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RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 09:27

Adam wrote on Mon, 28 January 2019 15:25 GabbyDugan wrote on Mon, 28 January 2019 14:46 So any updates on Sekera's health? Haven't heard a peep since it was announced back in December that he had stopped wearing the non-contact practice jerseys and willing to go to Bakersfield for some rehab work ( of course, that would mean he needs to be put on the roster, along with his salary cap hit. Is there any way the Oilers can manage that?) Interesting that the IIHF World Championships will be held in Sekera's homeland of Slovakia May10-26 this year. I'm sure Slovakia would love to have Sekera in the tournament, and Sekera, health permitting, would probably want to play in the tournament (pending the Oilers getting past the first playoff round, of course). More cryptic comments from Stauffer, saying today that if it didn't work, they could LTIR the rest of his contract...but that was in response to someone asking what happens if he doesn't come back. It's not really clear what's happening there. I think the player wants to come back...can't see why he'd be skating line rushes etc. with the team if he didn't think his recovery was on track... Does anyone know how LTIR works when it comes to whether a player is fit to play or not? What I mean is in the case of Sekera. He's rehabbing and skating with the team in and effort to come back but what if he's not able to keep up? I am sure his injury is healed and he can get to the point where he can go out on the ice and skate around really well so to the average person, he looks fine. But he might not be up to NHL level. So if he can only get to a level where he's a good enough skater to say play in some European league which would be a step or 2 below the NHL, is that grounds enough to keep him on LTIR? I just wonder if that is true because when your listen to Stauffer talk, he never says Sekera could be done with hockey, he just keeps saying over and over again how he is not sure Sekera will ever be able to play at the NHL level again.

Not 100% on it, but wasn’t Lupul on LTIR with the Leafs and then there was a big thing how he wasn’t actually injured and the PA had an outside doc look at him to ‘determine’ he is still injured and unable to play?

If he's (Sekera) truly fit, in his mind, and wants to return but the Oilers say no, the PA and the League can step in, no? As long as he has some doctor somewhere, recognized by the NHL, say he’s fit?

Like I said, I don’t know 100% so flame away if I’m way off base. Just wanted to be included

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RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 11:51

Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 10:18 RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 09:27 Adam wrote on Mon, 28 January 2019 15:25 GabbyDugan wrote on Mon, 28 January 2019 14:46 So any updates on Sekera's health? Haven't heard a peep since it was announced back in December that he had stopped wearing the non-contact practice jerseys and willing to go to Bakersfield for some rehab work ( of course, that would mean he needs to be put on the roster, along with his salary cap hit. Is there any way the Oilers can manage that?) Interesting that the IIHF World Championships will be held in Sekera's homeland of Slovakia May10-26 this year. I'm sure Slovakia would love to have Sekera in the tournament, and Sekera, health permitting, would probably want to play in the tournament (pending the Oilers getting past the first playoff round, of course). More cryptic comments from Stauffer, saying today that if it didn't work, they could LTIR the rest of his contract...but that was in response to someone asking what happens if he doesn't come back. It's not really clear what's happening there. I think the player wants to come back...can't see why he'd be skating line rushes etc. with the team if he didn't think his recovery was on track... Does anyone know how LTIR works when it comes to whether a player is fit to play or not? What I mean is in the case of Sekera. He's rehabbing and skating with the team in and effort to come back but what if he's not able to keep up? I am sure his injury is healed and he can get to the point where he can go out on the ice and skate around really well so to the average person, he looks fine. But he might not be up to NHL level. So if he can only get to a level where he's a good enough skater to say play in some European league which would be a step or 2 below the NHL, is that grounds enough to keep him on LTIR? I just wonder if that is true because when your listen to Stauffer talk, he never says Sekera could be done with hockey, he just keeps saying over and over again how he is not sure Sekera will ever be able to play at the NHL level again. Not 100% on it, but wasn’t Lupul on LTIR with the Leafs and then there was a big thing how he wasn’t actually injured and the PA had an outside doc look at him to ‘determine’ he is still injured and unable to play? If he's (Sekera) truly fit, in his mind, and wants to return but the Oilers say no, the PA and the League can step in, no? As long as he has some doctor somewhere, recognized by the NHL, say he’s fit? Like I said, I don’t know 100% so flame away if I’m way off base. Just wanted to be included I don't know either. The reason I was asking is maybe in his mind, Sekera thinks he can play pro hockey but he might not be an NHLer anymore due to injury. There are lots of guys who are stars in European leagues but would be lucky to be a extra forward/dman in the NHL. Go watch the Spengler Cup and it's loaded with guys who would be really good AHLers but wouldn't crack an NHL line up full time. You can blame a team for signing a guy for too much money and term thinking he will be a top 6 forward or top 4 dman but he ends up not being that. But in the case if Sekera. He was the Oilers best dman for a time and if he didn't get hurt, he'd easily be at least a decent second pairing dman.

