Injury Report: Jack Campbell "Out for weeks"

[ponder]

It was 30 seconds.

He injured his leg with ~2-3 mins left in the game - the Tkachuk incident wasn’t where he suffered the initial injury. And then multiple times over those 2-3 mins he was struggling mightily and VERY visibly, every time he went down he was basically unable to get back up. And there were ~2 stoppages in play over those final 2-3 mins where Keefe inexplicably didn’t pull him.

 

[Ryan52]

Naw, he had a leg injury and everyone on the ice knew it as he was swimming around at the time and the Leafs were trying to get a freeze to see if he was OK.

Tkachuk knew he was hurting too and gave him that shot KNOWING that. Hard to think of a more gutless POS move in recent memory than that right?

Not hard at all, Tkavhuk got dumped by brodie

 

[meefer]

Well, that sucks.

Hold your head up high, Hutch. We're going to need you at some point.

The Leafs, focusing on D as they have, will likely make life easier for MH than what he experienced last year.

Get well soon, Jack.

 

[Leafs87]

Great this no backup situation again. Losing Dell hurts even more now

 

[leafsgirl12]

Damn. I wonder what it is. Looked kind of like hamstring to me but bad news.

Hamstring or groin or knee sprain are some possibilities

 

[leafsgirl12]

I think this thread needs to be closed.

Not really an injury report.

More flames fueled IMHO.

No its a injury report since Campbell is hurt

 

[leafsgirl12]

Looked line a groin/leg issue with about ~5 min left, then Tkachuk "fall" happened with 30 seconds left.

Yeah its a groin or knee sprain

 

[therealkoho]

Not hard at all, Tkavhuk got dumped by brodie

uh watch it again it wasn't Brodie my friend

Brodie was inside... Tkachuk had to practically dive over him to land on Campbell

 

[KingJoffrey]

Campbell got injured and didn't come out of ice. Sad to see, but if he is hurt he should go to bench. Now he kept playing and made it worse.

 

[BlueForever75]

Hutch will hold his own you watch. He gained confidence last year with Avs in playoffs.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

We could also just end up using Woll at some point. That is probably not any better than using Hutch but at least it is a young goalie with upside.

 

[willmma]

So assuming Campbell returns in March. How many games should Hutch play and which ones?

 

[SeaOfBlue]

So assuming Campbell returns in March. How many games should Hutch play and which ones?

I would say 6 would be the absolute maximum. 2 back-to-backs, he likely gets one of the Vancouver games in early February and the Calgary game on February 22nd. He might also get one of the two upcoming Edmonton games and one of the EDM games at the end of February/early March.

So I would say at least 4, and at most 6, assuming Campbell is back by the time we play Winnipeg in March.

If we get Keefe Hutchinson and the way the Leafs have been playing thus far, we should be happy with a .500 record out of him, which is not bad from your #3. If the Leafs can be on stride for those games, we may get .750.

 

[Seras]

Campbell got injured and didn't come out of ice. Sad to see, but if he is hurt he should go to bench. Now he kept playing and made it worse.

Interesting diagnosis, doctor.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

So assuming Campbell returns in March. How many games should Hutch play and which ones?

February should be a lighter month for us. We're at home for 9/12 games (we stay in the east till the 27th) and only 1 back to back. We also have a 4 day break coming up as well as well as a pair of 2 day breaks. I'd go with Freddy in all but one of the Ottawa back to backs. Hopefully Campbell will be good to go by the Western Canada 5 game trip.

 

[KingJoffrey]

Interesting diagnosis, doctor.

And you are victim of soy overdose.

With kind regards,

Dr. Joffrey King

 

[ACC1224]

So assuming Campbell returns in March. How many games should Hutch play and which ones?

None and none.

 

[A1LeafNation]

None and none.

Give him all the ottawa games.

Leafs should be able to blow them out regardless.

 

[RaFe]

None and none.

D looks better this year and Hutch should do well enough. We will be ok

 

[Warden of the North]

I'd really appreciate a real time line here.

"Weeks" is not helpful

 

[TMLAM34]

According to my doctor expertise, we’re looking at a 3-4 week timeline.

I’m also kidding about my doctor expertise for all you keyboard warriors! Lol

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Give him all the ottawa games.

Leafs should be able to blow them out regardless.

It is objectively a better idea to run Freddy into the f***ing ground

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

"weeks" could mean 2 weeks in which case he'd be close to being back after the break

 

[A1LeafNation]

It is objectively a better idea to run Freddy into the f***ing ground

Yeah risk him getting injured and have lingering injuries for the playoffs rather than throwing a couple regular season games away at worst.

Much better option.

 

[BlueBaron]

I hate this. I like Campbell so much and we are losing our chance to rest Freddy more. Goaltending depth was supposed to be an advantage this season but it blew up