Stastny To Have Surgery; McCormick Has Broken Foot

by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 28, 2008 11:30 PM MST Comment 33 comments

Stastny to Undergo Surgery Avalanche Center Will Have Procedure Done Tuesday Craig Stancher Dec 28, 2008, 2:48 PM EST
Following Sunday’s practice at Family Sports Center, Avalanche head coach Tony Granato updated the media on the injury status of center Paul Stastny.
The third-year pro will undergo surgery on Tuesday to repair a fractured right forearm, and a timetable for his return will be announced following the procedure. Stastny suffered the injury during Tuesday’s 5-4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes at Pepsi Center after being struck by an Olli Jokinen shot.

“We’ll know more on Tuesday the length of how long he’ll be out,” said Granato, who hinted that the club was still hoping for the original estimation of a six-to-eight week recovery period.

In other injury news, forward Cody McCormick did not skate with the team today. It was revealed that McCormick has a fractured foot and had actually been playing through the injury recently.

“He got hit with a shot a few games back,” said Granato. “He’s going to be reevaluated by a doctor tomorrow, but we kept him off today.”

http://avalanche.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=400433

McCormick has missed the past two games. He hasn't played a game since he logged just 7:39 of ice time in a 3-0 loss to the Florida Panthers on December 21, 2008.

This leaves the Avs with just 12 healthy forwards on the active roster. The same article also says that Brian Willsie is now skating on his own. But, who knows how close he is to returning.

Forward Brian Willsie skated on his own this morning prior to the team’s official practice…Willsie – who has one assist in seven games this year – injured his knee in Colorado’s previous game against Nashville (Dec. 4) and is still listed as out indefinitely.

I wonder who the Avs might call up from Lake Erie. Philippe Dupuis was their most recent call up. I'd like to see what Per Ledin could do. I heard that he was injured earlier in the season when the Avs wanted to call him up. I don't know what his status is. I'd also like to see what Nathan Smith can do. He's a former first round draft pick that fits the mold of a checking line/penalty killing center. And we all know that the Avs could use some depth down the middle.

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I’m actually not sure they’re gonna call anyone up, with Willsie being day-to-day and all.
They’ve shifted a lot of players this season and I don’t think it’s doing any good for either the players or the LEM.

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by Tommelot on Dec 29, 2008 8:47 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Article still says that Willsie’s out indefinitely. He skated on his own. He didn’t go through the practice with the team and I’m sure that he didn’t take any physical contact. I would be surprised if the Avs did not call someone up.

by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 29, 2008 9:33 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Ledin

must still be injured, as he hasn’t played in any recent Lake Erie games.

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 29, 2008 9:13 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Then let the rumors commence!

Kyle Cuminskey FTW

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by Tommelot on Dec 29, 2008 10:31 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

what is FTW

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 10:41 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

you are a bad nerd

for the win

by thedoctor on Dec 29, 2008 10:48 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I always wondered that too, Jon. Guess it means we too cool to be nerds! ; – )

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 29, 2008 10:49 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

thirtysomething Motley Crue fans know it as a different acronym

Hyphens cause writers more trouble than any other form of punctuation, except perhaps commas.

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Dec 29, 2008 11:00 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, i’m more of a thirtysomething Social Distortion fan…much less hair in my 80s music! lol

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 29, 2008 11:14 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Social Distortion rock.

The Savage - Game Thread Leader and King Of The World

"Two roads divurged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"
R. Frost

by Savage33 on Dec 29, 2008 5:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I think F the Wings was a track off of one of Tommy Lee’s side project’s albums.

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 11:38 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I still prefer Van Halen’s " For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge"

I'm The Canary - but I'm not cute nor cuddly, and I don't sing.

Now and then we had the hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be PIRATES.
-Mark Twain-

by Americanario on Dec 29, 2008 12:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Always a good one

We had a bar at one point near my house. FUBARS. F-ed Up Beyond All Recognition. They closed cuz their liquor license was pulled. Go figure! lol

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 29, 2008 5:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been suggesting this idea to the Pittsburgh Pirates for years, maybe now it would work for the Avalanche too.

