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wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Sounds like 2nd round is a possibility for Spez. Would be massive.

Remember when we all thought he would be back by mid-March? Good times. I'm still dying to know what the heck happened; what caused the set back.

Not sure why it matters really. He's always had back trouble, and will always have back trouble. Best he can hope for is to manage it well. The important thing here is that he's ramping up his workouts, and skating on back-to-back days without having a relapse. He might still be two weeks out, but we'll take that at this point.

Having chronic back problems is one thing, recovering from back surgery something else.

wprager wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Sounds like 2nd round is a possibility for Spez. Would be massive.

Remember when we all thought he would be back by mid-March? Good times. I'm still dying to know what the heck happened; what caused the set back.

I remember...I thought he'd be back in late April I think. I was pretty convinced.

So I am guessing this one is fake:

https://twitter.com/JasSpez19

He asks Karlsson to "sauce me a shoutout bud" and then there's nothing but crickets.

Per Murray: Spezza is working out and skating with the black aces.

Hobiesens wrote:Per Murray: Spezza is working out and skating with the black aces.

That's enormous.

Huge news.

Knew it. Secret underground ice rink or not, he's a lot closer than anyone thought. Remember, the surgery was long healed. This wasn't like Karlsson's case where he is actively using the repaired tendon.

wprager wrote:Knew it. Secret underground ice rink or not, he's a lot closer than anyone thought. Remember, the surgery was long healed. This wasn't like Karlsson's case where he is actively using the repaired tendon.

It was healed but then he had a setback and he was in pain. If/when the pain would subside no one knows.

And when it did there was no way in knowing whether he'd have another setback once he ramped up his workouts again.

Karlsson recovered faster than anyone thought possible. While he isn't 100% he can skate and play and no chance of injuring it unless someone cuts him again. It's only a matter of time when he is back to 100% and it might take a year or more.

With Spezza's back he could always have another setback at any time with no warning and I'm sure we'll be wondering if his back holds up every time a new season starts.

When I saw him practicing from the Sens store at SBP, he looked pretty damn good. We'll see where he is in a week, but I could see him back for the middle of Round 2 - if not game 2.

Hoags wrote:

wprager wrote:Knew it. Secret underground ice rink or not, he's a lot closer than anyone thought. Remember, the surgery was long healed. This wasn't like Karlsson's case where he is actively using the repaired tendon.

It was healed but then he had a setback and he was in pain. If/when the pain would subside no one knows.

And when it did there was no way in knowing whether he'd have another setback once he ramped up his workouts again.

Karlsson recovered faster than anyone thought possible. While he isn't 100% he can skate and play and no chance of injuring it unless someone cuts him again. It's only a matter of time when he is back to 100% and it might take a year or more.

With Spezza's back he could always have another setback at any time with no warning and I'm sure we'll be wondering if his back holds up every time a new season starts.

If he had a slipped disc (ruptured disc, bulging disc) and it was repaired, then if it was done right it should be fine. If he had more than one, and they only repaired the one that was most painful, then that's normal back pain that is manageable with rest and physio. Basically what he's been living with forever. If he had another disc rupture then he would be heading for another surgery and we wouldn't see him until the fall.

So my guess is his "set-back" was a normal sore back that affected his rehab -- i.e. he could not do the exercises he needed to do to get the surgically repaired parts back in order (in order to access the ruptured disc the have to cut through tissue including some ligaments and muscles -- those need to heal and then must be worked back into shape).

He's not going to be 100% but, then again, he never really was. I just hope this doesn't affect his face offs.

I guess you guys have seen this ?

Oh, oui.

Hoags wrote:I guess you guys have seen this ?

SpezDispenser wrote:Huge news.

This is all playing out as I expected. As usual.

So Pacioretty took a huge hit from Cowen in the first game and was playing with a separated shoulder (the object of hitting in hockey is to separate the man from the puck, not parts of himself).

And then in game 3 he fought White, which resulted in a perforated lung -- he literally punched a hole in White's lung.

"Kadri's the guy you want? Well we're taking him."

Umm, ok.

Mean while Nazem keeps providing bulletin board material for the opposition.

wprager wrote:So Pacioretty took a huge hit from Cowen in the first game and was playing with a separated shoulder (the object of hitting in hockey is to separate the man from the puck, not parts of himself).

And then in game 3 he fought White, which resulted in a perforated lung -- he literally punched a hole in White's lung.

"Kadri's the guy you want? Well we're taking him."

Umm, ok.

Mean while Nazem keeps providing bulletin board material for the opposition.

Heh. What'd he say now?