Here’s what Terry Murray said tonight about the status of Wayne Simmonds and Ryan Smyth…
Question: Is there an update on Wayne Simmonds?
MURRAY: “He’s going to be going under the knife Monday. He will have an operation and get his meniscus clipped, and we’ll go from there.”
Question: How did he get hurt?
MURRAY: “We don’t know. Very candidly, honestly, there was no one incident, one hit, one situation. At the end of the game, he walked out of the building. He was not having any issues whatsoever. I don’t know what the right wording is for it, but it just kind of came on yesterday, unfortunately. So let’s take care of it, get it over with, and get back to playing.”
Question: Is there any update on Ryan Smyth?
MURRAY: “All I can say on Ryan Smyth is that, when we come back from the three games, I believe he’s going to be ready to step right into the lineup. … He’s not going to play in the three games in Canada.”
Murray said he had not yet discussed, with management, whether a forward would be called up from Manchester.
Gabe Gauthier!!!!!
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HUWA?!
hummddaarrr
stunned
I love this guy!
stunned!!!
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NOT Gauthier.
Seriously, the guy is producing points but he’s just as big of a detriment as he is an asset. He’s a decent player who hasn’t progressed past decent since he entered the AHL. There’s no shame in being a career AHLer which is all Gabe’ll be.
Not to mention that he’ll never fit the role that they’re looking for. And definitely won’t even begin to meet the expectations. Cluner or King would be more suited to a Simmer-esque role. Though, I wouldn’t predict King as the call up.
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Actaully, I think WS will be going under the scope rather than a knife. That’s good news.
Over several years I’ve had 3 follow-up othroscopic surgeries to clean up torn meniscus myslef (after lig surg). It can be torn giving no pain until a piece or edge breaks loose. They just need to be cleaned up with scopes.
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It’s a idiom.
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I had a torn meniscus and had surgery to fix it. It wasn’t too bad, but the rehab took forever. I was fully operational in under two months, more like six weeks.
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I’ve heard of athletes playing 1 week after a scope. It depends how much they cut and how much swelling occurs post op.
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If it is severe enough for them to go directly to surgery without attempting a PT rehab first, I’m going to guess he isn’t going to be back in a week.
When I had my repair it was about a month until I was operational on a day to day level, walking without pain, stairs without support. It was about two and a half months before I was cleared to go back to strenuous use. My meniscectomy it was about half of that. You’d think that a repair would recover more quickly than a partial removal, but nope.
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I don’t know which doctors you went to, but I tore seven menisci and was back playing roller hockey 45 minutes before the anaesthesia wore off. Granted, I was a -6 for the game, but that’s not the point.
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Datacloud says:
…I tore seven menisci and was back playing roller hockey 45 minutes before the anaesthesia wore off. Granted, I was a -6 for the game, but that’s not the point.
LOL, CLASSIC!!!
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OK, it’s late and I can’t quite put a finger on it… I think it was Lapi back in 2003 who came back within 2 weeks after an arthroscopic knee surgery of some kind… Sure hope it is just a scope and the kid heals fast!
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Bingo – it was sure him back in February 2003.
http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?653&showAllMoves=1
2/11/2003 Missed 3 games (right knee surgery).
2/03/2003 Right knee surgery, mid-March.
Talk about quick recovery! I just had to look it, lol.
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If it had happen better it be now. Big break in schedule coming up. Lots of home games in Jan and Olympic break.
Hope he is a fast healer.
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Simmonds injury may be the biggest one yet for the team this year. Having WS out for a time is tough not just for his play, but I believe he’s become a team leader too.
He shows he really wants to win and brings on toughness and a hunger to get the puck in the net. This is a guy that skates hard and fast, isn’t afraid to shoot the puck or drop gloves when wronged. As of last night, he was way out front as the team’s +/- leader.
Other guys may be wearing the “C” and the “A”, but this guy is hockey HEART all the way. I hate reading all the trade so and so comments but if you can get some Wayne Simmonds clones, I too might just consider those arguments.
Get well fast Wayne!
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“I’ve heard of athletes playing 1 week after a scope. It depends how much they cut and how much swelling occurs post op.”
yeah I had 2 weeks for the meniscus thing before playing again. granted it wasn’t the NHL but in a best case scenario a pro athlete can begin skating then progress to full speed after only a few weeks.
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