Every game, have an auction style bid. The winner gets to play in that game. A new local hero is created every night and the team brings in some money instead of paying one more useless player. It would be a better fit in baseball for an outfielder, but don’t tell me that Gerald “The Hammer” Johnson, 43, from Boulder couldn’t match the production of Tyler Arnason on the 4th line.

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 10:28 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Except for the fact that that kind of production will eventually net “The Hammer” time on the 2nd PP unit and eventually the top line.

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 29, 2008 10:33 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

If he’s gonna pony up the cash to take on those roles every game, god bless him. Every dollar spent is one more that we can dangle in front of Forsberg’s face to return to the Avs instead of the Flyers.

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 10:38 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Besides, maybe “The Hammer” will have a shot from the point?

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 10:39 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You think the Flyers would take Foppa?

It seems they’re pretty bitter about his injury carousel. (At least the fans are.) I wonder if they’d take the chance…

When hell freezes over, I'll play hockey there too!

by BeachNSnowGirl on Dec 29, 2008 10:51 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think they can. They are pretty hard up against the cap, and have had numerous rumors swirling about moving a couple of million dollars worth of salary all year. Mike Knuble is one of the names most often mentioned.

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 29, 2008 11:36 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

you said pretty hard up, lololol

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 11:41 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Philly fans hate everything that breathes (I could rant for days about what a bunch of losers they are). Forsberg in a city whose fans cheer when other teams’ players get injured… that’s irony for you.

I think every team in the hunt that has the cap space would take the chance. Pro-rated salary is a minimal risk, especially considering that any other big name guy will cost your organization prospects.

For example, the Pens had to give up a 2nd line winger, 2 prospects, and a 1st round draft pick to get Hossa (Armstrong, Christiansen, Esposito). The Avs got Forsberg for free.

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 11:37 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You mean

“Ho$$a”

Who is worse — Flyers fans or Wings fans?

by Pookie on Dec 29, 2008 1:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually, I have ton of respect for Hossa turning down a shitload of money, even though he picked the Red Wings.

The dude left something like $60M on the table from the Oilers in favor of something like $7 and a one year deal with Detroit? Athletes say they care about a chance to win with nauseating repetition (Sundin), blah blah blah, all the time, but walking away from $64 million is f’ing amazing to me.

I wrote this after he signed the Red Wings deal and I’m sticking to it.
http://my.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?user_id=47019&post_id=5651

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 2:23 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Red Wings fans have exponentially worse taste, but Flyers fans make rioting Wings’ fans look classy.

by JonHaven on Dec 29, 2008 2:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Very well-written and thoughtful piece, JonHaven! Okay, I’ll try to stop calling him Ho$$a (even though I’ll probably still think it’s hilarious when your homeboys in Pittsburgh all do it). I agree with a lot of what you say, it’s just that he chose Detroit. Detroit! And he did so shortly after losing a hard-fought, 7-game, Stanley Cup Final Series to them. It’s not just another team bidding for his services; it’s the “enemy.” It just makes us wonder what kind of person can switch allegiances so easily….

And

Flyers fans make rioting Wings’ fans look classy.

lolol!

by Pookie on Dec 29, 2008 4:06 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Ho$$a shouldn’t go. He sold out the Penguins big time and if you don’t believe me, check the pensblog

NSFW and rude but to show how pens fans feel about him

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by Tommelot on Dec 29, 2008 4:33 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Pens fans aren’t much better than Flyers fans. They fancy themselves as diehards, but really there are a handful of knowledgeable fans amongst a plethora of drunk assholes with nothing else to do but watch sports and start fights.

Yes, I can say that because
a) I’m a season ticket holder,
b) I see drunks start fights at most games and
c) At a Sabres game earlier this year, I clapped when the Sabres scored and people tried to fight with me. “I’m not allowed to clap?” “Fuck you.” It’s a terribly classy environment.

