Injury Report: Mika Zibanejad out with concussion

[RangerLifer]

I love that movie.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Allow me to be incredibly selfish for a second. With our luck this will be career ending. And yes I realize how selfish that comes off and I obviously hope for his sake it's not.

 

[aufheben]

Some scrub takes out other team's star forward and nothing happens. f*** this league.

 

[DanielBrassard]

f*** Helm, and f*** that ref who just watched the hit. This sucks.

 

[KOVALEV022473]

I don't remember which game but he took a big hit a few games ago. If he is out long term, this team isn't making the playoffs.

You’d love that, wouldn’t you?

 

[KOVALEV022473]

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.

Someone was injured

 

[Irishguy42]

It wasn't a penalty because ZBad was able to get up.

That is how hits like this get judged by the refs nowadays.

 

[romba]

Someone was injured

True, but it apparently wasn't revealed quickly enough. 0 chance the league goes back now and takes a second look despite concussions/head shots being exactly what the league wants to eliminate the most. It's ridiculous, but had he stayed down and left the game there no doubt would have been a closer look by the league.

 

[Irishguy42]

Someone was injured

Zibanejad was fine until Tuesday, and the concussion was revealed today, nearly a week after the game.

NHL won't do anything about it, especially since there was no penalty.

 

[Doctyl]

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

Like actually though. This is a much better idea than DD centering Kreids and Buch.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Man 4 or 5 concussions thats not good, I hope this isn't nearly as bad as it sounds. I hope this isn't another Kariya or LaFontaine or Lindros.

 

[I Eat Crow]

I take partial responsibility for this. My Zibanejad jersey just arrived last week

 

[Irishguy42]

Wonderful that this comes out right before our stretch of four games vs Metro opponents.

 

[NikC]

Man 4 or 5 concussions thats not good, I hope this isn't nearly as bad as it sounds. I hope this isn't another Kariya or LaFontaine or Lindros.

How many concussions did he have prior to the Rangers signing him?
That would be telling. ..

Writing is on the wall

 

[nyr2k2]

There wouldn't really be anything to look at with the hit, IMO. As I said it pissed me off because he jumped into it, but it was a minor penalty and nothing more.

 

[LeetchisGod]

You’d love that, wouldn’t you?

I'd love for this team to win a cup, by any means necessary.

 

[bl02]

I love that movie.

Trading places> coming to america

 

[bl02]

thats just in poor taste

I agree. my bad. Just frustrated. Especially wouldn't wish concussion on anyone. its terrible. minor ab muscle strain is not a big deal.

 

[Trxjw]

Brutal news. Hoping for a quick recovery for Zib with no lingering effects.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Like actually though. This is a much better idea than DD centering Kreids and Buch.

Yup, I know. He's had a month of pro hockey in North America now. Give him a call, put him with some skilled wingers and let him play a full game. Who knows, maybe he's more ready now after knowing what it takes and getting his feet a little more wet.

DD was good the other night, but do we want to count on him? I could see them not wanting to call Filip up if Zibanejad is only gonna be out a short time, not wanting to yank Chytil around and stuff. But if Zib is gonna be out for more than a week or so, why not give Chytil another handful of games and actually see what he can do? The 6 minutes a night he got in his couple games was a joke, how do you expect him to do anything or get comfortable like that?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

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

The equipment is the biggest issue with concussions. Players, who are now stronger and faster than ever, can launch themselves full speed at another player and they know it won't hurt. Shoulder pads and elbow pads are so rock solid and thick now it's like crashing into someone with a suit of armor on. I saw the documentary Ice Guardians on netflix, good movie btw, and Jeff Marek made a good point that now with players as strong and fast as they are and equipment the way it is now these aren't body checks anymore how they used to be, now they're collisions. And that's true. If guys were wearing old school shoulder pads and elbow pads that were soft and smaller, they wouldn't be flying into players with reckless abandon the way they do now because it would hurt a lot more.

 

[Siddi]

f***! Just before the metro stretch.

Hopefully they wont rush him back.

 

[rt]

If you need a fill-in, you can just have Stepan back. We won't miss him at all in Arizona. 2020 5th rounder if you win the Cup this year?

 

[egelband]

The good thing is that there are fewer of these lately but it still aggravates me every time. I don’t understand how some players - just a few now - get off injuring others. I mean, where’s the respect for fellow pros? How could a player do that to another player? I guess it’s a dog-eat-dog world for low talent players. But geez. The league should do more to discourage it.

 

[ZiGOODejad]

If you need a fill-in, you can just have Stepan back. We won't miss him at all in Arizona. 2020 5th rounder if you win the Cup this year?

You won't miss him? Sounds like he isn't being used properly he was our best two way center