Injury Report: Derek Stepan (11/6: Will return Saturday)

[Doctyl]

Hes never missed a game until this season.

He has missed 8 of the last 16 games. 1C who only shows up for half the games

Seriously though Stepan is probably the most unappreciated ranger on the roster.

 

[Brooklyn Ranger]

The fact that "as far as he knows" is even said is encouraging. Implies that Step is likely capable of skating one of those days IMO.

Unfortunately, you're reading too much into the tea leaves...AV hasn't been asking for daily updates:

Also, Vigneault was again asked today about a timetable for Derek Stepan to resume skating, specifically whether he would skate today or on Thursday. Vigneault said he was not aware of any plans for Stepan to skate but admitted he hasn’t been asking yet for daily updates. Stepan, on long-term injured reserve, must miss at least the first 10 games so he could potentially return Nov. 3 against the Blues. He should resume skating shortly.

Essentially, there's no information coming out of the Ranger organization.
http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/no_practice_for_dom_moore_brassard/

 

[pjr378]

Word has it that he's resumed light skating, so he's still a while away from full practice.

 

[nyr2k2]

Word has it that he's resumed light skating, so he's still a while away from full practice.

"Word has it," or AV himself said so?

Andrew Gross
‏@AGrossRecord
AV says Derek Stepan has resumed skating lightly on his own.

So he's still probably two weeks away.

 

[Vitto79]

"Word has it," or AV himself said so?



So he's still probably two weeks away.

He has to miss 10 games anyway and the scheds light over the next 2 weeks

 

[BroadwayStorm]

we need this guy!

 

[Whiskers*]

He can not get back fast enough!! This team was awful tonight!!

 

[Doctyl]

Im impressed how we keep pulling games like the Wild and Devils wins out of our ***** without our 1C and 2nd pair dman. Good teams find ways to win. All of us just wanted to stay afloat in the division without Step, that was before the Boyle injury. I think this team is doing just fine and we are certainly off to a better start than last year.

 

[JohnC]

New York Rangers ‏@NYRangers 17m17 minutes ago
#NYR Injury Update: AV says that within "next 4-7 days" @DerekStepan21 "should be back on ice with us" practicing with team

https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/527499092482859008

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Thank god. We miss you step. I miss him the most.

 

[pld459666]

https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/527499092482859008

that is great news.

staking in 4-7 days, another 7-10 days after that to get his conditioning right.

When the injury was initially announced, I stated he would be back around the 21st in Buffalo.

that's just over 3 weeks away. He could probably be back at home against Tampa on the 17th.

Just not sure I would push it.

We have 10 games from now until the Buffalo game. 8 of those ten games are in the Garden. The more games we win during thsi stretch the less likely it will be that he gets rushed back.

we start sliding, Step will be back the 15th in Pitt.

 

[Inferno]

Thank god. We miss you step. I miss him the most.

i soooo don't need clarification on this.

 

[RGY]

that is great news.

staking in 4-7 days, another 7-10 days after that to get his conditioning right.

When the injury was initially announced, I stated he would be back around the 21st in Buffalo.

that's just over 3 weeks away. He could probably be back at home against Tampa on the 17th.

Just not sure I would push it.

We have 10 games from now until the Buffalo game. 8 of those ten games are in the Garden. The more games we win during thsi stretch the less likely it will be that he gets rushed back.

we start sliding, Step will be back the 15th in Pitt.

I was hoping we could get him back in before that game in Pitt. Wanted to see him back on the 11th at home against PIT. Big two games against them.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

i soooo don't need clarification on this.

I miss him on the roster the most out of other injured guys or players not here. Ofrorno Pls

 

[Inferno]

I miss him on the roster the most out of other injured guys or players not here. Ofrorno Pls

rrriiiiggghhhhtttt

 

[mrhockey193195]

rrriiiiggghhhhtttt

I'm not going to hide my man crush for Step. I miss his musk.

 

[BlueshirtBlitz]

I'm the biggest Stepan homer on this board and nobody can take that away from me.

Can't wait 'till that early onset male pattern baldness mother****er is back.

 

[Raspewtin]

I'm the biggest Stepan homer on this board and nobody can take that away from me.

Can't wait 'till that early onset male pattern baldness mother****er is back.

Excuse me, that title is engraved on a plaque, on my wall.

 

[aufheben]

I'm the biggest Stepan homer on this board and nobody can take that away from me.

Can't wait 'till that early onset male pattern baldness mother****er is back.

Sorry, that title belongs to bernmeister.

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

People shouldn't get "too" excited for him to be back. He'll be out of shape catching up to the rest of the guys so it's not like he will be a godsend off the bat.

 

[Blueblood2]

Any news on Boyle?

 

[Blueblood2]

Any news on Boyle?

Sorry...see he has his own thread.

 

[Levitate]

that is great news.

staking in 4-7 days, another 7-10 days after that to get his conditioning right.

He's skating right now, it's 4-7 days before he rejoins practices. He was also doing swimming and stuff like that to keep up his conditioning, I don't think it'll be a huge issue to get back into things. Once he's practicing he's probably just about ready to return. A couple of practices and he'll probably be in a lineup after that, but it will certainly take him several games to really get his conditioning back, you just can't do it very well on practice alone.

e: it was reported he had started skating on his own 5 days ago now.

 

[pld459666]

Sorry, that title belongs to bernmeister.

Bern is looking to trade Stepan in almost every proposal.

Wouldn't charachterize him as a Stepan homer.

 

[Mamas Mustard]

Bern is looking to trade Stepan in almost every proposal.

Wouldn't charachterize him as a Stepan homer.

Man, I have like 20-something posts on here and even I know that was sarcasm.