[News] Huberdeau to undergo hip resurfacing surgery, done for the season

[GioforPM]

^ Kerins didn't get time cut in his two games this year. He was just under 16 minutes per game. He played right around the same minutes as Backlund in his last game, and more than Klapka, Zary, Honzek and Lomberg. The game before He was just under Backs, and had the exact same ice time as Frost. He was ahead of Coleman, Honzek, Farabee, Pachal, Bean, Zary, KLpka and Lomberg.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by mikephoen

Agreed. If push came to shove and Conroy had to get to the cap floor, he could just pay Iggy or Jagr 10M for a year to play on the 4th line and teach kids how to be a pro. It would be a lot more fun!

The point I'm making isn't that they have a problem hitting the floor. Its that they won't LTIR Huberdeau in order to sign some random guy for $10m. They will just keep his contract on the cap.

This is why all those long retired guys traded. Carey Price counts $10m against San Jose's cap this year. Chicago has $14m in cap hits right now from Shea Weber and Ryan Ellis.

It allows you during the season to trade higher paid veterans without going below the floor and having to take on terrible contracts to offload and stay over the floor.

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Well, he didn't get a PPG in his last callup. He got zero points. He only had two games, but pretty significant minutes.

You are thinking of his 5 game stint last season in which he got 4 assists. However, his PDO was really high and his points were a bit smoke and mirrorish, He got one primary assist, the rest were secondary. He had a lot of luck especially in his first game. By game 5 he looked pretty lost and ended up being benched.

On the Wranglers he's 3rd in scoring (Gridin would be beating him if he was there though). But of the top 6 scorers on the team he's the only minus player. And he's -13 (2nd worst on the team and worst among forwards).

Fair, I completely blanked on the most recent call up. Still, seven games over two stints is not an adequate sample size.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

Fair, I completely blanked on the most recent call up. Still, seven games over two stints is not an adequate sample size.

His previous callup his ice time only got cut in the last game.

Maybe he should get a bigger look, but he's pretty low on my list of players I expect to do anything.

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

His previous callup his ice time only got cut in the last game.

Maybe he should get a bigger look, but he's pretty low on my list of players I expect to do anything.

I'm not saying he's got star power written all over him, but even the completely senile Don Maloney is probably having a whisky and admitting this campaign is finished, so what do really have to lose by giving him the last 20 games after Milan?

Worst case is we are even worse and get closer to picking McKenna or Stenberg, but maybe he shows 2C or 3C potential, potentially even making Frost expendable so we can add more picks.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

I'm not saying he's got star power written all over him, but even the completely senile Don Maloney is probably having a whisky and admitting this campaign is finished, so what do really have to lose by giving him the last 20 games after Milan?

Worst case is we are even worse and get closer to picking McKenna or Stenberg, but maybe he shows 2C or 3C potential, potentially even making Frost expendable so we can add more picks.

I said they should maybe give him a longer look. But there's almost zero chance he makes Frost expendable.

[Jiri Hrdina]

With 3 points in 11 games Kerins isn’t making much of a case for a call up

[chedder]

Bit of a bump but look how Patrick Kane is playing after hip resurfacing (same thing Huby just had). kane has now played 2 full seasons on his fixed hip and he's 5 years older.

This surgery could actually make Huberdeau a better player than we've seen so far as a Flame.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by chedder

Bit of a bump but look how Patrick Kane is playing after hip resurfacing (same thing Huby just had). kane has now played 2 full seasons on his fixed hip and he's 5 years older.

This surgery could actually make Huberdeau a better player than we've seen so far as a Flame.

Low bar.

But seriously, if he’s been playing through pain the whole time, it could happen. It would account for THS hotness of his shifts, that’s for sure.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by chedder

Bit of a bump but look how Patrick Kane is playing after hip resurfacing (same thing Huby just had). kane has now played 2 full seasons on his fixed hip and he's 5 years older.

This surgery could actually make Huberdeau a better player than we've seen so far as a Flame.

I hope so.

Kane is lighter than Huberdeau, not sure if that makes a difference, but I would assume less weight on the hips helps.

[TheScorpion]

Kane has not improved since the hip surgery. If you want to be really charitable you could say he has maintained his previous level but he's as much of a defensive liability as ever.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Kane has not improved since the hip surgery. If you want to be really charitable you could say he has maintained his previous level but he's as much of a defensive liability as ever.

He wasn't going to improve at his age even if his hips were perfect. The fact he's still playing and producing points is something. He's going to be 38 years old this fall. Huby being 33 with a fixed hip should give him a few good years and, hopefully, at a higher level than his last 2 years.

[MissTeeks]

Huberdeau is already back in the gym. Good for him.

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/hube...essful-surgery

A week on from the procedure, the always affable Huberdeau is pleased with how things are coming along.

“Pretty good,” Huberdeau smiled when asked how he’s feeling. "I mean, it's a long process, but coming out of the surgery, it’s been going pretty well.

“The body’s responding well, and I think it’s obviously progressing very well for the first week.”

Huberdeau knows to do that will require lots more hard work. More time in the gym, more time with the professionals like Cyr and the Flames medical staff.

But Cyr is optimistic that the Flames forward is on the right track.

“For Jonathan, it's just being active and getting on the hip; it's good, it's stable, it's clean,” Cyr said. “And now it's just developing the muscle around it and getting it moving. That's the biggest thing with this type of surgery is, more often than not, the muscles around the hip often will shut off, or they'll get quiet and lazy.

“So it's our job now to try to wake those up and get them strong again, and get his hip and his body used to moving into areas that he hasn't been able to for a number of years now.”

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by chedder

Bit of a bump but look how Patrick Kane is playing after hip resurfacing (same thing Huby just had). kane has now played 2 full seasons on his fixed hip and he's 5 years older.

This surgery could actually make Huberdeau a better player than we've seen so far as a Flame.

Backstrom was never the same and this surgery effectively ended his career. It all depends on how it goes when he starts skating.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

Backstrom was never the same and this surgery effectively ended his career. It all depends on how it goes when he starts skating.

For sure that's a risk. Huberdeau went to same surgeon as Kane. Dr. Su in New York. This doctor has done 10,000 hip resurfaces. He's known to be the best in the world. Backstrom had his done in Belgium and was 2 years older. Not saying that's the reason for his result.

Hoping the surgery is successful and Huby can return to whatever his best is.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by chedder

For sure that's a risk. Huberdeau went to same surgeon as Kane. Dr. Su in New York. This doctor has done 10,000 hip resurfaces. He's known to be the best in the world. Backstrom had his done in Belgium and was 2 years older. Not saying that's the reason for his result.

Hoping the surgery is successful and Huby can return to whatever his best is.

The list of players who never played again is not short.

It's not like this is Tommy John.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

The list of players who never played again is not short.

It's not like this is Tommy John.

There have been some pretty significant advancements in the approach to recovery around the surgery, of which Kane is a bit of a pioneer in that regard.

It may be the case that athletes who got the surgery done 5, 10, or 20 years ago or by a different doctor are no longer relevant examples of the recovery outlook.