Injury Report: Playoff Injury Report - McDavid Needs Abdominal Surgery, Draisaitl Broken Rib, and more!

[ManofSteel55]

The reports of playoff injuries are starting to trickle in. Zach Laing has reported that McDavid and Draisaitl were both injured. We already know about Kane, and Henrique earlier in the playoffs. He also mentions that Nurse may have had something going on.

Current List:

Connor McDavid - Abdominal Surgery
Leon Draisaitl - Broken Rib, Broken Finger
Evander Kane - Sports Hernia
Adam Henrique - High Ankle Sprain (weeks ago)

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[Arpeggio]

I guess I should be a little less critical of Henrique, I forgot about his ankle injury. He looked so slow. Maybe he has more to give if they re-sign him.

 

[Mr Kot]

Ouch, playing with a broken rib is a nasty one. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

 

[Paralyzer]

So where's Florida's injuries? Or were they all 'made up' as well, since people on here believed the Oilers had no injuries?

Crazy to believe all those guys fought through the pain and gave us an outstanding performance. Breaking history books again while injured. Just insane what these guys go through.

 

[Stealth1616]

Confirms what I knew about McDavid’s injury from months ago

 

[Wretched Oil]

Confirms what I knew about McDavid’s injury from months ago

Which is what exactly?

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Broken ribs make sense for why Leon looked like he had no "core" strength.

I hope McDavid is ready for the start of the season.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Which is what exactly?

He's been hurt all season. it was clear from his lack of shooting. The injury he got before the Herritage classic affected him all season.

 

[Paralyzer]

Which is what exactly?

That he shouldn't have carried his own beer to his car.

 

[Stealth1616]

Which is what exactly?

Abdominal injury

 

[ManofSteel55]

Confirms what I knew about McDavid’s injury from months ago

I think we all knew something wasn't right. His shot and even his stick handling weren't the same. I thought he had something going on with his shoulder, but an abdominal injury makes sense too.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I think we all knew something wasn't right. His shot and even his stick handling weren't the same. I thought he had something going on with his shoulder, but an abdominal injury makes sense too.

Makes his playoff performance look like a legit miracle.

 

[McJadeddog]

McDavid was able to work around it, and still produced the ridiculous playoff he had, but Drai having ribs is a different thing. Broken rib is something else entirely.

Really emphasizes how much winning the Cup is about luck and injuries as much as anything. Once you are one of the top 4-6 teams that have a legit chance of winning the Cup, the rest is kinda up to circumstance in many ways.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

I think everyone suspected that Draisatl was injured. The broken finger was known about I believe.

The McDavid abdominal injury explains a lot. I've been very critical of him (just to myself) about not shooting as often as I believed that he should have. His shot did seem to lack much zip this season and now we know why.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

McDavid was able to work around it, and still produced the ridiculous playoff he had, but Drai having ribs is a different thing. Broken rib is something else entirely.

Really emphasizes how much winning the Cup is about luck and injuries as much as anything. Once you are one of the top 4-6 teams that have a legit chance of winning the Cup, the rest is kinda up to circumstance in many ways.

And depth, there were 2 clear holes that sunk the Oilers in the end that we've all known about for like 2 years.

 

[TKB21]

Confirms what I knew about McDavid’s injury from months ago

Yep, he seemed off basically all year, didn’t seem to poses his shot.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Not that it's an excuse, because his play wasn't great before, but I wonder what Nurse had going on at the end?

This run really grinded this team up.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Ugh whatever you do don’t look at twitter. Gutless panthers fans saying these are excuses.. every team holds off on reporting injuries until they’re eliminated, the Panthers themselves went through the same thing last year.

Just mind blowing that idiot p***yes see this as something to criticize. It’s not an excuse, but it’s admirable what they go through trying to win. But also if Drai was 100% there’s no way we’d lose.

Hope everyone gets the surgeries they need and the rest they need. Jobs not done. Be ready for next season.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Ugh whatever you do don’t look at twitter. Gutless panthers fans saying these are excuses.. every team holds off on reporting injuries until they’re eliminated, the Panthers themselves went through the same thing last year.

Just mind blowing that idiot p***yes see this as something to criticize. It’s not an excuse, but it’s admirable what they go through trying to win. But also if Drai was 100% there’s no way we’d lose.

Hope everyone gets the surgeries they need and the rest they need. Jobs not done. Be ready for next season.

I guess all of those new fans don't remember last year.

 

[gretzkyoilers]

Article:

https://dailyhive.com/edmonton/oilers-mcdavid-injury-surgery

 

[Soundwave]

Said it months ago ... McDavid has been playing injured since the 4th game of the season against Winnipeg where he tore his ab muscle. A player like him doesn't go from 64 goals to only 30-ish without a physical impediment.

 

[gretzkyoilers]

Said it months ago ... McDavid has been playing injured since the 4th game of the season against Winnipeg where he tore his ab muscle. A player like him doesn't go from 64 goals to only 30-ish without a physical impediment.

Yup I said the same. he was not the same player we saw the previous season. This makes his accomplishments in the regular season and playoffs even more remarkable. A healthier McDrai would have had a different outcome.

 

[Wretched Oil]

Abdominal injury

Sorry, I was looking for more than that.

Muscle tear or plumbing issue?

 

[McJadeddog]

Our two best players were both pretty badly injured, one of them all year. Us fans need to take that into account when we evaluate this year.

 

[Lay Z Boy GM]

Said it months ago ... McDavid has been playing injured since the 4th game of the season against Winnipeg where he tore his ab muscle. A player like him doesn't go from 64 goals to only 30-ish without a physical impediment.

Yeah I think for those of us that watched every game, we saw this. You don’t go from 60+ goals to 30 for no reason. It’s insane that he still put up numbers, he’s the best alive and it’s not even close.

I’ve been saying to Nucks fans here in Vancouver all year that he’s not right, I’ve watched almost all of his NHL games and it was obvious.

As good as he was this season he didn’t quite have that extra gear where he’d seemingly score at will, or just do magical shit every single game.

Get better McJesus, hope to see him back better than ever for game 1.

New motto needs to be “jobs not done”. “Cup or bust” was too much lol