Injury Report: Souray out 4-6 months
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Theridion
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Well. Sheldons goina be well rested for the playoffs.
In future concern, he might have just lost his slapshot. But i want him physical more than i think i want his shot.
Lindholm and vatanen... welcome. Your roster spots are open.
In future concern, he might have just lost his slapshot. But i want him physical more than i think i want his shot.
Lindholm and vatanen... welcome. Your roster spots are open.
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Beauch also might miss the beginning of the season because of the ACL tear. I know it sounds crazy, but right now we're looking at:
Fowler-Lovejoy
Lindholm-Sbisa
Allen-Vatanen
Fistric
...for opening night...yikes.
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But we lose a top 4 defenseman, and #3 on our depth chart. Our blue line just isn't deep enough to not be healthy.
This is exactly why I had an issue with the 3 year term.
On the plus side, this is a perfect opportunity for Vatanen to show his stuff. Souray was his biggest obstacle to a spot on the 1st unit. This could also be an opportunity for Lindholm, unless Murray goes out and tries to pick up another top 4 guy.
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Dont worry, Lindholm will be his replacement and souray will be bought out or traded.. This injury might be detrimental to souray..
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Not sure. I haven't heard an update, but after the playoffs ended, I remeber Stephens saying that Beauchemin was questionable for the start of this season. Hopefully he recovers in time...we need him bad now.
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I'm as high on Lindholm as anyone, but let's be real here: He's 19 years old, and has no NHL experience. Can we really expect him to replace Souray?
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Yes you can..Trust me on this.. Hes 19 yes.. but hes built for this league. Main thing that concerns me is the amount of contact he can take.. Hes had 2 concussion in the past 4 years I think..
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I still have no faith in Sbisa to be a top 4 D. I hope he proves me wrong, but he hasn't shown signs of development in a while. In fact he got worse last year. An already questionable defense just got much more questionable. Hiller/Fasth and the offense will have to carry us for the first couple months
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I'm as high on Lindholm as anyone, but your expectations are not realistic. If he plays as well as you're suggesting, he'd be challenging for the Calder.
Don't get me wrong, I think Lindholm has the potential to be a terrific defenseman, but this would be his first season and you're expecting him to replace a veteran who was one of our best last season.
It's no secret that I've questioned how good Sbisa can be for a while now, but he definitely has the talent to be a top 4 guy. It's the mental part that I don't know about. He seems to get tunnel vision, and he makes some truly stupid decisions. We definitely need him to figure it out, because losing Souray will hurt.
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Well, we're definitely going to be seeing a whole lot of Sami Vatanen, for better or worse. Have to think he's going to be the number 1 option on the PP with Fowler for sure now. Will be interesting to see how he handles this amazing opportunity.
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I'm with ya Soj. I hope he does figure it out because he's very talented. I just want to see it before I believe it though...He hasn't put it together yet so it doesn't really give me a reason to believe this year will be his year. Big year for him...hope he's training his ass off.
