Injury Report: Jets health in the playoffs

[SensibleGuy]

week to week doesn't really sound good at all. I bet Ehlers is out 2 rounds at least. I wouldn't be surprised if he's done for the year.

 

[jungles]

Great news about the other two. I called it re: Ehlers. I knew it was more serious than the media was reporting originally based on a) Arniel's actual words and b) the seeming lack of impact in the collision. The ones that look innocuous are usually the worst.

 

[10Ducky10]

Pretty tough to ask a guy who is coming off an injury and hasn't played center in years to step in and do that in the playoffs out of nowhere

If they wanted Vilardi or Perfetti to take a run at 2C, they should let them know that in the exit interviews this season (after we win the cup of course) to let them prepare and wrap their heads around it over the summer

I did say it was what I would do...

Oiler fans were very glad Volare and Iafallo were leaving the division when they were traded here. They said they were very hard to play against. Volare played center that series.
I am surprised they haven't tried him there, but the first line was doing so well I guess Arnie didn't want to break them up.

What is Ehlers' injury going to do to the price on a new contract, if anything?

 

[Aphid]

This pretty much puts a nail in the coffin for me as regards signing Ehlers. You just can’t count on him to be there when it gets tough. If I’m the GM, I don’t want to dedicate 50-60 million dollars to that kind of player.

I might feel the same about Vilardi depending on how performs in the playoffs also, tbh.

Hard to argue a sentiment like this. I really like Ehlers but you cannot have a player who keeps getting injured like this year after year. You need at least some sense of dependability.

This injury was occurred again by skating in to a linesman backwards. Not even a check from another player. At what point do you stop pointing to it as merely bad luck? At this point, I still want him signed again but I am slowly drifting to the couldn't care less position if he is or isn't.

 

[surixon]

Hard to argue a sentiment like this. I really like Ehlers but you cannot have a player who keeps getting injured like this year after year. You need at least some sense of dependability.

This injury was occurred again by skating in to a linesman backwards. Not even a check from another player. At what point do you stop pointing to it as merely bad luck? At this point, I still want him signed again but I am slowly drifting to the couldn't care less position if he is or isn't.

I'd also expect the injury concerns to get worse as he further ages. That is something management also needs to keep in mind.

 

[jokesondee]

Hard to argue a sentiment like this. I really like Ehlers but you cannot have a player who keeps getting injured like this year after year. You need at least some sense of dependability.

This injury was occurred again by skating in to a linesman backwards. Not even a check from another player. At what point do you stop pointing to it as merely bad luck? At this point, I still want him signed again but I am slowly drifting to the couldn't care less position if he is or isn't.

Yup, 1 full season in the last 7. Time to move on. Especially at the price it will take to re-sign him. Not to mention he's been a playoff ghost historically.

 

[Bender Duster]

Crap. Well on the bright side he likely would have got hurt during the playoffs anyway. At least this way the team gets used to him not being in the lineup and if he makes it back mid way through round 2 it’s a bonus.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Really bummed about Nik. It would be way worse if Vilardi and Samberg were out too though.

Maybe a guy like Iafallo steps up and gives a playoff performance that Nik never really could. Glass half full I guess.

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

Glass half full - if we're in the middle of the second round where guys start getting worn down, we can shoot a fully rested Ehlers into the lineup to give us a jumpstart

 

[Buffdog]

Yup, 1 full season in the last 7. Time to move on. Especially at the price it will take to re-sign him. Not to mention he's been a playoff ghost historically.
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2019-20 was a full season, too. Government restrictions shut it down after 71 games

 

[cbcwpg]

Re: Ehlers

I don't know about this one. On one hand it's really bad because your 3rd highest point producer in the regular season, this year, is hurt ( Career 0.77 pts per game regular season ) , except in the playoffs he's been a career 0.38 pts per game, with just 4 goals in 37GP.

It was a fluke injury, but based on the contact with the linesman, it didn't look like it was that hard of contact, so how likely is it that Ehlers was going to get hurt in the playoffs anyways with just the wrong hit? And it sounds like it a reaggravation, not a new injury.

A rested Ehlers for the 2nd, 3rd, or final round isn't a bad thing.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

If healthy
Kc Scief Gabe
Perfetti Names Ehlers
Apple Lows nino
Tanev Bar Gus

Mo DeMelo
Samberg Pionk
Fluery Schenn

Iafallo pushed from 1st line to PB?

