Thursday, March 10, 2011

Report: Gagner gone for the Season

The hits keep right on coming for the Edmonton Oilers. As per Dave Mitchell's twitter, Sam Gagner will be lost for the season after having tendon surgery on his hand.

For a skilled player like Gagner, this would have be considered a major concern and could impact his career. If there's any worry about long term damage, the right thing to do is shut him down.
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57 comments:

  1. IcecastlesThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:17:00 PM MST

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  2. LowetideThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:19:00 PM MST

    Well this is just really horrible. I mean, I'd laugh if it was even a little funny.

    Wow. just wow.

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  3. Mr DeBakeyThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:20:00 PM MST

    We may see Robbie Dee in the Oil Drop yet.

    anniater - killer cartoonist

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  4. LowetideThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:22:00 PM MST

    Hell we might see KIKI Dee in an Oiler uniform the way things are going.

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  5. IcecastlesThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:22:00 PM MST

    This is unreal. Is it honestly dumb luck that this team, year in and year out, suffers such an amazing string of injuries? Does it just seem worse because we watch these players more closely?

    I guess there's a supposed silver lining in that it gives some of the farm players a chance to audition, but that's really reaching. Plus at this point, it doesn't just impact the Oilers, as call-ups will hurt the Barons' chance to make the playoffs too.

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  6. macaotimThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:27:00 PM MST

    One could argue that a few years ago, although the team was not perfect, the team was crushed by injuries...this lead to many poor changes and here we are: crappy and broken.

    Big healthy bodies have a lot of value. Penner anyone?

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  7. AnonymousThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:28:00 PM MST

    Don't go breakin' my heart LT.


    The black cloud hanging over this franchise just got a little darker.Unbelievable.

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  8. Robert J. SummersThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:49:00 PM MST

    Who is our next leading point scorer, I am starting a pool w/regards to when that individual gets smallpox

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  9. Robert J. SummersThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:50:00 PM MST

    The crazy thing is that this is going to sink the OKC team as well due to all of the callups.

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  10. HeavySigThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:58:00 PM MST

    Be afraid, Jordan Eberle, be very afraid.

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  11. AnonymousThursday, March 10, 2011 at 5:59:00 PM MST

    OKC will benefit from this as Giroux will have to be sent back down once Brule is activated. Bad luck for him.

    Who will be called up to play a few games?

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  12. LowetideThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:01:00 PM MST

    Hartikainen is possible, with Brule at C. Makes sense, he's the next up imo among the youngsters.

    OKC plays tonight, expect he gets the call after the game.

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  13. HeavySigThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:02:00 PM MST

    What's the modern record for lowest scoring points leader for an NHL team?

    The Oilers will be lucky to have anybody get to 45 this year.

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  14. DennisThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:02:00 PM MST

    this is great news for people who wanted us to tank.

    the problem now is whether this has a long-lasting impact on his career.

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  15. CMThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:03:00 PM MST

    Dreger has it confirmed on twitter
    -FML

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  16. commonfan14Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:10:00 PM MST

    Remember when Dvorak busted his hand and never regained his scoring touch?

    This sucks.

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  17. Robert J. SummersThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:14:00 PM MST

    http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

    For those of you that did not try that, it is a real link.

    Here it is in clickable format.

    http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

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  18. DThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:18:00 PM MST

    Hopefully this does not sound too cynical. But I have always believed that bad teams get disproportionately injured. Don't know if there are statistics to support or debunk this theory, or maybe it's just overexposure to the Oilers, a bad team over the last few years with a disproportionate amount of injuries.

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  19. ClayThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:22:00 PM MST

    Was that Izzy Mandelbaum's skate that caught him?

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  20. James L.Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:24:00 PM MST

    TSN: "During a short surgical procedure on Thursday, doctors found no major tears, but they did uncover a series of small tears and injuries."

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  21. ClayThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:28:00 PM MST

    Seriously though, enough is enough. I don't know of any other team that sees virtually ALL of their top players lose significant time to injury every stinking year.

    I only hope that the Oilers' hockey Karma evens out in my lifetime. Because when it does...

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  22. WoodguyThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:31:00 PM MST

    I blame Laforge.

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  23. CactusThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:55:00 PM MST

    Hoil: it could be worse, we could be Ottawa - no 40 point scorer there this year (at least not yet).

    At least this is all happening in a tank year - that means it'll never happen when we contend, right? Right???

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  24. geowalThursday, March 10, 2011 at 6:58:00 PM MST

    If they played MacinTyre more this wouldn't have happened...:)

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  25. krisThursday, March 10, 2011 at 7:13:00 PM MST

    Call up Stortini!

    He sucks, but OKC needs to keep their guys. Send Giroux back down, too.

