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

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

They just put Huberdeau on IR, and there is no reason to call someone up during the break. I suspect coming out of the break we will see at least one call up.

In fact, calling up someone now hurts the Wranglers for no reason.

[Svartsengi]

I have been critical of Huberdeau and his play. Knowing this gives me a much different perspective of him now. My wife had hip replacement surgery a couple of years ago and the amount of pain and lack of mobility she had for the last 1-2 years before surgery makes me wonder how he played hockey at all. Getting even a decent amount of sleep can be difficult most nights too.

I don’t know if he will be able to play hockey again but right after surgery my wife felt so much better she had not felt that good in years even with the pain from the incision she was in a more positive and happy state of mind. Hope the surgery does the same for Jonathan as well.

[Burning Beard]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

Gonna be hard for Kerins to make an NHL impact from the AHL.

Did you listen to the interview? Are you aware there is an Olympic break in the NHL right now?

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Knut

Conroy should have arranged Huberdeau's kidnapping into a panel van to get the surgery done.

This would have been ####ing awesome as a skit. Get in the van. I can't. My hipth. I said get in the van. I said I CAN"T. Goddamn it, two masked men lift huby into the van and it speeds off towards the hospital.

Love it.

[Goriders]

Guess we’ll see what happens but it’s a no lose scenario for everyone.

- Huberdeau gets some quality of life back
- If all goes well the Flames get an improved huberdeau back
- if it doesn’t they can LTIRetire his contract

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by blankall

When doctors recommend surgery, they are professionals assessing risk. There's always some risk, with a major surgery, of death. A patient could have an adverse reaction to pain killers or anesthesia or contract and infection. Then there's a probability the surgery makes things worse. Surgery could also do nothing. Ideally it makes things better.

The doctor weighs those risks against the benefits, recovery time, lifestyle improvements/needs, etc..

But this is not a minor surgery. They're going to shave down the head of his femur and drill a hole into it so they can insert a metal cap on the end.

I had a minor procedure years ago to remove a lump in my chest. Yes I tell people I had a boob job.

Anyway, in the pre-surgery meeting the doc was kind of breezing through the discussion about risk, clearly not taking it seriously. He asked what I did. When I said lawyer, you could see him physically flinch, take a deep sigh, and then talk exhaustively about the risk. I chuckled. Unfortunately, things go wrong in surgeries all the time. After seeing how invasive the surgery was I don't blame anyone for putting it off as long as they can. When they say re-surfacing or whatever, I had a mental image of them sandpapering the area to make it smoother.

Nope, as Blankall states above it is more like putting a crown on your tooth. Except it is in the middle of your body. Crazy.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by mennoknight

I'm a guy waiting for hip resurfacing as well, I've had one done and now the other needs it. (obviously not a pro athlete). ...

Not with THAT attitude you won't be!!

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Titan2

I had a minor procedure years ago to remove a lump in my chest. Yes I tell people I had a boob job.

Anyway, in the pre-surgery meeting the doc was kind of breezing through the discussion about risk, clearly not taking it seriously. He asked what I did. When I said lawyer, you could see him physically flinch, take a deep sigh, and then talk exhaustively about the risk. I chuckled. Unfortunately, things go wrong in surgeries all the time. After seeing how invasive the surgery was I don't blame anyone for putting it off as long as they can. When they say re-surfacing or whatever, I had a mental image of them sandpapering the area to make it smoother.

Nope, as Blankall states above it is more like putting a crown on your tooth. Except it is in the middle of your body. Crazy.

The "resurfacing" isn't all that different than a total hip replacement. The major difference is they cut away less of the femur. Younger people have stronger bones that can take the drilling required to insert the screw for the cap.

But yes, the risks of surgery are always present. It's typically a last resort once time and other attempts have failed.

[Lewis_D]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Guess we’ll see what happens but it’s a no lose scenario for everyone.

- Huberdeau gets some quality of life back
- If all goes well the Flames get an improved huberdeau back
- if it doesn’t they can LTIRetire his contract

Another positive with this scenario is that during his absence it gives some young guys a chance for a call-up or more ice time, and Huska can play around with some different line combos.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Lewis_D

Another positive with this scenario is that during his absence it gives some young guys a chance for a call-up or more ice time, and Huska can play around with some different line combos.

Yes. This.

Really...Huberdeau was an empty jersey. I complained because his play sucked. Maybe now we understand more about as to why, but its not like Huberdeau was driving play and running the powerplay or really contributing much of anything.

But now? A top-6 and PP1 spot just opened up.

Kids...the candy-store is now open...come and get it.

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Guess we’ll see what happens but it’s a no lose scenario for everyone.

- Huberdeau gets some quality of life back
- If all goes well the Flames get an improved huberdeau back
- if it doesn’t they can LTIRetire his contract

We need the contract to hit the floor (particularly if they move Coleman and/or Weegar and/or Kadri).

It will just sit there like it does now until we find players worth paying.

[dino7c]

hitting the floor is such a non issue...if it ever actually came up nearly the entire league has bad contracts they would love to pass on

[BlAcKNoVa]

Originally Posted by Rutuu

Klintberg and Kane are the success stories with this surgery...Kesler, jovonowski and backstrom are the downside. Reasonable chance we've seen Huberdeau's last game.

Understandable why he tried everything before he shut it down.

Backstrom definitely had a setback while in Washington but he's played the full year in the Swedish league this year, 41 of their 42 games.

[memphusk]

Backstrom looks like he's enjoying hockey again also.

[mikephoen]

Originally Posted by dino7c

hitting the floor is such a non issue...if it ever actually came up nearly the entire league has bad contracts they would love to pass on

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!

[cam_calderon]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Did you listen to the interview? Are you aware there is an Olympic break in the NHL right now?

It's not about that, it's about how he was sent down and never got a look in after getting a point per game in his limited last call up. Beyond absurd that a rebuilding team hasn't given Kerins more of a look in, unless there's some significant off ice stuff that hasn't been documented.

I wouldn't say I'm very hopeful there is a regular NHLer in Kerins but at least give the kid some proper runway to prove everyone wrong.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

It's not about that, it's about how he was sent down and never got a look in after getting a point per game in his limited last call up. Beyond absurd that a rebuilding team hasn't given Kerins more of a look in, unless there's some significant off ice stuff that hasn't been documented.

I wouldn't say I'm very hopeful there is a regular NHLer in Kerins but at least give the kid some proper runway to prove everyone wrong.

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).

[Flamesfan05]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

We need the contract to hit the floor (particularly if they move Coleman and/or Weegar and/or Kadri).

It will just sit there like it does now until we find players worth paying.

It’s not a problem
Stop bringing it up

Nobody has ever had this problem

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Burning Beard

Conroy was on the radio yesterday saying its a perfect chance for a kid to prove they can play. If one of them doesn't take this opportunity and it ends up being Kirkland or Hunt that is more on the prospects than the team.

Reasonable, but there needs to be a fair evaluation too.

Not two games where ice time is cut at the midway point of the game and then promptly circling back to their regular/"safe" call-ups.

Hunt's been so good this year that i wouldn't hate for it to be him either though. Give him a proper look this time.

Everybody on the forward side has been jerked around by Huska and Conroy who has made those calls.

Looking for actual stability. Regular ice time over a decent segment of games.

How else do you figure out what you have, and what growth potential at the NHL level is there?

[Enoch Root]

It's not like the Flame brass isn't watching every Wranglers game and much of the practice and team time as well.

As fans, we get excited with the chance to see them play when they're called up, but it's not like that for management.