Hope that Nemec injury isn't as bad as it looks. We can't afford more turnover on our defense.
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ZachaFlockaFlame
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Kovacevic becomes a regular after being penciled in as a 7D with that Nemec injury. Gonna assume he's gonna be out for a while with that arm dangling late in the clip
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An injury before it’s even September. Lovely.
But on the bright side, it isn’t even September yet.
Hope it isn’t as bad as it looked.
But on the bright side, it isn’t even September yet.
Hope it isn’t as bad as it looked.
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Isn't it a qualifier? I don't blame him for playing it in that case, freak injuries happen, let's just hope he's back by New Year's and Kovacevic doesn't look totally out of place for the time being. I rather him sit for a bit longer than come back like Jack did last year and look lost at times after coming back from a shoulder.
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I don't blame players for wanting to represent their country, but international tournaments are so short as to be worthless. "We're the best country in the world because we won 6 games in 2 weeks!" Get out of here with that, team sports in the Olympics are so pointless.
Simon Nemec is under contract with the New Jersey Devils, and now he's not going to be able to work because of a game determining who gets the honor of being clobbered 14-1 by Finland in two years. Stupid.
Simon Nemec is under contract with the New Jersey Devils, and now he's not going to be able to work because of a game determining who gets the honor of being clobbered 14-1 by Finland in two years. Stupid.
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Agreed on the first point.
Not sure about the second one, we're saying that as outsiders to their view. Regardless of them getting thumped in the competition, it's still an honor that most of them cherish. The issue is when you play these type of tournaments bothers the NHL schedule or when injuries are occur because they simultaneous run into the season. It's a lose/lose technically if you're a low end country because you're going to get thumped or possibly get hurt like Nemec did here. It happened with Tavares a few years back as well where he destroyed his leg for Canada
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Whew, good news. Most likely a sprain/separation that I mentioned before. Just get him back to Jersey for some PT and rest.
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Was going to say let's wait and see what the doctors say. Thankfully there is a decent amount of time for him to rest up
Hopefully it’s the best case scenario. Just a contusion and the swelling should reduce in a few weeks.
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This team hates shoulders, apparently. Or Shoulders hate this team. One of the two
MartyOwns
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the olympics are stupid as hell, nhl games actually matter. let me know when he signs a contract with the olympics.
Two countries on your continent (that play hockey... you know what I mean).
Europe has many, many more. Over here, national team sport is viewed very differently. It's a culture thing.
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If you were going to go down that road we learned last night and this morning that very little really matters. People care about what they care about, no reason to shit on them for it, even when it conflicts with what you think matters.
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Looks like Nemec dodged a bullet. Adding this as it’s good Devils can make sure he isn’t pushing too hard to play.
Although the Devils doctors usually feel if you aren’t in the hospital that you can play.
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Obviously no issue with Nemec playing, but once you have an injury, that should be enough of that. Get right for the games you’re getting paid to play.
Like a lot of young players Nemec has to learn to defend himself in those situations. Shiv the other guy first and he won’t be able to lean in so hard.
I disagree.
I'd much rather have a break than soft tissue damage. A break has a well defined recovery time and few lingering effects. A sprain or strain could bother him for months. Worst case is that this is a nagging injury that affects him all year.
MartyOwns
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wow, that didn't take too long. what a dumb thing to say.
i'm not shitting on anyone's opinion, this is a nhl devils board and a devils team thread. that's where i belong, because my opinion is that the olympics are stupid and can literally only hurt our players. there's probably an olympics thread to discuss illustrious winter olympics games like ski dancing and sled dog racing and whatever else. i hate seeing our players get hurt in these sideshows, and the better our players are, the higher the chances are of them getting injured.
But the doctor said nothing was dislocated. Thats the key here (if that remains true). That is a quick recovery. The long tricky recovery happens when there is structural damage from a dislocation. When it’s just a contusion or bruise, all that has to happen is for the swelling to subside.
I fell on my shoulder playing hockey and I was only out three weeks because it was just a bad contusion. Nothing was dislocated and I never had any long lasting effects.
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Rare that you'd have a clean break around the shoulder. Could be a clavicle, but otherwise, it's most likely a joint injury. In that case, no dislocation is good.
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