When did teams stop using injury timelines?

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

I feel like it's become so normalized for players to disappear for weeks and months without any sort of injury information or timeline.

Victor Arvidsson was out for 15 games earlier in the season, we never found out why.

What's Roman Josi's timeline? He was taken out of a game nearly a month ago and there's no confirmation of what his injury actually is (suspected concussion?) or when he's supposed to return.

What's Kaprizov's timeline? "Longer than expected" - Bill Guerin

Eriksson-Ek?

At the start of January, Val Nichushkin was announced to be out 7-10 days with a "lower body injury". He was subsequently out of the lineup for 2 months.

I get that once in a while it can be hard to have a definitive timeline, but it's turning into the new standard now.

Used to be quite normal to see things like "4-6 weeks" or "aiming for mid April", now it's just "week-to-week" which could be anywhere from one to 30 weeks.

 

[ijuka]

Probably when NHL embraced gambling.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Probably when NHL embraced gambling.

I would expect the opposite. The NFL is super transparent with injuries, because of gambling.

 

[Djp]

I would expect the opposite. The NFL is super transparent with injuries, because of gambling.

Not always. Post season you hear about injuries that were not disclosed

 

[Djp]

I feel like it's become so normalized for players to disappear for weeks and months without any sort of injury information or timeline.

Victor Arvidsson was out for 15 games earlier in the season, we never found out why.

What's Roman Josi's timeline? He was taken out of a game nearly a month ago and there's no confirmation of what his injury actually is (suspected concussion?) or when he's supposed to return.

What's Kaprizov's timeline? "Longer than expected" - Bill Guerin

Eriksson-Ek?

At the start of January, Val Nichushkin was announced to be out 7-10 days with a "lower body injury". He was subsequently out of the lineup for 2 months.

I get that once in a while it can be hard to have a definitive timeline, but it's turning into the new standard now.

Used to be quite normal to see things like "4-6 weeks" or "aiming for mid April", now it's just "week-to-week" which could be anywhere from one to 30 weeks.

There are 2 parts....

1. Specific injury location
2. Time missed

They usually will mention the injury if surgery is needed and they are out 2+ months

With IR you done have s game count. Its just a day count.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Not always. Post season you hear about injuries that were not disclosed

That they played through though, right?

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

There are 2 parts....

1. Specific injury location
2. Time missed

They usually will mention the injury if surgery is needed and they are out 2+ months

With IR you done have s game count. Its just a day count.

Yeah, thats my point. They used to mention injuries regardless of surgery.

 

[bov]

It should be nobody's damn business to know the extent or timeline of an injury/illness/etc but gambling plays a large role.

 

[Djp]

That they played through though, right?

Yrs they played with the injury and it was not listed

For example wi th h the Bill's TE kincaid mussef some games fue ti injury. After he played but wa not his n pi rank self and he played under 50% of the snaps.

Allen had an injury to his hand/,fnger that wasnt reported
.Coleman missed time, came back, wasnt the same. After season ended it was said he wasn't 100%

With Sabres-' I think per break Thompson wasnt 100% but not missing games due to a hand/wrist injury where faceoffs was s big problem with this injury

 

[WarriorofTime]

Because Hockey Media is largely filled with types that want to be buddy-buddy with management and ownership groups in exchange for access, so they don't demand accountability and transparency here.

 

[Hennessy]

The Avalanche were trailblazers in this regard. Every other franchise noted you could get away with just not saying stuff.

Edit: I hadn't even considered the gambling aspect. Colorado's silence predates the league's enthusiasm for that, but for other teams it may very well play a role.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Some of it is a change in the way injuries are managed. There’s far less of an attitude of “it’s been two weeks, man up and earn your pay” and more patience with re-evaluating with a goal of 100% recovery. With 8-year contracts and a salary cap, you can’t afford to ruin a guy with impatience over his availability. So there’s no point giving timelines when the reality is you will likely not stick to them anyway.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

It’s so they can take advantage of LTIR how Vegas does

 

[Machinehead]

Gamling is huge in other sports and other leagues will tell you exactly what the injury is.