Archive for the 'Injury' Category

Rumor of the Day: October 15, 2008

No way!
Ok, everyone knows Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredson is an excellent player, but shouldn’t he draw the line at freak-of-nature? The guy just had arthoscopic knee surgery on Friday… what are his plans for this weekend? Ummm… I don’t know… maybe play an NHL game? WTF?
From the rarely-classy Ottawa Sun:
“I’m not sure at this […]

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Freak Injury Reduces Blues Post-Season Hopes to Zero

Last week St. Louis Blues defenceman Erik Johnson suffered a freak accident at the golf course and hurt his knee. We skipped over that story since it initially seemed that he would recover in a few days. Well that’s not the case anymore. Says the St.Louis Post-Dispatch:
Johnson, 20, is expected to be sidelined six to […]

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Injury Train Doesn’t Stop for Hurricanes

Jesus Christ! How much crappy luck can a team have? Last year Carolina’s chance at securing a playoff spot was severely hampered by a whole bunch of injuries. Well, the season hasn’t even started and the Canes can kiss Justin Williams goodbye for 4-6 months. Williams blew out his Achilles tendon during a practice session […]

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

What Not to Do When Your Goalie Lets in a Softy

Holy crap. Think NHL goalies have it hard getting jeered by the home crowd when they left in a soft goal? How do ya like this?
From CP:
Edgars Masalskis, a goaltender with Latvian hockey team Dinamo Riga, is in hospital with a broken leg sustained in an attack, the team’s president said Tuesday…
Koziols said Masalskis was […]

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Rumor of the Day

Let’s stick with the Florida Panters a bit more. This Rumor of the Day isn’t really a rumor, but it does raise some questions that can be rumor fodder…
Remember Chad Kilger? While he played with the Toronto Maple Leafs he rode a roller coaster of ups and downs, mostly downs. At the trade deadline last […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008