Canucks' malhotra placed on ir, will miss rest of season

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Originally Posted by Komskies

I'll bite. If he can't play, shouldn't he have to retire? Seems like a convenient way to circumvent the cap since he's under 35 his cap hit would've still counted.

It would have counted if he retired and he contract kicked in when he's over 35.

[d_phaneuf]

It's been clear since the eye injury he wasn't the same player

sounds like he will stay on in the organization going forward, his agent said Vancouver is his home now. So either something like Conroy does for the Flames or maybe in coaching.

Great guy and it's a shame his career was shortened, will be a great asset to the team going forward

[dammage79]

Vancouver Canucks ‏@VanCanucks
AV: Kesler has been medically cleared to play.
Retweeted by Elliotte Friedman

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Vancouver Canucks ‏@VanCanucks
AV: Kesler has been medically cleared to play.
Retweeted by Elliotte Friedman

And boom goes the dynamite.

[Hockey]

MG on Manny: hardest thing I've done in this job

MG on Manny: for long-term health & safety, best thing to do. Was club's decision

MG on Manny: will stay with team. Haven't defined role. Terrific person/spokesperson. Have asked him to stay on. Will sort out particulars

Gillis presser

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by dammage79

Vancouver Canucks ‏@VanCanucks
AV: Kesler has been medically cleared to play.
Retweeted by Elliotte Friedman

he practiced today taking line rushes and on both the pp and pk

if he doesn't play tomorrow which he 95% does it will be sunday

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Hockey

Gillis presser

And now it's not conspiracy theory so much as stated fact by the GM.

"We looked at our centers, and decided which ever one was playing the worst was hurt now. Just got lucky that he had a legit injury we could abuse."

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

And now it's not conspiracy theory so much as stated fact by the GM.

"We looked at our centers, and decided which ever one was playing the worst was hurt now. Just got lucky that he had a legit injury we could abuse."

he said Manny asked for a full off season to workout and they gave him 10 games

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Ben Kuzma ‏@benkuzma Gillis made decision on Malhotra last year but centre convinced GM that he would be better with offseason training.

Ben Kuzma ‏@benkuzma Gillis on Malhotra move, not risking centre's health: "I took (made) the decision form him."

[Blaster86]

Which is neat and all, but the convenience of this is hard to ignore, even as a Canucks fan. You better believe the NHL is gonna ask for all the particulars.

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

I was just relaying tweets. I wasn't posting in response to any suggestions of a fix.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Which is neat and all, but the convenience of this is hard to ignore, even as a Canucks fan. You better believe the NHL is gonna ask for all the particulars.

Not hard to prove. Malhotra's vision in his left eye likely isn't up to NHL standards.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

he practiced today taking line rushes and on both the pp and pk

how did he look during diving drills?

[Enoch Root]

class act - I wish him the best

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

how did he look during diving drills?

wasn't there I am sure it came back to him quickly just like the muscle memory in riding a bike

[JayP]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Que conspiracy theories, but Kesler is expected back very soon (possibly against Dallas). Malhotra going on IR opens up enough space to make no real roster move to keep thing status quo.

Career is likely over, which is a damn shame. He was the center the Canucks had been desperate for and helped propel the the Sedins and Kesler. That said, he was worse than mediocre last season outside of face-offs and wasn't much better this season. That injury turned his career into a lit stick of dynamite and now it exploded =\.

It's pretty hard to look good when you're starting by far the most shifts of any player in the league in your own end.

Kesler coming back helps the Canucks a lot obviously, but he'll be called upon to take on even tougher assignments than he already does which will very likely limit his offensive production.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Not hard to prove. Malhotra's vision in his left eye likely isn't up to NHL standards.

Wouldn't the Canucks then be in trouble for allowing him to play until now?

IIRC there is a standard that the eyes must pass in order to play in the NHL.

If he fails that test now then he was playing the last three weeks when he shouldn't have been.

If he passes the test then this looks like a convenient way to have Malholtra fill a role while Kesler was out only to open up a spot for him when he was ready to return.

Lots of weird little things going on in this situation that are a conspiracy theorists dream.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers

Ben Kuzma ‏@benkuzma Gillis made decision on Malhotra last year but centre convinced GM that he would be better with offseason training.

Ben Kuzma ‏@benkuzma Gillis on Malhotra move, not risking centre's health: "I took (made) the decision form him."

He was training his eye? That seems like a pretty flimsy argument.

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

Originally Posted by Locke

He was training his eye? That seems like a pretty flimsy argument.

No, it was suggested that his drop off in play more to do with his inability to do off-season workouts two summers ago as opposed to the eye problems. Clearly it was not the case as he had all of the lockout to get in shape.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by JayP

It's pretty hard to look good when you're starting by far the most shifts of any player in the league in your own end.

Not quite what I meant. He looked slower, he'd lost a step in both skating and reaction speed. He also had a habit of losing his man in deep, something he never did that first season.

It is upsetting, but he just wasn't the same player.