Tre: Gio skating & will travel with team. Expects Hamonic to return this season.

[sureLoss]

Truth or pre trade deadline obfuscation?

Pat Steinberg @Fan960Steinberg
Per GM Brad Treliving: Mark Giordano has skated on his own the last two days. Still no definitive timeline on a return.

Hamonic a little further away, still classified as week-to-week. Says team fully expects both to return this season. #Flames


update:
Derek Wills @Fan960Wills
Great news. Mark Giordano started skating a couple of days ago and will travel with #Flames on Saturday for five-game, nine-day road trip. Brad Treliving just told us he wouldn’t be making the trip if there wasn’t a chance that he could play.

[Toonage]

Screw it. I'm going from thinking he was 4 weeks away to saying he'll play on Tuesday in Boston. :)

[Erick Estrada]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Gio playing in the upcoming road trip.

[sureLoss]

Gio is travelling with the team

Derek Wills @Fan960Wills
Great news. Mark Giordano started skating a couple of days ago and will travel with #Flames on Saturday for five-game, nine-day road trip. Brad Treliving just told us he wouldn’t be making the trip if there wasn’t a chance that he could play.

[Toonage]

* squeal *

[JurassicTunga12]

Great news!

[tvp2003]

"young and fresh"

[Zulu29]

Gio is travelling with the team

Derek Wills @Fan960Wills
Great news. Mark Giordano started skating a couple of days ago and will travel with #Flames on Saturday for five-game, nine-day road trip. Brad Treliving just told us he wouldn’t be making the trip if there wasn’t a chance that he could play.

Amazing...guy has Wolverine healing powers.

[GioforPM]

I know it means "skating without the team" but "now skating on his own always conjures up Gio being held up by his dad or using a skating assist until just the other day.

[IliketoPuck]

Amazing...guy has Wolverine healing powers.

Just sheer force of will. Refuses to be injured. Awesome news.

[Burning Beard]

Awesome. Hopefully the rest did him some good as well and he comes out of the gates strong.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Amazing...guy has Wolverine healing powers.

Thankfully not Dollar Store Wolverine healing powers

[greyshep]

Watching this team without him the last while has really affirmed how valuable he still is.

[dustygoon]

What is Gio's injury? They said he had it before. Groin? Knee?

[sureLoss]

What is Gio's injury? They said he had it before. Groin? Knee?

Hamstring

[TheIronMaiden]

Gio is a generaltional healer.

[DJones]

What about trading Hamonic for like a 5th with a conditional 2nd if he actually plays in the playoffs?

[GioforPM]

Can we expect a documentary about Gio's hamstring rehab? ;)

[BeltlineFan]

Can we expect a documentary about Gio's hamstring rehab? ;)

Imagine the outrage in Edmonton if Gio won the Masterton.

[red sky]

I know it means "skating without the team" but "now skating on his own always conjures up Gio being held up by his dad or using a skating assist until just the other day.

How did he even skate if there was no one on the ice to knee?

[Scroopy Noopers]

What is Gio's injury? They said he had it before. Groin? Knee?

Here’s a clip:

https://mobile.twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1224906235574509568?s=20

[SuperMatt18]

This to me feels a bit like trade deadline bluff.

Similar to how Gio skated in warmup the day before trade deadline last time, only to be shut down for the season two days later.

Ward told us yesterday that this injury was a 6 week recovery for Gio last time, and it's only been two weeks. I just don't see it.

[CSharp]

Sounded like Gio needed a stroller.

[GioforPM]

This to me feels a bit like trade deadline bluff.

Similar to how Gio skated in warmup the day before trade deadline last time, only to be shut down for the season two days later.

Ward told us yesterday that this injury was a 6 week recovery for Gio last time, and it's only been two weeks. I just don't see it.

He's only skating, not playing. At best he comes back a week or two early. That's not a huge shock. I imagine the estimates are taken from normal recovery times but Gio is in great shape, so maybe that factors in.

[Textcritic]

This to me feels a bit like trade deadline bluff.

Similar to how Gio skated in warmup the day before trade deadline last time, only to be shut down for the season two days later.

Ward told us yesterday that this injury was a 6 week recovery for Gio last time, and it's only been two weeks. I just don't see it.
This is exactly what Ward said:

"The most truthful thing I can tell you is week-to-week right now. I know Gio, the last time he had this injury, came back quickly in six weeks. It's two now, so you know, he's healing extremely well."
Ward went on to say that "both guys are going to be available down the stretch."

It's a bit cagey; it's misdirection, but by the same token the six week timeframe is definitely not carved in stone. I bet he is back earlier than that.

[powderjunkie]

Strains are funny. It wouldn't surprise me if it was a shorter recovery time. Once you've injured an area, you tend to do extra extra stretching there before/during/after intense exercise. It can still be prone to sprain again, but the recovery can be faster thanks to the extra work put in before.

Source: am weekend warrior.

[rohara66]

I'd bet he Gio doesn't play on this road trip.



Tre doesn't want to come across as desperate with the trade deadline approaching so "Gio is close".

