Injury Report: AM34 Out for minimum 6 weeks (August 13th.).

[Racer88]

If true, then it definitely should have been taken care of much earlier. Maybe AM decided not to tell Dubas what was going on during his summer again.

Ya, something sounds not right here.

 

[djdev]

lol matthews was effectively playing by himself on that line with hyman and marner, ye...no wonder he had difficulty scoring.

 

[Torontonian]

Ya, something sounds not right here.

Not everything is a conspiracy theory, he's had a wrist issue the past two years and tried to see if it got better with rest and time off and it didn't and elected to have surgery to repair it rather then play through the year.

 

[Legion34]

If true, then it definitely should have been taken care of much earlier. Maybe AM decided not to tell Dubas what was going on during his summer again.

orrrrr he tried a conservative approach and let it heal through the offseason he starts shooting again and it’s still bad?

 

[MSZ]

Off to great start

Meh. He will have a great October as usual.

But to most fans it's late April that really counts.

 

[leafsfan5]

That wrist injury against CGY ruined the best chance for 50 in 50 we've seen in quite a long time. Appears it never fully healed

He started off with 18 goals in his first 18 games. Then, got injured and scored 3 in 12 games (when he wouldn't shoot wristers or be on the half-wall during the PP). Following this he ended the season with 20 goals in 22 games. That middle stretch with the injury costed him

 

[Fogelhund]

Hit 3 posts, had like 40 shots, led the forwards in takeaways, hits, blocked shots, he sucked.

Don't think you watched the series, he was easily the best forward for both teams

I think it was more like 6-8 posts and crossbars.

 

[Leafs87]

Is this for cap reasons?
Also hoping his wrist shot isn’t impacted much

 

[Stonehands1990]

lol matthews was effectively playing by himself on that line with hyman and marner, ye...no wonder he had difficulty scoring.

Exactly. Price was 8 feet out of his net on every shot. 0 angle. Everyone knew 34 was shooting or passing to a non scoring threat

 

[ottomaddox]

Exactly. Price was 8 feet out of his net on every shot. 0 angle. Everyone knew 34 was shooting or passing to a non scoring threat

Is Bunting the answer? Somehow I doubt it.

 

[ponder]

Hit 3 posts, had like 40 shots, led the forwards in takeaways, hits, blocked shots, he sucked.

Don't think you watched the series, he was easily the best forward for both teams

100% - he was unquestionably the best forward on either team, by a wide margin. He had a really, really good series other than his finish.

People keep lumping Matthews and Marner together in terms of the Habs series, and I can only imagine they didn’t watch the games. Marner legitimately had a pretty bad series, Matthews was a beast other than his finish … and certainly his wrist injury could have contributed to that.

 

[Kurtz]

Good news is he can still skate and stay in shape.

 

[Dayjobdave]

Hope they have this fixed once and for all

 

[TMLeafer]

That concerning. Hope his shot can remain elite but clearly it was bothering him last season.

 

[DuckyGirard]

Ya, something very sinister like rehab wasn't working, so they opted for surgery.

Don't you watch marvel movies?

The hero of the franchise doesn't get hurt that's why he's the hero of the franchise.

 

[Willchel Marlynder]

Matthews was not the best forward in the series. Did people stop watching after game 4? He was great up until that point, but game 5,6 & 7 were so meh it was painful to watch. Best forward was Nylander or Denault for adding his name to the growing list of players to take part in blanking the "dynamic duo" in game clinching games.


Anyway glad to hear the surgery went well. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

 

[Bluelines]

This is for @Coachcorner

I sho' nuff hope dis aint sump'ng dat lin'ers fo' de entire season. 'S coo', bro. Seems t'me dat da damn players we signed are all one stiff breeze away fum de IR and wid AM statin' out recoverin' fum wrist surgery, seems likes da damn sto'y uh de season be startin' t'unfold... injuries, injuries , injuries.

Jive Speak translator

 

[francis246]

Ya, something sounds not right here.

surgery is always a last option. Especially when you have an elite player because you don’t know how his shot will be impacted after surgery. It takes a while to recover and get a feel for everything again so I can see why everyone (management, Matthews, coaching staff, medical staff) wanted to avoid surgery.

 

[francis246]

That wrist injury against CGY ruined the best chance for 50 in 50 we've seen in quite a long time. Appears it never fully healed

He started off with 18 goals in his first 18 games. Then, got injured and scored 3 in 12 games (when he wouldn't shoot wristers or be on the half-wall during the PP). Following this he ended the season with 20 goals in 22 games. That middle stretch with the injury costed him

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that our PP cost him 50 in 50. Not being able to score power play goals for 3 months is what really held him back

 

[Subway Schenn]

Not great news, but could be worse....

 

[PromisedLand]

get well soon Papi

 

[BrannigansLaw]

Who cares. Sure the injury will mysteriously return right on time for the first round.

 

[ACC1224]

Good that he’ll be 100% to start. I guess time must have healed Marner.

6 weeks until they start, can’t wait.

 

[TMLAM34]

Not worried about this. Matthews is a generational talent and they always figure out a way. Can’t wait for the season to start only to be let down yet again… Haha

 

[egd27]

orrrrr he tried a conservative approach and let it heal through the offseason he starts shooting again and it’s still bad?

quite possible, even likely......but then surgery wouldn't have been "inevitable" as the post I quoted was suggesting.