Shea Theodore Out Until Playoffs

[SirPaste]

Perfect, opens up that Schenn money

 

[AvsGuy]

Just take runs at Vegas players at this point. What harm can it realistically do? They'll be fine by round 2.

 

[Weezeric]

It’s amazing that most teams announce how long a player will be out with an injury as a range. Eg 6-8 weeks. Somehow the Vegas doctors can know exactly how long an injury will last months in advance!!

 

[Barrie22]

It’s amazing that most teams announce how long a player will be out with an injury as a range. Eg 6-8 weeks. Somehow the Vegas doctors can know exactly how long an injury will last months in advance!!

And it is always to the day the playoffs start, not a day early or a day late. The exact date that vegas is going to be playing game 1.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

If they exploit the loophole constantly, close the f***ing loophole.

So what? It's a tool EVERY team can use some are just to cowardly to do it.

 

[theVladiator]

It’s amazing that most teams announce how long a player will be out with an injury as a range. Eg 6-8 weeks. Somehow the Vegas doctors can know exactly how long an injury will last months in advance!!

Did Vegas announce it, or was it Dr. Friedman's announcement?

 

[Derailed75]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if your GM isn't cheating by abusing the LTIR loophole, it's just being a bad GM.

Carrier got a hang nail and went to the Canes GM Eric Tulsky and said " Hey Eric, so this is how things were done at my last job"

Once the Knights system gets in you it never leaves!

 

[Whileee]

Vegas running out of trade capital (picks / prospects) to acquire upgrades on their current roster, anyway.

 

[theVladiator]

Kane, Seguin, now Theodore...

Plenty of excuses out there for those willing to look.

 

[Derailed75]

I don't see the issue, Vegas isn't breaking any rules.

In all honesty my only issue with it is it seems Vegas has a high dollar guy that seems to get hurt before the TDL and is out until the playoffs happen. Pretty odd they seems to be able to get a serious long term injury every season and before the TDL.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Waaa waa waa , the tears are beautiful


Don't hate the player hate the game

 

[soothsayer]

The difference this year is that the knights have virtually nothing of value to trade. They're operating on IOUs at this point.

 

[TheBeerNerd]

The Golden Asterisks and Tampa Bay Asterisks disagree with you. This type of cheating works, not taking advantage of it is gross negligence.

Refer to my previous post

The difference this year is that the knights have virtually nothing of value to trade. They're operating on IOUs at this point.

They always manage to coerce a team.

So what? It's a tool EVERY team can use some are just to cowardly to do it.

If another team that isn't on the level of favored as the Golden Dawn used it they'd be sanctioned

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

EVERY team in the NHL would do this if they had the opportunity if one of their top players got hurt

Don’t hate the teams that do this cause it’s in the rules

I salute the teams that do this and go on long runs in the playoffs… it shows me that management do everything they can to win and lead by example

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Vegas is awesome, they’ll make some huge acquisition at the deadline too

Every team should operate like this

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

So what? It's a tool EVERY team can use some are just to cowardly to do it.

Yup!!

I would want a GM and Owner to do everything they can to win every year… and VGK is the cream of the crop for management to make sure they are contenders yearly.

I’m not a VGK fan(nor do I hate them) but I respect the hell out of their organization

 

[TheBeerNerd]

EVERY team in the NHL would do this if they had the opportunity if one of their top players got hurt

Don’t hate the teams that do this cause it’s in the rules

I salute the teams that do this and go on long runs in the playoffs… it shows me that management do everything they can to win and lead by example

Don't tell me to not hate the team I hated an entire year before they started playing because of their owner's West Point fetish. I'll hate who I want for whatever reason, and there is plenty of reason to hate them as a team.

Again, if it's not against the rules and it keeps getting exploited, make it against the rules. My team got screwed by rule changes after the 2004-05 lockout. It's happened before.

 

[SI90]

Vegas about to go full Nelson.

 

[DickSmehlik]

I propose that all of the hospitals band together and send their long term convalescencing patients to see the Vegas team doctors the day the regular season ends because those folks seem to work miracles once the playoffs begin.

 

[hangman005]

The difference this year is that the knights have virtually nothing of value to trade. They're operating on IOUs at this point.

People will take our IOU's and our IOU's on IOU's and they'll be happy

 

[Forge]

I love that Vegas is committed to keeping me entertained if nothing else.

Don't much care about the LTIR thing otherwise. Don't like it, the league can make a change. Until it's changed, I just don't care.

 

[TheBeerNerd]

"Don't hate the team that deliberately injured Heiskenan because 'iT's NoT aGaInSt ThE rUlEs'" nah, hard pass on that

 

[luiginb]

Reading these comments, people's ethics are in the gutter nowadays.

 

[Reality Czech]

Does the Vegas team doctor just have a stamp in his desk that says "out until playoffs?"

 

[New Jerseys Devil]

'Once is by chance
Twice is a coincidence
Three times is a pattern'

This holds some value in a court of law so I assume it should here as well. The LTIR loophole isnt the issue; the NHLs lack of public honesty involving injuries is

I dont believe baseball, football, basketball, or soccer allow for teams to generalize players' specific injuries or timelines if they arent personal. Maybe this should change!