Prospect Info: '24-'25 Prospects Thread: Generation Z

[Ryder71]

He was in Pittsburgh this week with a full knee brace on. Probably won't get word on what it actually is for awhile. I asked around but got met with the usual "lower body."

Also asked around about Blomqvist. "He tweaked something" was the response.

Edit: Narrator: "They did not have to wait awhile..."

Out nine months, yeah, that sucks.

 

[Ryder71]

ACL is 9 months? Usually it's 4-6 I thought.

If it is nine that's at least late JAN, damn!

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

ACL is 9 months? Usually it's 4-6 I thought.

You can do other procedures to get down to that 4-6 month timeframe but unless the injury is very minor it’s a horrible idea. Not going to fully heal and strengthen and it’ll go again. Or something else in the knee will.

 

[Jacob]

You can do other procedures to get down to that 4-6 month timeframe but unless the injury is very minor it’s a horrible idea. Not going to fully heal and strengthen and it’ll go again. Or something else in the knee will.

Yeah I googled it and it is 9 months. Not sure what I was thinking. Been a while since a relevant player of ours had an ACL tear. Maybe Malkin was the last one.

 

[Jesse]

Having done my ACL/Meniscus, I can't imagine 4-6 months. Granted, I am a significantly far cry from anything resembling a professional athlete. But I did tear it playing in Cranberry, so that's like having stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Well that puts time back in 2026 January.

Real shame he was going off in the playoffs.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Pump the brakes on Harding. The ECHL seemed to be a little too much for him.

I know the feeling after being in my profession for twenty years now I’m glad I wasn’t kicked to the curb one week after my first job. If he has been playing in Wheeling for three years yes that maybe a problem.

 

[Al Smith]

Yeah I googled it and it is 9 months. Not sure what I was thinking. Been a while since a relevant player of ours had an ACL tear. Maybe Malkin was the last one.

Dustin Jeffrey comes to mind. He looked somewhat promising until that injury and lost a fair amount of speed when he came back.