 RDOilerfan
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| Adam wrote on Wed, 30 June 2021 11:52 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Wed, 30 June 2021 11:33 |
Why would it be a good idea to protect Klefbom at all? Taking away the report it's 95% certain he's done. Why would it make sense to protect a guy who unless it's 100% certain he's fine, he's 1 bump away from being out or done forever. So you protect him hoping he will be OK and as a result, you lose someone else. Camp comes along or the first preseason game comes because the guy hasn't played hockey in over 1.5 yrs so you are goign to want to get him into games. Some junior guy or AHLer trying to make an impression, runs him and he's done.
I never understood the rational behind potentially protecting a guy who odds were against him being able to play anytime soon.
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The Oilers should understand better than anyone exactly how surgery went and what the odds are of Klefbom's return. They should know his mindset - is he hoping to return? Or is he pretty resigned and contemplating retirement.
It's notable that A) Holland was beaming about the surgery right after it happened and B) Klefbom has not been made available to media in any open interview. He hasn't indicated publicly that he's contemplating retirement.
If the team is confident he's done, then by all means, leave him unprotected. If he's back partways through next season though, they have egg on their face, and they'll have likely contributed the best player the Kraken will get through the expansion draft.
I don't trust reports from Oilers media on his health, because it's got so little backing it. Gregor's article says he spoke to people who spoke to Klefbom, and that those people aren't doctors. That's pretty shaky.
Also, while there's no cure for arthritis, it can absolutely be treated a number of different ways - through injections, through medicine.
I am skeptical of the reports, because without any primary sources, those sources could absolutely be planted by the Oilers who are hoping to pull off a daring move - exposing Klefbom and hoping the Kraken don't take him, while fully expecting him to return. Hell, that "closer to Oscar" source could be Ken Holland himself.
It isn't like the Oilers to be that sneaky, so I at least would appreciate it if they are, but it seems like if you're going to those lengths to sneak Klefbom through, then you should probably also make the less risky move of getting a handshake with Larsson and then not officially signing him until after that draft.
By the way, the "some kid trying to make a name for himself takes a run at him and he's done" argument is not a strong one. Technically, it could happen to anyone on the team, from Connor McDavid to Devin Shore. You don't typically see it happen, so it's a weird hypothetical, and if you're talking about a first or second pairing LHD who's better than anyone else on the roster not named Darnell Nurse? I don't think you can make a decision based on what if in the future some guy takes a run at him and lands a dirty, career-ending injury.
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It's arthritis, there is no cure. This isn't a torn ligament you stitch up and in a few months and some rehab all his good. It's inflamation in the shoulder that flares up when you use it, especially when you put trauma on it like a body check which is a standard play in hockey. It's very likely that is you play hockey and you slam your shoulder into someone else or the boards 100's of times a season, chances are it will come back. You won't know when but it will most likely come back. So regardless of knowing the surgery better than other team, you'd be protecting a guy with a known medical condition who at any time could be out.
So I think it would be completely foolish of the Oilers unless they know 100% he's cure which isn't the case, to protect a guy when you have no clue how long he can play. The point is to ice the best team. In order to do that, guys have to actually be on the ice. So use whatever excuse you want about the Oilers management being incompetent or the media lying or excuses for Klefbom because you like the player but he's got a known, incurable medical condition. This isn't from the Oilers telling us, it's from his own mouth. If he was not an Oiler, just a UFA and the Oilers announced they signed him for 2 years a 4.1666 mill per year with his known medical condition and all the uncertainty of if he can even play ever, I highly doubt most people in here would celebrating it as a good signing.
[Updated on: Wed, 30 June 2021 12:23]
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