Rangers News: Gaborik Injured at Practice
by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:13 PM EST
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The report, via Rangers assistant GM/coach Jim Schoenfeld, is that Marian Gaborik suffered a laceration when Henrik Lundqvist's skate cut him as Gaborik jumped over the goalie in a breakaway drill. Gaborik went for stitches after leaving the ice and was not made available to the media.
Lundqvist confirmed his skate hit Gaborik’s right knee and, like most observers, he thought Gaborik was messing with him at first.
The Rangers said Gaborik remained at the Madison Square Garden Training Center to receive stitches and was not taken to a hospital for X-rays or an MRI.
"Right now, that’s all we think it is," said Schoenfeld, who ran today’s practice along with assistant coach Mike Sullivan with coach John Sullivan in Massachusetts attending the funeral of Toronto GM Brian Burke’s son. "It’s not like it’s a twist to the groin or the knee, it’s just a laceration."
However, Schoenfeld would not speculate as to whether Gaborik would be available tomorrow night against the Predators.
"It would be a guess," Schoenfeld said. "And I would rather not guess."
Gaborik, who has 35 goals and 34 assists and is on a five-game point streak (six goals, two assists) has missed just two games this season, Oct. 28-30. At the time, the Rangers said that injury was not related to the hip and groin issues that limited Gaborik to 17 games last season for the Minnesota Wild. Gaborik has played more than 65 games just once in the previous five seasons.
No further update on Gaborik is expected until tomorrow.
Before you all panic hear me out. This might actually be a good thing. Maybe this injury will be enough to keep Marian Gaborik out of the Olympics but not force him to miss more than a game or two for the Rangers! I might just be dreaming and as Gross said, we wont know more until tomorrow. Hopefully the news is good! Thoughts?
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i dont see how if he plays before the break they will get away with telling him not to play in the olympics.
again
a ton of this is speculation. It was just a thought. Seems like they won’t know what he can do till tomorrow but whispers are that he will probably play so who knows
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
understood as far as the spec, but unless what comes down tomorrow is he is out all week for us i dont see how he wont play in the olympics. if it was like the WBC or even the U20 where a team could refuse that would be one thing, but they can’t which is why they have talked about not sending any for 2014.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
that will be interesting come 2014
Imagine Ovechkin going against the NHL’s wishes and being suspened for the rest of the year
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
if no major injuries happen this year then they will let them go in 2014. if a star gets hurt in the olympics they will not let them go and all the russians will go anyway because it is in russia and if the nhl pisses and moans about it or suspends them some of them might just stay there if the KHL is still alive that far away.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
I doubt the KHL will be around then
they alreadydon’t have the money to pay their players
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
Wait...
Hanks skate lacerated gabbys knee on a breakaway drill…where’s his shin pads? Or do they not wear full equipment during drills like this rather than practice
by klh2009 on Feb 9, 2010 2:03 PM EST via mobile reply actions
valid question, I'll try and see if i cant find something
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
well they’re saying Gabs jumped over him on a breakaway drill. Im thinkin Gabs deked, Hank sprawled and kicked up a pad to make the save and as he did he sliced Gabs on the knee.
Not that complicated.
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Never said it was complicated...
Was jw where was his shin guards are… they shouldn’t be thin enough for a blade to slice through like that.. Unless they aren’t required to wear them for drill which would be retarded because things like this can ruin a season for a team
by klh2009 on Feb 9, 2010 7:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
a kicking motion can definitely lift the shin pad up and away, leaving the knee exposed. he’d never practice without protection that’s obvious. the Rangers wouldn’t allow it. pads need to allow room for flex so there are always weakly protected spots where pucks can leave wicked bruises and all you essentially have is the stocking.
hes cut on the knee from the official report I saw, not the shin.
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Shin guards go all the way up passed the knee…but whatever it may be I was jw if he were wearing pads because that would be ridiculous but highly unlikely.
by klh2009 on Feb 10, 2010 12:25 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Taylor Hall here we come
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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Feb 9, 2010 2:16 PM EST reply actions
This is the NY Rangers….we could never be that lucky…
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i’m still taking seguin if i have the choice.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Nahh Hall is the way to go
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
this team doesnt need more wingers. equal talent (seguin is better all around anyway imo) they need a center.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
you know what Mike
why don’t we get there before we argue about it lmao
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
what’s the fun in that if we can argue all the way there and probably not get it anyway, lol.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
NINO!!!!!!!!!
That is all.
(I take Seguin also.)
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by George E. Ays on Feb 9, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
On a better note...
Did anyone see krieder got the top play on Espn from that bu bc game..he has some hands on him
by klh2009 on Feb 9, 2010 2:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions
yeah he is starting to make Sather look
like a hero for drafting him. And to think some people were down on him …
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
any thoughts on Jess’ article today about how BC is not really using Kreider correctly and that maybe a year in Junior’s to be used like Werek is being used would be better for his overall development, not to mention getting more acquainted with a longer season?
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
It’s still early.
Next November people will be pissing and moaning because he’s not scoring enough.
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yeah did you read Steve Zipays
1 hour long Live “I tell you nothing you dont already know” chat? People were talking about giving up on Grachev
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
Based on the recent experiences
with certain ‘rumors’ and how people were treated, I no longer follow him on Twitter (no great loss there – Gross usually has the same stuff, sometimes faster) and I no longer go to Newsday’s site or his “blog”.
Screw ’em.
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well so much for him making things right with the way he treated us
can’t say I’m surprised though. I was a little disappointed in Gross though, I figured he would have said somehting
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 4:07 PM EST up reply actions
Gross actually pretty much stayed “above” the fray – I went back and looked at the archives and I don’t have a problem with how he handled it.
But in this day and age, it’s page views and clicks that count – “eyeballs” – and I will not give Newsday mine.
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thanks friend
:D
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions
same here. gross is usually faster than zip with his info anyway.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
I sat right next to all those guys one game… I should have said something… They have awesome seats.
by fromthe51hate on Feb 9, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
thats not what I would have said…. but they do have good seats behind the visiting goal in the corner good times.
by fromthe51hate on Feb 9, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
there is a fanshot with the video of the goal.
by Michael Gleich on Feb 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
He’ll be fine. If it was serious he would have gone for an MRI or something. My guess is its ontop of his knee above the pad. “It’s just a flesh wound” (Monty Python voice)
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by fromthe51hate on Feb 9, 2010 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Henrik
no d :)
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by Joe Fortunato on Feb 9, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions
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I winced at the headline, but a laceration could prove to be not quite as big a deal as a knee/hip injury. And in reality this injury comes right before the olympics which is good news for the Rangers (though I am sure Gabby would be heart-broken if he didn’t get to dress up for Slovakia).
If there ever was a time for him to take an injury it would be nowish or in the off season… or never of course, never would be a great time to take an injury too.
I hope his leg heals up ASAP, lord knows he is on fire lately and without Gabby we are going to struggle… even more than we are.
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