[News] Kucherov out for the regular season

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by savemedrzaius

They'll still win their division.

It does seem a little strange that he has the surgery now just before the regular season begins.

Alexander Nylander just had surgery for a lingering issue that will keep him out the season.

Nyquist and Seguin both had surgery for lingering issues in November that will keep them out the majority of the season.

If you go back, I would wager that every offseason we see players that could have had surgery earlier for a chronic condition or something that they'd dealth with the playoffs or season before, but end up wasting a good part of the offseason and missing the majority of all of the season in recovery.

Even Henrik Lundqvist who has had the same heart issue for his entire career, suddenly less than a month before the season, it's gotten to a place where he's going to miss the entirety of it.

If anything, there's no guarantee Kucherov will be back in time for the playoffs. Hip surgery could keep him out six months or a little more. So having it now is cutting it close.

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Alexander Nylander just had surgery for a lingering issue that will keep him out the season.

Nyquist and Seguin both had surgery for lingering issues in November that will keep them out the majority of the season.

If you go back, I would wager that every offseason we see players that could have had surgery earlier for a chronic condition or something that they'd dealth with the playoffs or season before, but end up wasting a good part of the offseason and missing the majority of all of the season in recovery.

Even Henrik Lundqvist who has had the same heart issue for his entire career, suddenly less than a month before the season, it's gotten to a place where he's going to miss the entirety of it.

If anything, there's no guarantee Kucherov will be back in time for the playoffs. Hip surgery could keep him out six months or a little more. So having it now is cutting it close.

They are an interdivisional rival (usually) so I reserve the right to hold illogical conspiracy theories.

[Ped]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Yah the blackhawks thought it was best to trade for 3 average players and squeeze into the playoffs by 3 points while holding their best player out till the playoffs.

Unless I'm mistaken, once they acquired the players they did, there was no way to bring Kane back without subtracting significant salary from the roster without making any trades - so demoting a bunch of guys to make up his salary, which would have left them unable to ice a full roster.


So even if Kane were ready a week or two before the playoffs, there was nothing they could do about it until the salary cap became irrelevant.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Matata

What's a "hip shot"?

I know it as a tremolo bridge for a guitar