Absolutely, he and Russell made a good pair tbh. He also allowed Nurse to be a little more sheltered for his development. Our D corps just hasn’t been the same since Getzlaf took Sek out (and obvious unfortunate Achilles injury the following year). Chia couldn’t replace him, whether it by ignorance hoping that Nurse would be able to fill the role or by sheer bad timing, though still didn’t appear to try to remedy the situation.

For all intents and purposes Klefbom is back now. If somehow Reggie, and I mean 100% healthy and ‘himself’ Reggie, can come back our D is a whole heck of a lot better. Though we’d still have 4 #6-7 dmen for 1 spot.

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RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 10:51

Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 10:18 RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 29 January 2019 09:27 Adam wrote on Mon, 28 January 2019 15:25 GabbyDugan wrote on Mon, 28 January 2019 14:46 So any updates on Sekera's health? Haven't heard a peep since it was announced back in December that he had stopped wearing the non-contact practice jerseys and willing to go to Bakersfield for some rehab work ( of course, that would mean he needs to be put on the roster, along with his salary cap hit. Is there any way the Oilers can manage that?) Interesting that the IIHF World Championships will be held in Sekera's homeland of Slovakia May10-26 this year. I'm sure Slovakia would love to have Sekera in the tournament, and Sekera, health permitting, would probably want to play in the tournament (pending the Oilers getting past the first playoff round, of course). More cryptic comments from Stauffer, saying today that if it didn't work, they could LTIR the rest of his contract...but that was in response to someone asking what happens if he doesn't come back. It's not really clear what's happening there. I think the player wants to come back...can't see why he'd be skating line rushes etc. with the team if he didn't think his recovery was on track... Does anyone know how LTIR works when it comes to whether a player is fit to play or not? What I mean is in the case of Sekera. He's rehabbing and skating with the team in and effort to come back but what if he's not able to keep up? I am sure his injury is healed and he can get to the point where he can go out on the ice and skate around really well so to the average person, he looks fine. But he might not be up to NHL level. So if he can only get to a level where he's a good enough skater to say play in some European league which would be a step or 2 below the NHL, is that grounds enough to keep him on LTIR? I just wonder if that is true because when your listen to Stauffer talk, he never says Sekera could be done with hockey, he just keeps saying over and over again how he is not sure Sekera will ever be able to play at the NHL level again. Not 100% on it, but wasn’t Lupul on LTIR with the Leafs and then there was a big thing how he wasn’t actually injured and the PA had an outside doc look at him to ‘determine’ he is still injured and unable to play? If he's (Sekera) truly fit, in his mind, and wants to return but the Oilers say no, the PA and the League can step in, no? As long as he has some doctor somewhere, recognized by the NHL, say he’s fit? Like I said, I don’t know 100% so flame away if I’m way off base. Just wanted to be included I don't know either. The reason I was asking is maybe in his mind, Sekera thinks he can play pro hockey but he might not be an NHLer anymore due to injury. There are lots of guys who are stars in European leagues but would be lucky to be a extra forward/dman in the NHL. Go watch the Spengler Cup and it's loaded with guys who would be really good AHLers but wouldn't crack an NHL line up full time. You can blame a team for signing a guy for too much money and term thinking he will be a top 6 forward or top 4 dman but he ends up not being that. But in the case if Sekera. He was the Oilers best dman for a time and if he didn't get hurt, he'd easily be at least a decent second pairing dman.

There's some differences between Sekera and Lupul.

The Leafs never let Lupul come back and start skating with the team. That indicates a desire to return and a belief that he's close.

It was an open secret that Lupul could play and was being held out for two straight seasons. There was talk about it on Oilers Now the year before it became a big deal - all because of some tweets about Lupul which he responded to showing that he had been skiing, so wasn't quite as damaged as reports had suggested.

He failed the physical that the league forced on the team after that, but I think that Lamoriello had made clear that if he were to force his hand and come back, he'd be in the minors riding buses and maybe not playing too often.

Sekera's no-move clause prevents the Oilers from burying him. If he can get cleared to play, he's on the roster unless we convince him to waive that clause. He ain't doing that for the AHL. (Yes, I know that he's said he'd do a conditioning stint, but he still counts on the NHL roster if he does that).

The Oilers don't have a Lamoriello in their group. I don't think we can make Sekera disappear unless his body really has given up on him.

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