Injury Report: Pacioretty ruptures his Achilles again - placed on season ending IR

[tarheelhockey]

I read that Andersen is back at practice. Any news on how close he is to playing?

Brind’Amour said, almost verbatim, that he’s not very close to playing.

 

[barriers]

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[Tryamw]

dEAD aHO!
(and caps lock)

 

[barriers]

 

[Svechhammer]

That's a really good sign for him being back in early January

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

That's a really good sign for him being back in early January

Especially if Rod continues his theme of not pushing guys until they're truly 100%. If he's "ready" in mid-Jan, I don't want to see him until early-mid Feb.

 

[Svechhammer]

Especially if Rod continues his theme of not pushing guys until they're truly 100%. If he's "ready" in mid-Jan, I don't want to see him until early-mid Feb.

At the same time I want there to be enough time for him to gain chemistry with his linemates before the stretch run and playoffs.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Hopefully, he can immerse himself into the line up without too many hiccups. Canes history with change isn't always the greatest.

Fingers crossed that the Canes don't derail again after the All-Star break. Maybe take separate vacays or something this year. (just kidding).

 

[MinJaBen]

Not expecting him tonight of course, but a home game against a bottom feeder with everyone else rested is not a bad place to start if you need to limit his minutes.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Im hoping we let him go another couple of weeks before putting him in.

/s obviously we are winning without him why mess that up?

 

[raynman]

Canes currently have 3 guys scoring at a 30+ goal rate with one of those scoring at a 40+ goal rate. Imagine adding a 4th here soon? Might be too much for me to handle.

 

[SvechneJerk]

I’m almost 100% certain that Tripp let it slip in the last game or the one before that he’d be ready to play by New Year’s Day. I guess we’ll soon find out.

 

[LakeLivin]

Given the Canes overall attitude towards bringing injured players back, and sitting on the 2nd best record in the NHL, I'm not worried that the team will bring Patches back too soon, at least from a risk perspective. Only question in my mind is how best to get him back to 100% game shape, and I'll defer to the team on that one, as well.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Given the Canes overall attitude towards bringing injured players back, and sitting on the 2nd best record in the NHL, I'm not worried that the team will bring Patches back too soon, at least from a risk perspective. Only question in my mind is how best to get him back to 100% game shape, and I'll defer to the team on that one, as well.

Kill him... obviously

 

[Svechhammer]

Kill him... obviously

Nuke him from orbit, it's the only way to be sure

 

[Tryamw]

Kill him... obviously

The obvious solution. Bold

 

[chaz4hockey]

lol, in a way I'm glad he is not playing yet so my optimistic view of him still holds.

 

[hblueridgegal]

They love a good tease.

 

[Tryamw]

They love a good tease.

At least it's not a strip..

 

[barriers]

No call up to replace Noesen so far. Patches getting closer

 

[Chrispy]

No call up to replace Noesen so far. Patches getting closer

Wolves aren't playing until Friday, so no reason to delay calling up Drury or someone else if needed.

I wonder if the patience with Pacioretty was a combination of a healthy set of 12 forwards and not disturbing the streak. Neither are now the case. Wouldn't be surprised to see Pacioretty tomorrow in place of Noesen.

 

[A Star is Burns]

 

[A Star is Burns]

The Canes are now at....

 

[Navin R Slavin]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO MAXPAAAAAAAC