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Injury Report: Matthews to miss first 3 games of the season

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123offtheglass said:
No not at all my thought process hahaha He's been questionable for game 1 coming off a pretty serious surgery. Biggest mistake when it comes to sports injuries in my mind is guys coming back before they ideally should; it's an easy mistake when there's naturally pressure on the player to play, a lot of that from themselves. Don't think there's been any update of a sudden setback, just that he's not quite ready yet (always sounded like he'd be cutting it close); that's a hard call to make but likely the right one. Not sure the guy has even taken a one-timer yet in practice (he definitely hasn't ripped pucks like he's know for yet); coming back too soon could be a huge mistake if he reinjures it or causes the problem to linger on.

Leafs have 3 games in their first 3 days, 5 games in their first 10 days... that's a significant difference.
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It’s not allowed in the CBA to play 3 games in 3 days.
 
kb said:
Even more reason to be ultra cautious. Surgery is never a slam dunk.....all carry varying degrees of risk. I know from my own surgeries.....
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I have had 8 of them myself but I'm not a franchise athlete and I'm going to go out on a limb and say you aren't either
 
123offtheglass said:
No not at all my thought process hahaha He's been questionable for game 1 coming off a pretty serious surgery. Biggest mistake when it comes to sports injuries in my mind is guys coming back before they ideally should; it's an easy mistake when there's naturally pressure on the player to play, a lot of that from themselves. Don't think there's been any update of a sudden setback, just that he's not quite ready yet (always sounded like he'd be cutting it close); that's a hard call to make but likely the right one. Not sure the guy has even taken a one-timer yet in practice (he definitely hasn't ripped pucks like he's know for yet); coming back too soon could be a huge mistake if he reinjures it or causes the problem to linger on.

Leafs have 3 games in their first 4 days, 5 games in their first 10 days... that's a significant difference.
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True. I don’t mind them holding him back at all, these are nothing games in the grand scheme.
 
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We don't need him for first 3 games. We need him to be healthy. How could ppl be upset at this?
 
sucks. one of the main reasons to watch the leafs is matthews. i guess it's for a short period of time and the right way to go about it. but still it feels like he's often missing games.
 
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Who cares? We could start 0-3 and we'll still make the playoffs. As long as he's 100% healthy when he's back, we're good. He'll still score at least 50 in 79 games.
 
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MapleLeafs9 said:
Who cares? We could start 0-3 and we'll still make the playoffs. As long as he's 100% healthy when he's back, we're good. He'll still score at least 50 in 79 games.
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I wouldn’t count on him playing 79 games. Not gonna say it won’t happen but he hasn’t exactly been the most durable player so far in his career. He’s missed time for various injuries pretty much every season it seems so far except his rookie one.
 
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BrannigansLaw said:
I wouldn’t count on him playing 79 games. Not gonna say it won’t happen but he hasn’t exactly been the most durable player so far in his career. He’s missed time for various injuries pretty much every season it seems so far except his rookie one.
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Maybe, but no point dwelling on that. Fact is at the moment he's slated to play 79. But btw, he's only missed 4 games in the last 2 seasons.
 
I don't believe their BS. I think he re-tweaked it. He was doing far too much far too early. And to wait so long to get the operation is just pure idiocy.
 
Matthews is just sick of scoring goals against the Habs and Sens and wants to wait for new teams to terrorize.
 
Yup, this should have been expected when he decided to wait so long into the offseason to do this surgery. Did anyone actually think he would be ready opening night?

This team top to bottom is made up of a bunch of idiots.

Now what happens if Matthews misses any time during the season? This team does not look like a playoff team without him. They're very top heavy and cannot afford any injuries to those guys.
 
Cynical said:
Yup, this should have been expected when he decided to wait so long into the offseason to do this surgery. Did anyone actually think he would be ready opening night?

This team top to bottom is made up of a bunch of idiots.

Now what happens if Matthews misses any time during the season? This team does not look like a playoff team without him. They're very top heavy and cannot afford any injuries to those guys.
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Tf? Bud we could be missing Matthews and Tavares and we'll still look and be better than the Habs and Sens. We beat the Sens with our Marlies lineup just a week ago when they basically iced their opening night roster lol. The habs suck, don't let their run last spring fool you.
 
MapleLeafs9 said:
Tf? Bud we could be missing Matthews and Tavares and we'll still look and be better than the Habs and Sens. We beat the Sens with our Marlies lineup just a week ago when they basically iced their opening night roster lol. The habs suck, don't let their run last spring fool you.
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I'm not talking about the Sens and Habs - I'm talking about this team vs. the entire league. They are one injury away from potentially not making the playoffs. That's how they have been built.

Look at the lineup they will be icing on opening night. Does that look like a team that has any chance in the playoffs? Great teams can withstand injuries - this team can't.
 
Cynical said:
I'm not talking about the Sens and Habs - I'm talking about this team vs. the entire league. They are one injury away from potentially not making the playoffs. That's how they have been built.

Look at the lineup they will be icing on opening night. Does that look like a team that has any chance in the playoffs? Great teams can withstand injuries - this team can't.
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They probably run something like:
Ritchie - Tavares - Marner
Bunting - Kerfoot - Nylander
Engvall - Kampf - Kase
Amadio - Spezza - Simmonds

Not great, but still playoff caliber.
 
Cynical said:
I'm not talking about the Sens and Habs - I'm talking about this team vs. the entire league. They are one injury away from potentially not making the playoffs. That's how they have been built.

Look at the lineup they will be icing on opening night. Does that look like a team that has any chance in the playoffs? Great teams can withstand injuries - this team can't.
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I say the habs and sens because those are our 1st 3 opponents of the season, the games Matthews is expected to miss. So your thoughts on us not looking like a playoff team without him looking past those teams is irrelevant.
 
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