 

[Royale With Cheese]

week to week doesn't really sound good at all. I bet Ehlers is out 2 rounds at least. I wouldn't be surprised if he's done for the year.

It could also be one week (April 15 - 22) which could mean as little as 2 games missed.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Yup, 1 full season in the last 7. Time to move on. Especially at the price it will take to re-sign him. Not to mention he's been a playoff ghost historically.
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He played the full season in 20. Missed only 9 in 21.

This injury was such a fluke, you can't give it any weight at all. Though it does apparently connect back to his previous foot injury.

I don't like it any more than anyone else but injuries are such a common part of NHL hockey that a lot of players have similar injury histories. It has to be considered at contract time because it is a pattern. Some players are more breakable than others. But it is over-weighted here, IMO.

I just hope he is back for rd 2 and ready to contribute.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Re: Ehlers

I don't know about this one. On one hand it's really bad because your 3rd highest point producer in the regular season, this year, is hurt ( Career 0.77 pts per game regular season ) , except in the playoffs he's been a career 0.38 pts per game, with just 4 goals in 37GP.

It was a fluke injury, but based on the contact with the linesman, it didn't look like it was that hard of contact, so how likely is it that Ehlers was going to get hurt in the playoffs anyways with just the wrong hit? And it sounds like it a reaggravation, not a new injury.

A rested Ehlers for the 2nd, 3rd, or final round isn't a bad thing.

It wasn't a hard collision like an open ice hit. It was worse though in that it was a complete surprise. You go down really hard in a case like that. How it could aggravate his previous foot injury is a bit of a mystery. I can't see that. But we don't know exactly what that injury was. Without that Fluke collision Nik has another full week to heal that foot.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

It could also be one week (April 15 - 22) which could mean as little as 2 games missed.

I think that is a little optimistic. But why not?

 

[SensibleGuy]

It could also be one week (April 15 - 22) which could mean as little as 2 games missed.

yep it could. Let's hope so. I just have a feeling that may not be the case.

 

[gojetsgo]

I think that is a little optimistic. But why not?

well if it's the same injury as before and that only kept him out for 2 games it may just be closer to a couple games missed then the whole series

 

[Mooche]

Was so eager to come on here seeing that Samberg was a full participant to only get a text from a friend that Ehlers is week to week. Fack. Life as a Jets fan, I suppose.

I'm going to take a cautiously optimistic approach here. Vilardi listed as DTD is welcoming news.

I still feel pretty damn good about our R1 opponent, whoever it is, and I think if this team leans into their system and stifles them with structure, they'll be just fine.

Nothing is easy in the playoffs, but we've seen this team do the job when missing a key player here or there all year long.

 

[Jets 31]

Love Ehlers but he is a bit of a......

 

[bustamente]

If we go into the first round without both Vilardi and Nik the Jets will be up against it. We have a deep team but we don't have the top end talent to replace both.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

It could also be one week (April 15 - 22) which could mean as little as 2 games missed.

While you are technically correct, which we can all agree is the best kind of correct, I fear you are not practically correct.

Typically if the expectation or possibility was a player could return in one week they would be listed as day to day.

A good general rule is if a player is day to day - expect they are gone for a week. (But this status has way more flexibility. Assume a week to be conservative they could be back tomorrow)

If a player gets listed as week to week - expect minimum a month. Very rarely is a player listed as week to week and doesn’t miss significant time.

That being said it’s the playoffs. So who knows what to believe.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

If we go into the first round without both Vilardi and Nik the Jets will be up against it. We have a deep team but we don't have the top end talent to replace both.

Could we strap Ehlers to gabes back? They can compensate for each others injuries? Gabe skates, nik stick handles?

 

[Buffdog]

Based on the presser today, it sounds like Gabe might be close for Saturday but maybe not likely. Ehlers doesn't sound like he'll be ready to go

We know that this team is capable of winning shorthanded as long as they play the right way.. maybe Arniel waits to see how game one goes before rushing anyone back. A win and they could take their time re-integrating those guys into the line up... a loss and they might rush them back a bit

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Love Ehlers but he is a bit of a......

I wish he was a band aid. Those are a dime a dozen and easily replaceable!