Injury Report: Mika Zibanejad out with concussion

[Icelevel]

Zibanejad had a concussion when he played for Ottawa.

Yeah. Hope he's ok. Good luck to you guys.
He takes a hard hit goes down slow holds his head comes up slow. Should be gone to dressing room for tests no?

 

[Machinehead]

Bring Chytil back up and give him an actual look, more than 6 minutes a game.

Stop trying to make sense, you're a Rangers fan.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Hit by Helm on Zibanejad was borderline late and Helm jumped and launched himself up into Mika. Ref was staring at the play and made no call. What a joke.

Hopefully finishing that game and playing Sunday didn't make this worse.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Well. Talk about the worst possible player to lose from the lineup.

Guess we'll be seeing a lot of Desharnais.

That line combined for 9 points with DD centering it

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Time for Heater

 

[Filthy Dangles]

pos helm

 

[LeetchisGod]

Helm should have to answer the bell when we play Detroit again but we know that won't happen.

 

[Fitzy]

That line combined for 9 points with DD centering it

Sure, but that's a small 'n'

Naslund and Bertuzzi did well with Morrison, doesn't mean that they wouldn't have done better with Eric Lindros.

But, if we were to be more positive, perhaps DD who struggles with speed and size but is a good playmaker might be the perfect complement for those two, in which case we could use Zibanejad between Miller and Vesey on return. Wishful thinking, perhaps.

 

[RangerLifer]

pos helm

I saw that when it happened and I was worried. This is a devastating injury. I hope he'll be okay soon.

 

[Leonardo87]

So with this F'ing news, are we sellers again? Sorry trying to be funny but am upset with this. I hope it's not a long term thing. Mika had been blossoming into that 1c we were all hoping so hope this is only a tiny bump in the road.

 

[will1066]

If he gets derailed, it would be consecutive years. Ugh. Last year, his fibula met the end boards.

 

[romba]

Helm left his feet before initial contact so technically it's a penalty but it wasn't a huge hit. Unless it's egregious and/or results in an injury many of those are let go unfortunately. Sucks.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

 

[ZiGOODejad]

How many has he had in his career I thought he only had one with Ottawa

 

[Filthy Dangles]

How many has he had in his career I thought he only had one with Ottawa

Concussions aren't a black and white thing, tons of grey.

If you are talking about officially missing games due to the cause being listed as concussion, I think only one time in Ottawa and now this one.

Who truly knows how much Traumatic Brain Injury he has incurred in his career...

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Helm should have to answer the bell when we play Detroit again but we know that won't happen.

Meh, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to get him to fight, we have guys who will drop the gloves. Kreider, Miller, Smith especially.

Problem is Helm doesn't fight, he's had ONE NHL fight and it was in the SCF in 2009 with Kunitz, but it was barely a fight, it was just a shoving scrum and Helm just turtled as Kunitz punched him. Zero chance he actually drops the gloves if challenged.

 

[torirose1998]

Well. Talk about the worst possible player to lose from the lineup.

Guess we'll be seeing a lot of Desharnais.

Surprisingly he wasn't too bad against Florida the other night. DEF prefer Zibby over him any day though

 

[tailgunner]

reminds me of Sean Avery's book which I'm almost finished with (great great book btw) basically today's athlete is by far way more advanced in speed, bulk and equipment but the human brain and internal organs are still the same as they were in 1875 when hockey first started being played. Shame about Zib...this season has been a catastrophe

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

How many has he had in his career I thought he only had one with Ottawa

Someone mentioned it's his 4th or 5th concussion

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Said this over the summer, fatal flaw of this lineup.

Zib goes down and they are absolutely up a creek. Throws the entire forward group in the gutter due to having 0 C depth.

 

[nyr2k2]

I remember this hit, I was pissed because Helm left his feet and jumped into it. I was surprised he didn't get a charging call (do they still call that?) or roughing or something.

 

[RangerLifer]

Helm left his feet before initial contact so technically it's a penalty but it wasn't a huge hit. Unless it's egregious and/or results in an injury many of those are let go unfortunately. Sucks.

It DID result in an injury and the league just yawns. Let it be one of their marquee players and then they'd have thrown the book at Helm. I'm so sick of this favoritism of the league. They don't give a rip about most of these players.

 

[RangerLifer]

Said this over the summer, fatal flaw of this lineup.

Zib goes down and they are absolutely up a creek. Throws the entire forward group in the gutter due to having 0 C depth.

There are a number of teams with the exact same problem. Many teams are trying to add to their center depth. I hope we are the lucky ones that can land some legitimate help at that position and soon.

 

[RangerBoy]

Chris Johnston of Sportnet is on the NHL Network. He said it's the 4th or 5th documented concussion for Zibanejad dating back to his career in Sweden. The Rangers are going to very patient with Mika. They won't rush him back.

 

[RangerBoy]