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Speculation: Oscar Klefbom

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Blitzago*

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THall4 said:
Im pretty sure he's been skating since before the season ended. Hes just continued to skate here in EDM over the summer.

I believe since signing his new deal, he now lives here full time.
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Yeah that's what I thought. Although oilers have been extremely tight lipped about the situation
 
nabob

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Blitzago said:
Yeah that's what I thought. Although oilers have been extremely tight lipped about the situation
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They have been about every injury since Chia took over.

I imagine the embarrassment to the organization with the way the Souray situation and even the Pitkanen and Whitney situations were handled is well known and Chia isn't a moron like Lowe was.

Kinda sucks as a fan to not know what's going on, but it's better for the team this way.
 

Blitzago*

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nabob said:
They have been about every injury since Chia took over.

I imagine the embarrassment to the organization with the way the Souray situation and even the Pitkanen and Whitney situations were handled is well known and Chia isn't a moron like Lowe was.

Kinda sucks as a fan to not know what's going on, but it's better for the team this way.
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Yeah it's unfortunate as a fan, but it's better this way for the team
 
McFlyingV

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Kolja said:
That's not what I heard. They clearly stated he's expected tobe fine by the start of th season. First day was so so but then it got better.

As far as I understood it, no need to panic.
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I also heard the same around the time of the draft. Can't remember if it was on the radio or on tv, but they said Klefbom was skating in Edmonton and would be ready for the season.

Now lets hope Klef stays healthy. He doesn't have a ton of miles on him so he should be good for about a decade + of playoff runs ;)
 
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Wretched Oil

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Blitzago said:
Yeah that's what I thought. Although oilers have been extremely tight lipped about the situation
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http://oilersnation.com/2016/6/23/buffalo-is-open-for-business

Good news for Oilers fans. Oscar Klefbom was in Edmonton this week and he skated four days with the trainers and medical staff. The first day his foot didn't feel great, but the next few days he felt fine and was very positive about how he felt. I asked Chiarelli about Klefbom's progress and he confirmed he had been skating and everything looks great. I spoke to Klefbom in April and he outlined how frustrating and scary the staph infection situation had been for him. The past week was as much a mental exercise as physical. He needed to get on the ice and feel good and he did. A healthy Klefbom is a must if the Oilers hope to improve this season.
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MoneyGuy

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The team says Klef's is 100 per cent. Source: Oilers exec whom I trust for the unvarnished truth.
 
Dorian2

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McDynasty said:
Stauffer interviewed him awhile back and it answered a lot of questions I had about his injury. What I do know is he's been working out like mad, and kept in great shape while he was not playing. Like hitting the gym and bike hard.

The effected area on his skin needed time to heal, and that required him not to skate at all until this happened. Also he was going to meet with his skate company over the summer and design a skate that wont chaff on the effected area. His return last season was postponed cause that area of skin needed time to thicken and playing hockey was not going to help it. This injury he had did not do anything to his ankle muscles, so comparisons to Whitney are not accurate, the only thing that was keeping him back was the thickness of the skin they gouged out when they cut out the Staph infection.

My guess Oscar will be back this season better than ever.
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pffffffft. He shoulda been back last year. Any Canadian kid worth his salt woulda slapped a bottle of this on the foot and called it a day.

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:shakehead Some people.


:sarcasm:
 
Gord

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snipes said:
We're not. **** man, people can recover from staph infections. They are not new to the medical community.

I've spoken about the situation (and the needed skin/flesh removal) with a doctor. This guy is smarter than I am and any of my fellow lawyer friends.

This guy is legit and he's certain a full recovery will happen if the entire infected area was surgically removed (which it was). The reason Klef didn't return to action was to heal the area of the removed skin. Wearing skates and the rubbing it entails was not worth it for Chia. Great call. Klef will be 100% this season.
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you're a lawyer? so you can make judgments on specific cases you're not involved in, and be correct in your assessments?

your doctor buddy also hasn't seen or treated him. he can only talk generally.
he has no idea of the severity of the condition, so you can't pull out the "my buddy the doctor" card.

plus your doctor friend likely doesn't know how such an extended layoff without skating will affect the on ice skill level of a player.
 
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Gord said:
you're a lawyer? so you can make judgments on specific cases you're not involved in, and be correct in your assessments?

your doctor buddy also hasn't seen or treated him. he can only talk generally.
he has no idea of the severity of the condition, so you can't pull out the "my buddy the doctor" card.

plus your doctor friend likely doesn't know how such an extended layoff without skating will affect the on ice skill level of a player.
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He's been skating since March/April and able to stay in great shape the entire time. He says he is 100% ready to go, the team and team's doctors say he is 100% ready to go, people with actual information say he is 100% ready to go. Do you think that if he goes a few months without skating at 100% effort that he will just forget how to hockey? The guy is an elite athlete who missed a few months, you're acting as if he has been out of the game for years.
 
McOvechking

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If he's on the ice again, and rumblings are he's 100% now, I have no worry that he'll be ready to jump on the ice in three months. That's still plenty of time for him to get into NHL-shape again.
 
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Klef should really flourish with Larsson. It is the perfect D partner for him. Really hope he is healthy and stops getting hurt.
 
Kestrel

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Gord said:
you're a lawyer? so you can make judgments on specific cases you're not involved in, and be correct in your assessments?

your doctor buddy also hasn't seen or treated him. he can only talk generally.
he has no idea of the severity of the condition, so you can't pull out the "my buddy the doctor" card.

plus your doctor friend likely doesn't know how such an extended layoff without skating will affect the on ice skill level of a player.
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I would say a doctor sure can comment on the case far better than any run of the mill poster trying to read between the lines on radio broadcasts. I have seen very little reason to think that the doctor's casually given opinion is wrong - sure, there's an element of speculation on his part, but anything I've seen to the contrary of his opinion is just as much speculation, with much less expertise to comment on it. If there's something coming from someone with a more relevant opinion that suggests Klefbom's future is in real doubt, that would be far more useful to post than complaining about the "doctor card".
 
slim2001

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McOkMcgoMcoil said:
I think next year Larsson will be like 25 and klef like 35, here is hoping any way.
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I think that is a realistic possibility if they develop chemistry quickly. I would guess around #30 and #40 but they could end up something like #45 and #75 if they don't gel and get overwhelmed on the top pairing. I really like them both and expect big things over the next couple of years.
 
jukon

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It will be fun to speculate who the driving force is between Klef and Larsson. X player makes y player better. I'm just hoping for a healthy season from them both.
 
MoneyGuy

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Stud Muffin said:
Klefbom is better than Larsson IMO both would be top 40 in my mind.
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Don't agree. Larsson is better now and has higher upside, in my opinion. Klef may have more offensive upside but Larsson is and will be the better all-around defenceman.
 
bestmyfeeling

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MoneyGuy said:
Don't agree. Larsson is better now and has higher upside, in my opinion. Klef may have more offensive upside but Larsson is and will be the better all-around defenceman.
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hmmm...i tend to rate klef>larson long rrun but i think that larsson has a higher base and klefbom has the ability to become much better

i.e. larsson will be seabrook esque and klefbom could be keith esque IMO (not that they play the same just in terms of 1A and 1B/2A rankings)
 
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bestmyfeeling said:
hmmm...i tend to rate klef>larson long rrun but i think that larsson has a higher base and klefbom has the ability to become much better

i.e. larsson will be seabrook esque and klefbom could be keith esque IMO (not that they play the same just in terms of 1A and 1B/2A rankings)
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Well, if Klef achieves his upside as you see it and if Larsson achieves what I see, we'll have a dandy 1-2.
 
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