GDT: Game #78: Blues @ Oilers - 8 PM - SN1

[KlefDown]

such a shit show, will he play/will he not


clown organization for this treatment of their generational talent

 

[Tarus]

regarded coaching staff and management likely forced him back, just like they did with Frederic

I think you underestimate how much impact players have in these situations, up to and including overriding recommendations and lying about their own health to get into games.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

It’s so at end of the year teams don’t just sit most of their roster and call up the AHL team

I guess. Has to be a better way.

 

[Messrules11]

I can't even watch the games without McD, Drai, and Ekholm. It's really, really boring.

Can you imagine being McD and Drai, sitting in the press box, watching the club without them (with a 5- and a 12-goal scorer on the top line), and thinking, "This... is the team they've built for us after 10 years."

Absolutely, most of this roster is pure ass. Imagine being a paying customer and Philp is plugged into the top line. Such a joke.

 

[brentashton]

Read that myself today. Actually story I read , they fear it could be a serious injury

Gee, I hope not. I hadn’t heard that.

Regardless of the offer sheet stuff, you want to see young folks chase their dreams and succeed. I hope he heals and is well.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

I think you underestimate how much impact players have in these situations, up to and including overriding recommendations and lying about their own health to get into games.

Yes, which is why you trust the docs. And the reporting was that management, coaches, and player refused to listen to TD forss and the rest of the doctor's staff about not playing Frederic the other day, after which he played prematurely and reinjured himself.

That is organizational failure and rot.

 

[rboomercat90]

suddenly he's 100%? I have my doubts

That was a short week.

 

[Mr Positive]

I think you underestimate how much impact players have in these situations, up to and including overriding recommendations and lying about their own health to get into games.

Plus there is no scanner or method of truly knowing if a player is truly 100%. That call is ultimately up to the player and what they tell the doctor

 

[brentashton]

Knobs been lying to the media since these injuries have started.

He owes fans nothing in the mornings

Right.

Subterfuge around injuries is standard operating practice in the NHL , whether discussing with media or others.

I agree with you, no need to vilify him because fans think they “Need to know”…because they don’t.

 

[The Panther]

Yes, which is why you trust the docs.

Unless you're playing for the Leafs under Ballard.

I think, until the late-1980s, the Leafs' chief of medical staff was some golf-buddy of Harold Ballard. He didn't have a medical degree.

 

[Mr Positive]

I will criticize Knoblauch a bit in that he could shut down McDavid even if he's healthy. To me it seems prudent.

I wonder if maybe we want home ice vs LA

 

[bellagiobob]

That was a short week.

Much like the tariffs, injury timelines change like the wind.

 

[CrazyJoeDavola]

I will criticize Knoblauch a bit in that he could shut down McDavid even if he's healthy. To me it seems prudent.

I wonder if maybe we want home ice vs LA

LMFAO. It's too late for us to worry about home ice at this rate. It would be so oilers to do this when home ice vs LA was lost the second we lost that head to head.

 

[Tarus]

Plus there is no scanner or method of truly knowing if a player is truly 100%. That call is ultimately up to the player and what they tell the doctor

Yep

People rage at the doctors and the organization, but the player is sitting there going "I feel fine, put me in coach". What are they supposed to do? They can't read minds or turn on Xray vision and confirm if the player is lying or not.

 

[sepHF]

bizarre, just keep him out if that was the plan this morning...

 

[GMofOilers]

Why does every one say hes coming back early? Hes 2 weeks past his original day. Fans just trying to make something out of nothing.

 

[Mr Positive]

LMFAO. It's too late for us to worry about home ice at this rate. It would be so oilers to do this when home ice vs LA was lost the second we lost that head to head.

We still play them once, and SJ twice. We are 4 points behind them and lose in a tie. I'd say we aren't getting home ice but with McDavid back you never know.

 

[Seth92]

Why doesn't Nurse just relax a few games and find his groove? Been soft lately besides one or two seconds of what he used to do. Lost his fire after getting paid and its sad to see.

 

[Oilhawks]

McDavid’s healing was powered by pure hatred for Brosefberg and Hollowman (my pet theory is leadership didn’t want them matched).

 

[Wreckus]

McDavid is probably not 100% yet but I think he wants to get the playoffs clinched ASAP.

 

[FlameChampion]

26 minutes tonight for McDavid

 

[29Beast97Mode]

Whats ekholms injury btw

 

[Pip]

McDavid is probably not 100% yet but I think he wants to get the playoffs clinched ASAP.

That’s my thinking as well. How close to 100% is hard to say but I can’t imagine him playing this game if they were already clinched

 

[Tarus]

Whats ekholms injury btw

His back gave out carrying Bouchard defensively

 

[Old Boys Club]

And the front office. And….

Unfortunately we know that bowman and Schwartz types are going nowhere