    MPS-Horc-Eberle
    Reddox-Cogs-Omark
    Jones-Brule-Stortini
    Jacques-Fraser-Smac

    Small, inexperienced, injured, sick, slow, unskilled, and Smac.

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  26. Robert J. SummersThursday, March 10, 2011 at 7:43:00 PM MST

    I only hope that the Oilers' hockey Karma evens out in my lifetime. Because when it does...

    You know - the problem might be hockey Karma. If that is true, we have about another 80 years to a cup because of the 1980s

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  27. Smarmy BossThursday, March 10, 2011 at 7:44:00 PM MST

    Bad teams also lose plenty of guys more as precautions because what's the point of trying to get back in the lineup.

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  28. DSFThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:00:00 PM MST

    Who is going to lose all those faceoffs and puck battles now?

    We're doomed.

    Fatie says so.

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  29. DuceyThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:02:00 PM MST

    OTT wins!

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  30. HeavySigThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:18:00 PM MST

    At least we don't have to listen to gloating fans from other teams on this forum, oh wait, there's Canuck rep DSF on cue.

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  31. Douglas McLachlanThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:22:00 PM MST

    How do we compare to St. Louis' plight this year:

    Perron, Oshie, McDonald, and now Steen and Jackman.

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  32. Bad WojoThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:26:00 PM MST

    I just said goodbye to NHL fandom. I've been conscious of the Oilers since I was a kid, been following them closely since the Dallas series, and considered myself a whole-hearted fan since the lockout, after we signed Pronger.

    But after the events of this year, I'm done. The Oilers and the league - especially the league - have lost me.

    Thank you for your blog. You were part of my daily ritual for years now.

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  33. HeavySigThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:39:00 PM MST

    Could we have Katz all wrong? Instead of Batman, is he the Joker?

    He is orchestrating this symphony of suck from his hillside mansion, while ringing up the till on millions of dollars worth of prescriptions for Oiler fan's anti-depressants.

    It's diabolically brilliant!

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  34. WoodguyThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:45:00 PM MST

    TSN: "During a short surgical procedure on Thursday, doctors found no major tears, but they did uncover a series of small tears and injuries."

    Edmonton Sun Oilers' beat writer Derek Van Diest tweeted that a tendon was severed. I asked him his source (since it was different than TSN report) and he said that is what the team told him.

    That's way worse than micro tears.

    His hand may never be the same.

    Injuries are a real bitch.

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  35. LowetideThursday, March 10, 2011 at 8:54:00 PM MST

    WG: That's the worry. If Gagner is injured and it has long term impact well that's just really bad news.

    As an aside, that's a huge gap in information right there.

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  36. RiversQThursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:11:00 PM MST

    Bummer. I was looking forward to trading him in five years for some magic beans. AKA three to five assets. #coveringfordennis

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  37. RibsThursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:49:00 PM MST

    Can we nick Jones' 30 million dollar deal a bit after this?

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  38. RibsThursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:59:00 PM MST

    Total Faceoff #'s....

    Gagner - 935
    Cogliano - 832
    Horcoff - 774
    Fraser - 478

    It's going to interesting to see what they do with the draws. Does Horcoff start taking all of them again? You'd think he'd have enough work on his hands. Fraser can barely crack the lineup so he likely shouldn't see any extra icetime to take draws. Penner is gone and Brule has Walking Corpse Syndrome so you can't count on him to be the guy. This could get uglier in a hurry.

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  39. DennisThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:13:00 PM MST

    good work, cam!:)

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  40. oilersfanThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:17:00 PM MST

    lander

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  41. ChrisThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:17:00 PM MST

    Dear Mr. Rexall, please remember to add a MASH unit to your publicly subsidized hockey palace. Apparantly this team needs it.

    Regards

    Oiler Fans

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  42. oilersfanThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:18:00 PM MST

    Can the Oilers sign Lander to play out the string up here?

    Wait a couple of games and then sign him to a 9 game contract so it won't affect his ELC?

    Or is there some sort of rule against this?

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  43. oilersfanThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:21:00 PM MST

    why do people call the Canucks the "dys"

    and the Sedins the "pisscutters" ?

    There is a fellow who posted on Cult of Hockey sometimes named Lobo89 from Sweden. He knew a lot about Adam Larsson, said he would be a franchise dman. He posted here a few times. If you are here, please give us a Larsson update, I am dyeing to hear if he really is as looking like he will be as good as Ray Bourque or Rob Blake as some HF Swedish people say he is going to be.

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  44. Robert J. SummersThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:36:00 PM MST

    I wonder if Gagner just got a scratch and Tambellini said "Get him off the ice, Ottawa just passed us!

