Injury Report: Cody Mcleod 4-6 Weeks with Fractured Hand

[haohmaru]

Surprised there's no thread for this, so here you go.

Cody McLeod Fractures Hand, Will Be Sidelined 4-6 Weeks

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[I Eat Crow]

Watch this team go on a slide now.

 

[Ghost of jas]

So, who gets the call if Zucc's not ready, Beleskey or Nieves?

 

[haohmaru]

Someone speculated that if Zooks isn't ready he'll go with 11/7

 

[lilphildub]

I'm excited to see this team with Zucc filled in. I know Mcleod hasn't been bad as of late but the puck often died on his stick

KREIDER (A) | HAYES (A) | CHYTIL
NAMESTNIKOV | ZIBANEJAD (A) | ZUCC
VESEY | HOWDEN | STROME
FAST (A) | ANDERSSON | FOGARTY

I think that 4th line could do some damage

 

[Vinny DeAngelo]

I know people like to shit on him but he has been good in his role this year

 

[Ola]

Book the parade!

 

[Richard Banger]

Scores goal finally. Immediately after breaks hand.

Bad Luck Brian.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Bummer. Time to find out if his effect on this team is really as big as Joe and Sam made it out to be against the Isles.

 

[FJB]

I can't stand him but I'd rather him be scratched for 4-6 weeks than injured.

 

[nyr2k2]

I know people like to **** on him but he has been good in his role this year

Yeah and the guy that lives on the outskirts of my town who collects the dead animals from the side of the road for lord knows what purpose, he's good at his "job" too. McLeod's job sucks. He can be a leader during practice if they want him to. He shouldn't play. People also shit on Pionk for his poor Corsi; McLeod's is somehow worse. His high danger chances for and against are an absolute nightmare. The only positive is that he hits people, and the merits of that can be debated when you see him take himself way out of position to throw a hit.

And then, like the other night, he decides to engage a guy he doesn't need to engage, in a spot where we don't need our guys fighting, and he breaks his hand while getting his ass kicked by a rival. Go f***ing figure.

McLeod is a good guy, I'm sure. No doubt the guys like him, and he's popular, and is your standard Good Locker Room Guy. I would be stunned if his presence on the ice was missed in any meaningful way.

FWIW I used to defend acquisitions of guys like Shelley and Brashear and Boogaard. Then I finally realized that while I like them, and like the tough element they bring, they don't really do much of anything to help on the ice. Everyone said, "Oh, McLeod was just brought in to play in the AHL and lead down there!" And I was like, have you guys had your heads in the sand for the last fifteen years? We signed the dude to play him.

Hopefully with him out we can get a look at Meskanen or something. Someone who can contribute.

 

[Thirty One]

Now when the Rangers don't win 9 of the next 10 we know what we can blame it on.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Now when the Rangers don't win 9 of the next 10 we know what we can blame it on.

Especially when Gorts panics and acquires Glass or McIlrath

 

[egelband]

Get well soon. This guy has really beaten the odds and provided a lot to the team.

 

[JohnC]

It’s weird. I despised everything about Tanner Glass because he was shoehorned into the lineup when the team was a contender, but with the expectation that the team is going to be bad this year I haven’t really been bothered by McLeod playing.

Definitely not shedding any tears over not having to watch him for 4-7 weeks due to the broken hand though.

 

[DanielBrassard]

It’s weird. I despised everything about Tanner Glass because he was shoehorned into the lineup when the team was a contender, but with the expectation that the team is going to be bad this year I haven’t really been bothered by McLeod playing.

Definitely not shedding any tears over not having to watch him for 4-7 weeks due to the broken hand though.

It's true, Glass was such an issue because the team was actively making themselves worse during a time they should have been contending for a cup. McLeod is worse but we aren't winning anything so it's just not worth going crazy over.