[Vansmack]

I'd bet he Gio doesn't play on this road trip.



Tre doesn't want to come across as desperate with the trade deadline approaching so "Gio is close".

I agree. At a critical point in the season, I'd hope he would be on the trip, even if they know he can't play. He's still the captain, his leadership has value beyond the ice . With a very young d, he can probably teach a thing or two to the new guys

[camm13]

This to me feels a bit like trade deadline bluff.

Similar to how Gio skated in warmup the day before trade deadline last time, only to be shut down for the season two days later.

Ward told us yesterday that this injury was a 6 week recovery for Gio last time, and it's only been two weeks. I just don't see it.


For what it's worth, Weber was also said to be shut down for 4-6 weeks with an ankle sprain, and he ended up being back in the line up in 2.

[GioforPM]

Lanny was on the radio just now (poker tournament) and said something about talking to Gio, and then he said 10 days to 2 weeks. I don’t know if he was guessing or if he blabbed.

Mind you, he also referred to a player named “Manny Pajami “ which threw me for a sec.

[Toonage]

I think Lanny was drinking his own whiskey

[Badgers Nose]

Mutant healing factor FTW

[handgroen]

Lanny was on the radio just now (poker tournament) and said something about talking to Gio, and then he said 10 days to 2 weeks. I don’t know if he was guessing or if he blabbed.

Mind you, he also referred to a player named “Manny Pajami “ which threw me for a sec.

Manny pajami is an instant classic nickname

[GioforPM]

Manny pajami is an instant classic nickname

I LOLd in my car. I don’t think Lanny was joking either. You can bet if anyone on the team heard, it’s gonna stick.

[TheScorpion]

Didn't Lanny call Mangiapane "Big Dog Manny" earlier in the season?

[browna]

I would be mildly surprised if he plays on the trip.

He’s going in large part because as captain he will be part of the Flames contingent on deadline day. Iirc he was consulted on some moves the past years...and even though his thoughts or words could be done via phone and text, having the captain there in person, to convince the new guy to waive, and or greet the new guy coming in, and, to be there in person to say farewell to a current roster player, is much more preferable.

[Flash Walken]

I would be mildly surprised if he plays on the trip.

He’s going in large part because as captain he will be part of the Flames contingent on deadline day. Iirc he was consulted on some moves the past years...and even though his thoughts or words could be done via phone and text, having the captain there in person, to convince the new guy to waive, and or greet the new guy coming in, and, to be there in person to say farewell to a current roster player, is much more preferable.

Also to filter information from management through to the rest of the team.

A lot of guys without trade protection in that lockerroom wondering if they are next.

A ####load of nerves.

Probably get in one the night before.

[browna]

:blink:

Probably get in one the night before.
In one what?:hmm:

[Flash Walken]

:blink:
In one what?:hmm:

Mike Commodore popularized slang for getting wasted with the boys

https://saucehockey.com/collections/inone

[tvp2003]

1230587314960625664

Not bad, not bad at all...

[Coach]

Get your cameras ready, Sportsnet. More miraculous than McSavior himself? Methinks it be so.

[GullFoss]

1230587314960625664

Not bad, not bad at all...

https://media2.giphy.com/media/8kqrtQiz9YqnS/giphy.gif?cid=19f5b51a143b3e6795acdad8a1f6d881eec5 191d99af9ace&rid=giphy.gif

[CroFlames]

The Letterkenny boys should do a mockumentary on Gio's miraculous recovery.

[sureLoss]

Joined the main group and is not in a no contact jersey

1230906621603258370

[Crown Royal]

This to me feels a bit like trade deadline bluff.

Similar to how Gio skated in warmup the day before trade deadline last time, only to be shut down for the season two days later.

Ward told us yesterday that this injury was a 6 week recovery for Gio last time, and it's only been two weeks. I just don't see it.The end of the road trip is almost 4 weeks after the injury occurred and that 6 week timetable was the last time he had a similar injury, if the strain is not as bad, being back after 3-4 weeks is hardly a stretch. Even if he is out 6 weeks he's be back mid-March, I don't see a reason to do a deadline bluff.

[transplant99]

My guess is he plays in Nashville on Thursday......outside chance he plays in Boston in the rematch.

[FlamesAreOne]

@Fan960Wills
Mark Giordano is skating on a pairing with T.J. Brodie at #Flames morning skate...it looks like the captain will return to the line-up vs. #NHLBruins tonight. #CGYvsBOS

[Toonage]

Called it! Woo!

[foshizzle11]

@Fan960Wills
Mark Giordano is skating on a pairing with T.J. Brodie at #Flames morning skate...it looks like the captain will return to the line-up vs. #NHLBruins tonight. #CGYvsBOS

Awesome, I just hope they didn't rush him back!

this is going to be a good game tonight.

So we could see something like this tonight:

Gio - Brodie
Hanifin - Anderson
Kyllington - Gustafsson?

or Forbort - Gustafsson?

I hope we see both of the new guys tonight.

Forbort sounds kind of like a Robyn Regher type player, please be that guy.