Joe Sakic Out Six (More) Weeks

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 3, 2008 1:26 PM MST in News Comment 31 comments

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Per the Denver Post, we won't be seeing Super Joe around again for a while---at least six weeks:

Sakic will take the time to get treatment for a herniated disc in his back. He suffered the injury early in a Nov. 28 game against the Coyotes in Phoenix. He was sent to the locker room and didn't return.

And you thought it was just a muscle strain. Not when you're a member of the Colorado Avalanche! No sir, they don't settle for minor injuries. No, when a player complains of a sprained back muscle or a twisted ankle, the crack Avalanche medical and training staff get right to work, ensuring that simple scrapes and bruises become major medical catastrophes almost overnight. Need a complete misdiagnosis? They can do that too! Prefer a career-threatening physical collapse? Coming right up!

There's really no limit to the amount of damage the Avalanche medical and training staff can wreak on a hockey player's body. It's a wonder any of those guys can still skate at all.

And, in all seriousness, I bet Super Joe is getting pretty tired of hearing the word "hernia."

Hat tip to Selanne for the heads-up.

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Herniated disc now?!

Sigh … say it ain’t so, Joe.

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by Dominik on Dec 3, 2008 1:34 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Don’t worry, in a few more days it will be even worse, I’m sure.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 3, 2008 1:49 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

So what day is he supposed to be giving birth? Maybe we should all get together and get him a shower gift.

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 3, 2008 2:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Budaj is going to be the BEST DAD EVER, I just know it!

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 3, 2008 2:31 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Certainly

the busiest.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Dec 4, 2008 3:46 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

AT LEAST six weeks. Nuts.

by c0nquistad0rian on Dec 3, 2008 2:26 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

If he’s back before March I’ll be surprised.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 3, 2008 2:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

If the Avs ever get their act together and fire the current training & medical staff, there are still well paying jobs waiting for all them in Russia. It’s a win/win. Unless you’re one of their patients.

Seriously though, how many injuries is it gonna take before they hire some competent medical/training staffers? If “fluke” injuries are happening on a weekly basis, are they really flukes?

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by JonHaven on Dec 3, 2008 4:03 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

And what does it say about the training staff when the team is near the bottom of the league in hits? They’re a bunch of skinny girly men who can’t even do cleans correctly.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 3, 2008 5:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Bad news.

Hopefully I’m wrong, but I doubt we’ll see Joe back at all. Damn, that would be a sucky way to end his career/last season.

"The difference between winning and losing? Getting more goals than the other team. Would you like to sit down and I'll explain it to you?" Lappy 2008

by Rookie14 on Dec 3, 2008 4:43 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

sigh looks pretty bleak.

by thedoctor on Dec 3, 2008 4:49 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Well

At least Sakic won’t be around to get taken out by some douchy Kings player next week.

Red Wings Suck

by texacogirl on Dec 3, 2008 6:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm calling it now

Sakic WILL NOT sign next year, he’ll retire at the end of this year only to return for his jersey retirement. The Vancouver olympics aren’t worth the amputated leg he’ll get if he signs which would mean he’ll miss the olympics anyway. He’ll probably break his neck looking at his jersey when they retire it anyway, doesn’t want to risk too much.

"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 3, 2008 7:54 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully they have the jersey ceremony in some other building than the Pepsi Center. Sure, The Can is the only place that makes sense, but it’s a minefield of injuries in there.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 6:34 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I blame Pepsi for that. If it was the Coca-Cola Center, we’d have string of Stanley Cup banners…or better yet, the Sunkist Center. Helz yeah!!

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 8:33 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I’m drinking a Pepsi right now trying to figure out how I managed to stop drinking carbonated anything for years until just recently. I guess it’s better than whiskey, at least while I’m at work.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 8:51 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Law and Business school get you addicted to that stuff I swear.

Never trust the lunch lady.

by Hardshell_Taco_del_Lowayne on Dec 4, 2008 9:14 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

If the worst thing I get addicted to is Pepsi, I think I’ll be OK.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 9:41 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Just remember that when bugs/birdcrap get stuck to your car’s bumpers and windshield, the quickest/easiest thing that dissolves/removes that gunk is Coke and Pepsi. That stuff is not good for your teeth or stomach.

by Pookie on Dec 4, 2008 11:22 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Coke and Pepsi are excellent de-greasers, too. Phosphoric acid FTW.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 11:25 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Why did you pick it back up again (as someone who drinks soda only about once in a blue moon)?

It’s more of a curiosity. I stopped drinking soda and eating what I consider fast food about 10 years or so ago and have never regretted the decision for a second.

I occasionally have Arbys (maybe once a year) and i’ll drink the occasional root beer (probably one every 2-3 months). (I eat Subway, but don’t consider Subs traditional fast food.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Dec 4, 2008 10:28 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I eat very little fast food, no meat, and try to maintain a muscle-building ratio of high protein-low carbs-medium fat at all times. But Pepsi tastes good to me lately and the caffeine is a nice little boost, not that I necessarily need one. I don’t really have a reason other than those. I’ll probably quit drinking them again before long.

Go Avs! Let's get some goals!

by Joe @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 11:27 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I haven’t had soda in over five years. I like to think it was because it’s so unhealthy and I care about that sort of thing, but it was really more of a competition. I won, by the way.

by Rather Dashing on Dec 4, 2008 11:56 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Was it like the ‘competition’ on that episode of Seinfeld?

Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!

by Mike @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 12:04 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, both you guys are making me feel bad here. I drink 2 cups of coffee a day, minimum. Big meat eater (insert joke here), and fast food is horrible, but convenient. Not as big into the sodas, but once a week or so is my norm.

by Mrs @ MHH on Dec 4, 2008 1:12 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

I eat a lot of meat, although very little red meat. (insert sexual innuendo joke here)

Jibblewife and I have switched almost exclusively to Turkey and chicken which is better for you. I almost never eat beef unless i go out to a restaurant.

I believe in Peter Budaj

by Jibblescribbits on Dec 4, 2008 1:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t drink soda/carbonation for at least 10 months of the year over a 17 year period (as a high school, collegiate, and professional athlete.) I think I have the right to drink it now. Though I still try and limit my intake and try to drink as much, or twice as much water.

I can’t live without meat, but I vary it, Steak, pork, chicken, fish; grilled, roasted, or baked not fried if I can help it. You have to have a variety.
Unfortunately as a high school coach we don’t have the time when we travel to go to a sit down restaurant so fast foo is what we get. But I’ll hit Subway or something like that as much as possible.

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 4, 2008 12:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs