Injury Report: Bruins 2022 Injured List
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Bruins’ Jake DeBrusk could be out for an extended period after suffering leg injury in Winter Classic - The Boston Globe
DeBrusk scored twice after taking a shot off the left leg and was spotted in a walking boot after the game.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The Bruins will be without Jake DeBrusk for their West Coast trip, if not longer.
A team spokesman said team doctors were still determining the extent of DeBrusk’s injury, which happened when he took a Matt Grzelcyk shot off the left leg in Monday’s Winter Classic. The club said it would offer more on DeBrusk’s status Thursday morning.
A report from Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli said DeBrusk had a fractured fibula, which could knock him out of the lineup for several weeks. A message to DeBrusk’s agent, Rick Valette, was not immediately returned.
So if that is accurate, DeBrusk’s resurgent season has seen him play hero at Fenway Park while playing on a broken leg. He scored two goals after taking friendly fire from Grzelcyk.
“I did not know he was actually hurt at all,” coach Jim Montgomery said after Wednesday’s practice. “I saw him wince when he took the shot, but then he scored right after. I used him in the last minute of play. I was trying to get him his hat trick, going for the empty net. I didn’t think there was anything wrong.”
After the Bruins’ 2-1 win, Montgomery told reporters that DeBrusk was “tougher than people think” and “more committed than people are aware.” He said Wednesday those comments weren’t about No. 74 playing through a busted leg.
“I was talking more, not so much the physical toughness, but the mental toughness he has,” Montgomery said. “He plays with two superstars [Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron], elite players in the league. He makes me laugh — say they don’t have a good rush in practice, he’ll come back and if he screwed up, he’ll say, ‘Good rush, good rush, eh?’ He has the ability to inject humor when he knows it’s time to dig in, which I appreciate.”
Ddawg
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Would love to see the xray. I am recovering from a broken Fibula, ruptured ACL and torn Meniscus. My break was up near the knee. I was pretty much bed ridden with a full leg brace for 2 months because the doctors were afraid that it would cause more ligament damage if I walked around.
8thRoundPick
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He definitely isn't as bad off, he would not be scoring or skating for that matter if he had torn his meniscus. Sorry to hear about your injury - hope you recover quickly and in time to enjoy the upcoming summer!
4 weeks. I'll take it. Could be worse!
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I get it, but I don't appreciate being called an old-timer!
Even if it is an apt moniker.....
Actual old timers will get this:
Jake DeBrusk is the new Bobby Baun!
Depends on the type / grade of the tear. I lived with (kind of ignored) a torn meniscus for at least 5 years until the tear became so bad it caused my knee to lock up any time I bent it past 90 degrees, it was only truly painful once that started happening, then I was under the knife within days of it locking up. They end up removing 30-40% of my medical meniscus because the tear was so bad it could not be repaired. I guess the lesson is don't ignore slightly annoying knee pain that comes and goes, get it checked out before your knee locks up and you lose some or all of your meniscus. I did not realize mine was as bad as it was until it was too late, I did not have stability issues until the very end.
8thRoundPick
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Yes, you are right. I was mostly alluding to a full tear, should have clarified.
I've been living a minor meniscus tear for over 10 years now. Haven't had an issue with it since 2015 (thank god) but what used to happen would be if I was kneeling or working while kneeling my knee would 'pop' and it would be excruciating pain briefly.. then my knee would be locked. Strange because every single time except for the last time it 'went on me' I was able to correct it myself by rolling my kneecap around on the ground and I'd be able to unlock it, and it would be fine but just tender for a week. The last time it went on me I wasn't able to unlock it and I was on crutches for a couple weeks and it slowly unlocked itself and a couple more weeks after that it was 100%... and I haven't had an issue since.
You aren't the first person that has told me their knee locked up here and there and then hasn't for a long time. When mine began locking it locked every single time I went past 90 degrees or so, it was very painful to force it straight and my knee blew up as soon as it happened, I could actually feel my lower leg bones shift in and out of the joint....ugggh I still get uneasy thinking about it. But knee has been pretty solid since.... Although I am told to look into blood plasma injections into the joint yearly to stave off degeneration of the joint since much of the meniscus is gone.
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dom.hockey
DeBrusk to Miss Four Weeks: Bruins Utilize LTIR
The Boston Bruins announced that Winter Classic Hero and first line right wing Jake DeBrusk could miss 4 weeks. The Bruins immediately placed DeBrusk on LTIR and recalled Chris Wagner from Providen…
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The fibula attaches at both the knee and the ankle. He probably injured it above the ankle and had enough support from the padded skate to believe it was just dinged up. Once the skate came off, the swelling and discomfort would be more noticeable.
He was shaking is hand early on in the game. I think that he took a slash on the hand but not sure, but I remember that he was shaking his hand on the bench.
fibula is non weight bearing and if you can play through the pain its not uncommon to do so (first that comes to mind is Charles woodson finishing a season with the raiders with a plate and screws in his fibula while it was still not healed) which explains why DeBrusk went back out and was in a boot.
Breaking your tibia requires ALOT of side ways or twisting force (think Stamkos hitting the boards in Boston), it supports all of your weight between knee
and ankle
Jdavidev
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Yeah, dude broke his hand and leg in the same game and scored game-tying and game-winning goal in a big national televised game in the 3rd period.
Morning Bru also mentioned that Nosek and his line haven't taken faceoffs the last two games, putting more pressure on the other lines for defensive zone draws. Don't know what the specific injury is, but mentioned that it could become an issue as having Nosek out there allows more rest for the other centers like Bergy.
whatsbruin
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The hip bones connected to the leg bone. The leg bones connected to the ankle bone.
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