John Tavares: My right foot
by Dominik on Jun 3, 2010 2:31 PM EDT
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PrintFile this news under, "If it were December I'd kick a Rangers fan, but since it's June I'm going to the beach."
John Tavares' stress fracture in his right foot means ... well, it means he gets 2-4 weeks in a boot in June. Not much beyond that. It's not really even serious* enough to add meat to Gary Bettman's well-founded complaints about the IIHF's sense of entitlement about NHLers in the World Championships (which is where Tavares' foot was broken, while blocking a shot).
*Conservative doctor: "Every fracture is serious!"
>>Superhero doctor: "We can fix everything and make it better than before!"
It's a bummer, but since he apparently didn't even discover it until yesterday, I'm not going to get my hockey socks in a bunch. If anything, I'll open up the nebulous book of karma and infer that maybe the Islanders are lucky: He got one of his "bad-luck" injuries out of the way during the offseason!
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nebulous book of karma and infer that maybe the Islanders are lucky: He got one of his “bad-luck” injuries out of the way during the offseason!
i think duchene dropped the ice bucket on it, come on, blocking a shot? that tourny was only 7 games deep, and i only saw him do that ONCE in 82 this year
clean and sober for 2 months and change... only thing different is that now i KNOW i'm the asshole everyone says i am :-)
that is why I hate these summer games
I have been fearing this all summer. We need him in th egym bulking up a little, he already knows how to play hockey well enough. Now this injury hinders him exercising. He should have been relaxing until midMay and then started working out with a trainer to get his man strenghth as garth Snow calls it
I think that some rest is going to do him just as much good, honestly. We arent talking about a kid who will not work hard here, were talking about a kid that could really use a little rest IMHO.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jun 4, 2010 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions
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I thought he got hurt at a Mets game throwing out the first pitch upon first look at the article.
The Islanders went from Marty McInnis and a 2nd Overall pick to Jesse Joensuu.
Mets might want to trade
Ollie for JT straight up and Wang can move into the William A. Shea Memorial Arena rent free for 15 years…half price next 15 years.
Just found out
that if Perez continues to refuse assignment, when Jon Niese comes back, Mejia is going to be sent down to stretch out. Add that to GMJ finally being sent down today and Tejada starting at second now, and the Mets are finally starting to make some non-stupid decisions.
by Thomas Wachtel on Jun 4, 2010 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to admit that I have not been following the Mets as much this year
but Omar’s devotion to his adopted son Ollie is a matter of long standing and did make the headlines just now. Hopefully they can get it all sorted out.
this just in
Bud Selig is investigating the Mets’ attempt to move John Tavares to the DL with his broken foot.
Of course I'm an expert, I've seen Slap Shot eleven times!
Ha, sorry!
I took it as somewhat unmoving news, so I had to be flippant about it.
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