Kr55 wrote on Fri, 01 February 2019 14:46

K.McC#24 wrote on Fri, 01 February 2019 13:03 Kr55 wrote on Fri, 01 February 2019 11:31 RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 01 February 2019 11:23 GabbyDugan wrote on Fri, 01 February 2019 11:09 "Klefbom was on the ice for Friday’s 9 a.m. workout before the team flew to Philadelphia, but was seen grimacing when handling the puck, and participated in drills only sporadically, according to those in attendance." https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-looking-star-cent res-elevate-wingers/ My glimmer of hope is fading fast. Klefbom got hurt Dec 11. He's been out for 7 weeks. Why can't anything with this guy just go routinely? First of all as good as he is, if you look at the roster to start the year and had to bet on which player would get hurt, its him. Secondly, when he gets hurt, its never a sore muscle or a pull, or a bruise, it's a major one that requires some procedure that takes months. Third, when he gets hurt, he's not the type that heals fast. When every doc on the planet says it takes most people 6 weeks to recover, for the odd guy it's 8 weeks. He's going to be 8 weeks to recover and even that might not be enough to be 100%. He broke multiple fingers didn't he? This is probably going according to routine. Could have happened to anyone. Not sure getting hit directly into multiple fingers is something that is coded in someone DNA. And this stuff is always more likely to happen to the guy the coach is playing 30 mins a night in every situation. We need him back, and players that can play like he can don't grow on trees. As Chia and this org has displayed over many of the last years, getting solid D is damn hard. The solid D-man being brittle is a factor, and I think availability due to injury is an issue for Klefbom over his career. Can we wait for his next injury that actually has something to do with being brittle before going nuts though? Took a shot to the hand. That's just something that can happen playing hockey, and Hitch was making sure he was playing a heck of a lot of hockey. He hasn't been too bad the last few seasons. Played all 82 2 seasons ago. He should have got shoulder surgery that summer, but I'm assuming he didn't because we couldn't afford for him and Sek to be out to start that year, so we didn't push him enough to just get it fixed. His only issue last year was the shoulder injury he was playing through that ended up being fixed pretty well the next summer. Fault can go to both sides for not just getting that over with in the summer of 2017. This year he was fine until a fluke injury. Not seeing a reason to be too down on the guys ability to play from these last 3 seasons. He's not Jason Allison where he seems to get a broken foot every time someone goes near him. The guy I worry more about these days is Larsson. He's been fighting back injuries for years now, and his play is starting to go through noticeable bad stretches.

Let’s face it, if you were traded for Taylor Hall, one for one, your back would be pretty sore most of the time too

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