duul
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I think it's reasonable. Lots of us learned that whole 'fool me once' proverb growing up here.
Injury Report: McDavid out 2-3 weeks
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Growing up here, I guess I should have learned that basic causality and situational awareness is not the strength of the Albertan.
duul
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Well I grew up in Flin Flon, Manitoba and don't understand half the words you just used there.
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Obviously we can't 100% refute what they report as "purely" a quad injury but ya.... it's seems pretty obvious there's concern about the status of Connor's knee. Yup a few of us have said it's odd that an NHL player would know he'd be out 2-3 weeks for a charley horse. Most players either don't miss any games or miss only a very short time with such a contusion despite what the internet says.
Most things people look up in the internet regarding rest/healing time applies to the average joe who doesn't get 24/7 medical care for injuries and aren't in great physical condition. These guys can heal a lot faster and aren't bound to the extensive timelines stated by the internet medical info.
I don't want to say for sure there's an issue with the structures of the knee but all signs point to concern for it and maybe some slight and hopefully minimal damage to those structures. But yes, it would not surprise me if 2 weeks from now the Oil come out and say Connor is shut down for the rest of the regular season and they back track and say "ah well we did more in depth testing and we actually found some xxxx xxx xxxxx damage to the xxx xxxx xxxx".
Or maybe the knee damage is minimal enough that it will actually will recover ok in 2-3 weeks and they won't even have to mention it and we'll all be under the assumption it was only the quad. It's just how these guys operate. It's just funny that they think they can actually still fool people.
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Why would they be so cautious about a quad injury? As someone who has had an ACL reconstruction in both knees, it's because a strong, flexible quad muscle is best prevention for reinjury of the knee joint ligaments. Asking McDavid to play through a quad injury significantly decreases the ability for that muscle to prevent stress on the knee joint. It's also why much of McDavid recovery focused on maintaining and then strengthening those leg muscles while the ligament itself was rested so it could heal.
From what I gather from reading this thread, the Oilers need to just come out and say he messed up his knee again, and he potentially won't ever play again and that they are folding the team after the season.
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That would be unfair to the STH who paid good money for this season. Fold it by the end of the road trip and give everyone a 120% refund for the remaining games.
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Putting Mcdavid on IR makes sense since it will free up a lot of money for the trade deadline and Smith's GP bonus, which it seems like he will hit.
McDavid's quad injury is unrelated to his knee injury like Kevin Durant's achilles injury was unrelated to his calf strain.
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Does anyone here really think McDavid will be back this year? That collision was damn hard, clearly knee first into the boards. There's no way he didn't re-damage the ligaments.
'charley-horse' LMAO.
Just a bad charley-horse bro, just going to fly back to Toronto to have the team that dealt with my PCL injury evaluate the damage to my THIGH bro, in the middle of the season. Totally unrelated injury bro.
'charley-horse' LMAO.
Just a bad charley-horse bro, just going to fly back to Toronto to have the team that dealt with my PCL injury evaluate the damage to my THIGH bro, in the middle of the season. Totally unrelated injury bro.
OfCorsiDid
Time is a flat circle.
Now why would you say this? How exactly does this contribute to the conversation?
Jimmi McJenkins
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Then I guess we'll hopefully see you at the draft.
In the offseason, I completely understand why the team might be cautious with the injury info. It affects free agents, season tickets, even getting coaches, etc. I don't agree with it, but I can understand that.
What is the point if "lying" about this now? Why would they "pretend" he's coming back if he's done, because if he's done, everyone knowing won't make a difference. This miserable garbage is too much, if you really believe yourself, probably time to find another team who's more trustworthy.
OfCorsiDid
Time is a flat circle.
Jimmi McJenkins
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Hopefully you won't have to because he checks out on the team who's terrible and lying to him.
TheRebuild
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God I hope he comes back - but not at the expense of his knee, I'd rather he didn't play another game this season if it means being able to be healthy going forward. Not just for the sake of his career - but just for himself as well - a playoff drive that likely ends with a first round exit isn't worth messing yourself up for the rest of your life.
CantHaveTkachev
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Putting a player on IR just opens up a roster spot, it has no impact on our cap space. They would need to put him on LTIR for that.
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