2016-2017 Injury Thread

[Kin]

Kris Letang won't be back any time soon. Having surgery on his neck and will be out 4-6 months.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Kyle Okposo is in intensive care, a unit that deals with severe neurological issues, like stroke, brain hemorrhage, trauma and tumors. 

 

[Boston Leaf]

That's sad. Hope Kyle is ok.. Terrible news

 

[pmrules]

Kris Letang won't be back any time soon. Having surgery on his neck and will be out 4-6 months.

Thats a severe blow to their chances to repeat thats for sure.  Hope  he gets better in time for next season.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Thats a severe blow to their chances to repeat thats for sure.  Hope  he gets better in time for next season.

Yeah, he didn't get nearly enough Conn Smyth talk as he deserved last year. Averaged 28:52 minutes a game for them in the playoffs. Basically carried a pretty ho-hum group of defencemen. They've obviously survived without him for most of this season already, but come playoff time that D group will be a big weakness.

This will make the road to the Finals through the Metro division field a little less daunting, as Columbus has basically just been treading water since that huge winning streak of theirs.