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  45. HBombThursday, March 10, 2011 at 10:53:00 PM MST

    oilersfan: Dennis can be credited with the Dys nickname for the Canucks, from way back in Oilfans days in 2002 when NuckFan started to shine through as a truly douche-y breed of hockey fan. It's a tongue-in-cheek shot at their history - you know, all those Stanley Cups they've won surely makes them a Dynasty, right?

    And I figured 40 posts or less in this thread until Traktor or DSF trolled it. Turns out I was right.

    bedde: What people in Sweden sleep in.

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  46. flamingpavelbureThursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:07:00 PM MST

    Thornton and Henrik Pisscutter just critized the league on the Chara hit, and Thornton pretty much insinuated Campbell is corrupt.

    Things stirring up.

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  47. oilersfanThursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:44:00 PM MST

    well if any of you CBA experts know if the Oilers are allowed to sign Lander for a 9 game stint so it doesn't count towards a year of his ELC please let us know one way or another.

    If they can, with Gagner injured it seems like a no brainer to me.

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  48. flamingpavelbureThursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:51:00 PM MST

    OilersFan: Maybe he doesn't want to. (If his season isn't over)

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  49. PunjabiOilThursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:53:00 PM MST

    Modano and Dan Boyle are players who have had a similar injury.

    Way too early to speculate whether it will have long run impact.

    Lets hope not.

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  50. oilersfanFriday, March 11, 2011 at 12:02:00 AM MST

    FPB

    Lander's season ended last weekend.

    Maybe he doesn't want to.

    But if he wants to play in the NHL, why not? It would be good for his development to see what the NHL is like.

    In the opinions of the great minds here, between the KHL, SEL and AHL, which are the best leagues?


    Assuming the SEL is better than the AHL, seems to me it wouldn't be that big of a jump to play 9 games in the NHL, just like going up from the AHL to the bigs as so many other Ok City guys have this season. He could even live with his two swedish buddies and future linemates.

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  51. ClayFriday, March 11, 2011 at 1:22:00 AM MST

    You know - the problem might be hockey Karma. If that is true, we have about another 80 years to a cup because of the 1980s

    Crap, you're right. The last 20 years make sense.

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  52. hunter1909Friday, March 11, 2011 at 1:45:00 AM MST

    Kinda ironic how this team has been run like an absolute shiteshow for nearly a quarter century. They broke up the arguably best team ever - and since then have been wandering in the wilderness like a blind beggar.

    Remember the promises "we will compete after the lockout" then Pronger and everyone else couldn't get out of Dodge fast enough?

    Then the promises to get bigger and harder to play against - but all I ever see out there are smurfs; meanwhile Penner the biggest and least injury prone forward gets traded?

    This team is fun, for all the wrong reasons. Winning hockey is not one of them. For me it's become a Marx Brothers Movie. Hey! No playoffs again? But we can(negatively) follow the LA Kings as they race to make the grade!

    Gagner being injured means zilch to me. Why should it? Why should anything about this team mean anything?

    We're all in a Bhuddist-style trance with this franchise, whether we like it or not.

    PS: I don't care if Vish won 6 cups, because he was no more than a secondary player who got lucky. Where are Gretzky, Messier, Anderson, Kurri, Coffey or even Fuhr?

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  53. LowetideFriday, March 11, 2011 at 6:56:00 AM MST

    Sedins are pisscutters because that's what my Dad used to call a guy who really did the job at the sawmill. He'd come home and say "that new guys is a real pisscutter, Lois" and she'd nod her head like it made sense.

    Pisscutter is a player who can really do the job.

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  54. DuceyFriday, March 11, 2011 at 7:05:00 AM MST

    Lander's season ended last weekend.

    Maybe he doesn't want to.

    But if he wants to play in the NHL, why not? It would be good for his development to see what the NHL is like.


    At this point I think he'd learn that playing in the NHL is very hard.

    Bringing him up now to a shorthanded team to play teams basically in in playoff mode is going to blow his confidence.

    I could see sending him to the AHL for 9 games but they are trying to make the playoffs.

    Presumably Lander will play in the World Championships?

    I'm hoping that they leave him down in the AHL for at least half a season next year. Being a checking center requires some experience.

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  55. uniFriday, March 11, 2011 at 7:41:00 AM MST

    Ducey, at least Lander is used to playing on a struggling team, since Timra has had the threat of relegation looming for the last 2 seasons.

    It's a good thing there's no relegation in the NHL, otherwise we'd be talking about the Oilers struggling for a AHL playoff spot right now, and following the progress of the recently promoted Hershey Bears.

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  56. RibsFriday, March 11, 2011 at 9:45:00 AM MST

    I can't imagine throwing Lander to the wolves being a good idea.

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  57. ianFriday, March 11, 2011 at 11:44:00 AM MST

    Could Lander go to OKC and someone from the farm come up?

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