Player Discussion Linus Ullmark (G)

[ottawagm]

Well, he's starting tomorrow, so I guess his back is fine now.

Or they want to push it and see how it is before the trade deadline, to give them time to LTIR and replace him if needed.

Hopefully he's good, but we will need to know soon if we want to make a trade.

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

The good news is that team defense is rhe best its been since before Karlsson was drafted.

Forsberg and a rookie goalie didn't suddenly become world beaters, the way the team is playing is whats making the biggest difference right now.

Id rather ulmark sit for another month and be healthy down the stretch.

 

[Whippet]

As someone who had worked with those who have herniated discs(albeit working in psychiatry, there is a psychological issue that often follows with living in pain), I truly hope his issue is something the medical staff are cautious with.

Even if he seems to be returning this week I hope Linus himself realises that he has to think long term with this. I get that he has an urge to play for Sweden, but if I was him I’d use that time for rehab.

Having a few games for testing the water this week would be good, and then continue to re-assess and build up strength in a low pressure environment would be the perfect plan in both short and long term for him in my opinion. We do also only seem to have like 2 games in 2-3 weeks when the tournament is over. Don’t want these weeks to be used as rehab for consequences that might have come from international duty

We have the Winter Olympics coming up next year, he should set a goal for that instead of this weird tournament that means f*** all to be honest.

For those who follow the Premier League, I don’t want the end of his career to turn out like Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand, an absolute superstar who’s back completely failed him where he stated he could barely walk.

 

[mysens]

Maybe its just me, but something rubs me the wrong way that he is just getting healthy enough to play a game here only to take off to this idiotic tournament. He has been out for a while, then jumps into play with his national team. I just hate the optics of this. If he needs to fix the herniated disc, get the surgery and be done with it.

 

[Micklebot]

Maybe its just me, but something rubs me the wrong way that he is just getting healthy enough to play a game here only to take off to this idiotic tournament. He has been out for a while, then jumps into play with his national team. I just hate the optics of this. If he needs to fix the herniated disc, get the surgery and be done with it.

If he's going to aggravate his back injury, it's likely to happen whether it's here with us or over there, so I don't see an issue, if anything I see the tournament as an opportunity to shake off any rust from his absence without it costing us points.

There's a non-zero chance he'll be the backup too, given how long he's been out and how well Gustavsson is also playing.