When I was in college in the early 2000’s, I could buy “student rush” tickets for $8 for every game and they gave you the best seat available. Attendance was regularly in the 6,000 range. Funny, I didn’t seeing any of the people that start fights at the games today at any games back then.

Pittsburgh fans think Hossa “owed” them for whatever reason, which I find illogical and juvenile. Hate him for leaving for the Wings, I’m totally cool with that, but Hossa did nothing dis-honorable to the Penguins at any point during the negotiation. Shero asked Hossa like 5 times to give him an indication of what he planned to do many weeks before free agency began. Hossa always told them it was his intention to test the market. Fans can believe what they want, but Pittsburgh has a long way from being the franchise that Detroit is.

by JonHaven on Dec 31, 2008 2:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

To elaborate to a ridiculous amount, because this topic gets me fired up;
Weeks before free agency, Hossa told the Penguins his intent was to test the market.
Free agency comes
Time passes
Hossa signs with the Wings
Now, Penguins fans paint the scenario as Shero and the Pens were holding onto the chance that Hossa would be back and not signing anyone else that would mess their cap situation up should Hossa decide to return- which is true.

Except, they neglect to mention that THERE WERE NO OTHER FREE AGENTS OF HOSSA’S CALIBER TO COURT EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO. The next top free agent available was Jagr – not remotely the player Hossa is probably asking for the same (or more) money.

Shero waited on Hossa because it was the right thing to do for the Penguins from a business standpoint. If he could have signed somebody comparable to Hossa when FA began, he would have (Ray Shero is good), but that player just wasn’t available.

Penguins fans like to pretend that Hossa gave them the shaft and stung them along so long that he screwed them in preventing them from signing somebody else, but reality is other than a small number of significantly lesser players like Jagr and Naslund, there was nobody else. At worst, Hossa delayed the inevitable from happening.

by JonHaven on Dec 31, 2008 2:54 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

He didn’t really walk away from 64M, as he’s bound to make even more money once he’s been a star player on a cup-contender.

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by Tommelot on Dec 29, 2008 4:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

He did though.
1) If Hossa gets seriously injured this year, he is never seeing that amount money over that many years again. If Hossa had taken that deal and he got hurt this year, he still gets paid his money, but as it is now, anything can happen.
2) Last year’s top tier free agent crop was particularly weak. Prices were inflated and nobody stood to capitalize more off of it than Hossa.
3) In signing with Detroit, Hossa relegated himself to the possibility of being a 2nd line player. That does him no favors in matching his numbers from last year or in contract negotiations.
4) The economy is awful. The salary cap is going to go down this year. Chances of an offer that huge coming in this offseason are slim. If they do, 1000-1 that they come from a serious contender rather than a rebuilder.
5) Hossa was amazing in the playoffs. Other than Fleury, he was the Penguins best and most clutch player. Winning a cup always helps your contract negotiations, but being the Pens’ best player taking the Wings to six games, Hossa has very little room for his value to increase.

by JonHaven on Dec 31, 2008 2:38 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

It hasn't happened often

but in this case, we find ourselves totally in agreement.

They call me Bubblegum.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Dec 31, 2008 4:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

But still,
1) If he did take the money and died in a car crash he also wouldn’t have been seeing that money. This is just guessing about the future, and very unlikely.
2) Last year’s free agent crop WAS weak, but Ho$$a will be a top tier agent in any draft class. Scoring 34 points in 36 games on a big-named team, with a lot of scorers, like the Evil Empire is crazy.
3) He’s not been playing 2nd line though.
4) I’ve read at Mirtle’s blog that it is very unlikely the Salary cap will go down this year, and I believe him.
5) This is very true, and I don’t think I can argue about this. Although in the grand scheme of things I still maintain this isn’t altering the fact that Hossa is still gonna make his 64M if he chooses to do so (he doesn’t take a discount).

26 Card Jet

by Tommelot on Jan 1, 2009 7:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs