Broken, missing teeth, lol
Could be respiratory, could be a blood disorder causing exhaustion
Player Discussion Auston Matthews (Captain Edition)
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Could be respiratory, could be a blood disorder causing exhaustion
TheBeastCoast
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I will be really pissed off if he still plays in the 4 nations at this point. That shouldn't even be a thought with the season he has been having.
DarkKnight
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Sometimes a back gets worse with sitting, and doesn't get worse with exertion, just have to manage it. The way he moves, he's tight there too, but who knows. Last night he was pretty free to start the game, looked progressively worse after each intermission.
Divine
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Just do a Vegas and LTIR him to the playoffs
Edmonton purposely delayed Kane's surgery as long as possible with 57 different opinions until the timeline fit LTIR that would take him to the playoffs.
Edmonton purposely delayed Kane's surgery as long as possible with 57 different opinions until the timeline fit LTIR that would take him to the playoffs.
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Put him LTIR. Hasn’t looked right all year. Nothing matters till the playoffs.
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LeafsFan89
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He should have just got surgery in November (or in the offseason) to address whatever issue . Start playing games in late March.
Not a good look that the new captain is seemingly going to handicap the team come April for... regular season records? Yeah, I am emotional right now. Bad take.
Not a good look that the new captain is seemingly going to handicap the team come April for... regular season records? Yeah, I am emotional right now. Bad take.
Martin Skoula
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Is there even 13.5 mil of non-cap dump players with 1 year of term we can afford to trade for? Cozens or whatever other 2C option would cost the little dry powder we have left.
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I've been thinking something similar.
Basically, not a typical sports injury like the back, knees, concussions, etc. but perhaps a medical condition, virus or disorder of some kind.
The fact that he was even playing in an easy-win (and relatively meaningless) game vs. Buffalo plus it being the first of a back-to-back, less than a week before the holiday break after Berube informed the media Auston was battling through something suggests it's not something they were worried about further injuring via puck, stick, hard check, etc.
Maybe one day we'll know but for now, I'm going with a non-hockey injury or ailment of some kind.
Here’s a thought…. Put him on LTIR! Dude looks like he can’t bend over at all. Take the cap space and go get another star player and bring him back at playoff time. Vegas masters this every season
thewave
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So what is it.
Hip, Back, Tendons, Ligaments, Muscle, Blood disorder, Breathing disorder, drug addiction?
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trellaine201
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No idea. All I know is if this was TB or Vegas they’d be saying he’s out 3-4 months and go get another superstar player at his cap hit and magically he’s ok by Round 1
TheBeastCoast
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Stamkos is absolutely cooked. No thank you.
DarkKnight
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If this guy plays in the Four Nations, I’ll be incensed.
Shut him down until the playoffs for all I care, he doesn’t look right snd we aren’t winning with a 50 percent Big Sexy. He’ll get killed in the playoffs.
Shut him down until the playoffs for all I care, he doesn’t look right snd we aren’t winning with a 50 percent Big Sexy. He’ll get killed in the playoffs.
BallardEra
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My sister a few years ago had a choice to meet Wendel Clark, Johnny Bower and another Leaf. She picked Wendel because we grew up watching him. When she met him, he mentioned how his back was so bad that even trying his skates to play with his kids was a chore.
Said he was a great guy just as she expected him to be.
She works for Siemens and they set it up for a bunch of their employees.
BallardEra
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Makes sense that he also misses Monday's game as well to get extra time off going into the break.
Matthews was cross checked in his lower back last night beside the net. If I speculated 2 months ago, his back was messed up, the NHL teams know his injury too and will target him. Matthews cant skate at full power or will not shoot with his usual torque, which points to his back.
