

[kosydar 0]

Gonchar out with a shoulder seppy. He is out indefinitely if I remember correctly.

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

Torrey Mitchell, San Jose, out for the next 7-8 weeks with a non-displaced tib/fib fracture.

[Viking 1]

Erik Johnson out for the season with a case of acute mental retardation.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Gonchar out 4-6 months, shoulder surgery

[RadioGaGa 162]

Gonchar out 4-6 months, shoulder surgery

Hmmm, I wonder if they would have been more involved in trade talks for Schneider if they had known this sooner.

[kovalchuk71 212]

Justin Williams out with torn achilles.

[cbj05 0]

Raffi Torres out 4-6 weeks with a separated shoulder from tonight's game.

Slammed his shoulder into the ice in a fight with Ben Eager.

Bad luck for him, just coming back from knee surgery.

[mack 44]

It sounds so odd to hear about Torres having problems with joints.

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Gonchar out 4-6 months, shoulder surgery

Hmmm, I wonder if they would have been more involved in trade talks for Schneider if they had known this sooner.

Well I guess the Pens defense will just have to play defense..Letang and Goligoski will have to carry any offensive load from the backside.

The PP without Gonch and Whitney will struggle mightily.

Oh, Darryl, welcome back..

[interpathway 9]

Raffi Torres out 4-6 weeks with a separated shoulder from tonight's game.

Slammed his shoulder into the ice in a fight with Ben Eager.

Bad luck for him, just coming back from knee surgery.

Some more information on Torres for anyone interested.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=251266&lid...os=secStory_nhl

[mik3 1]

Friend's roomate works for NHL PR out of Toronto, supposedly Henrik's knee is a problem and might need surgery.

I don't know if I buy it though, if it was bad, even precautionary kinda bad, I don't think they have him fly.

[thejackal 46]

henrik who?

[troy 12]

Lundqvist

[camhockey16 5]

if lundqvists knee is that bad i would think he would have had the surgery as soon as they got eliminated from the playoffs at the beginning of the year.

or at least that would have been the smart thing to do until waiting for now.

as far as the penguins go - im surprised that they actually kept sydor around - they didnt let him play in any of the playoffs and i thought for sure he would go to another team over the summer to get more playing time.

But i would imagine they are happy they still have him as an option since all their defenseman keep getting hurt.

[JR Boucicaut 3797]

Cheli - broken foot. Should've stuck with CCMs.

[chshockey30 0]

damn those grafs

[interpathway 9]

Bet he is kicking himself now for switching...or can he even?

[interpathway 9]

Philadelphia forward Steve Downie was injured in a fight with Jay Beagle of the Capitals late in the second period and did not return. No word yet on the extent of the injury...

EDIT:

capitals.nhl.com

"Downie left with what appeared to be a left leg injury after the fight and he did not return."

[chshockey30 0]

Turns out Cheli's foot isnt broken,

only a bruised bone.

[troy 12]

That's not what this article says,http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&a...9&cmpid=rss .

[Rustpot 1]

RedWings.nhl.com reports it as a broken tibia. 3-6 weeks.

[chshockey30 0]

What the hell. On sportscenter they were talking to Babcock and he said it was just a bruised bone.

I dunno maybe i heard it wrong.

[Rustpot 1]

What the hell. On sportscenter they were talking to Babcock and he said it was just a bruised bone.

I dunno maybe i heard it wrong.

One of the stories may be older, an x-ray revealed truth after the report. Such as a doc diagnosing a bruised bone, an x-ray showing a break when performed a day later.

[camhockey16 5]

What the hell. On sportscenter they were talking to Babcock and he said it was just a bruised bone.

I dunno maybe i heard it wrong.

One of the stories may be older, an x-ray revealed truth after the report. Such as a doc diagnosing a bruised bone, an x-ray showing a break when performed a day later.

i think its amazing that the nhl players get so many differing opinions from the doctors they talk to - i think gonchar got three or four different opinions before deciding to have shoulder surgery.

For example one doctor would say "give it a month and you'll be fine" and then another doctor says "you need major surgery right now and you will be out for 6 months" how do you decide who to trust?

Especially when your paycheck depends on you playing.