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Originally Posted by Robbob
Might be hard to Kucherov him to the playoffs. 4 months puts him around the end of February first week of March. Still a month and a half left in the season at that point. Kucherov was deemed "healthy" by the masses because he looked could to go before the typical 5 month recovery.
Kane would have to have some set backs for him to be out a month and a half longer than the typical recovery time. If anything the Oilers doctors are more likely to push him to play shortly after Christmas.
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They can't afford him to be out. As much as he gets big points due to his ice time with McDavid and Leon, you can make a case he has bumped their production too. Kane out and someone like Puljujarvi on the top line makes the top line less dangerous. This actually makes them a threat to miss the playoffs now as even minor injuries to Nuge or Hyman could kill their season.
Unless their goalies pull a 180 here real quick.