For the third time this season, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been put on the injury reserve. This time it’s not because of the flu or a broken hand, but with a concussion. And before all of you start calling Nuge soft, and weak, he suffered this concussion after going hard for the puck in the least soft way possible.
As you can see, Nugey got hit by Connor Murphy behind the net. Even after taking the hit Nuge managed to hold onto the puck, pass it off to a teammate, and head to the bench before anyone knew what had happened. The hit looked innocent in real-time, but once they slowed it down the replay showed a different story. In actuality, Nugey took a shoulder right to the head. No penalty was called on the play.
The good news about the injury is that he is only slightly concussed, and is already skating with the team again. There is no timeline for his return but he does hope/plan to return before the season ends. I will note that there are only three games remaining in the season, but the games are stretched out over two weeks. It should be plenty of time for him to return.
We all know this season has been horrible for Oiler injuries. We are third in the league for most man game’s lost behind New Jersey and Toronto. I’d hate to bring up the Leafs in this article but they are leading the league in having most injuries, and I’m a little jealous of them. If we have anything going for us this season, it’s our injuries. And we’re not even first place in that! Stupid Toronto.
The Other Guys
Besides RNH, there were no new injury’s from this past week, so here is an update on the guys we already know about. With only three games remaining in the season, I think it’s safe to say none of these players are returning this season.
- The only Benoit Pouliot news we’ve heard recently is that he MIGHT have been involved in some trade talk earlier in the year with Nail Yakupov from Jason Gregor. Other than that, his shoulder is still injured, with no sign of returning this year.
- Remember when Eric Gryba got injured a month and a half ago? The guy’s knee is still bugged. He was skating with the team the other day however, chance of his return is slim, but possible.
- The injury talk has sure slowed since we were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Including Brandon Davidson and his lower body injury. He will not be returning this year.
- Andrew Ference has not played with the team in a very long time, and will not in the future either. If you are just finding this out now, you should probably go back and read all my articles.
- There were some close moments this season of an Oscar Klefbom return. His staph infection continues to be an issue, and he will not return this year.
- Adam Pardy skated with the team the other day after suffering a hand injury from a blocked shot. If there was anybody who COULD return this year from injury still, besides RNH, it would be Adam Pardy.
North x NorthGretz Podcast
It’s a special birthday edition of North By NorthGretz! It was my birthday last week, so we celebrated it before talking about the Nurse/Haley situation, whether or not the Oilers have a shot at Oliver Ekman-Larsson, and if we’ve seen the last of Nugent-Hopkins in an Oilers jersey.
Then I embarrassed himself playing a movie quotes game before all of life’s mysteries are once again answered in Ask the Idiots!
PREVIOUS EPISODES
- Episode 10 – An NxNGretz New Years
- Episode 11 – Is There A TV Doctor In The House?
- Episode 12 – Making An Interner
- Episode 13 – Guilty Pleasures
- Episode 14 – All Star Weekend
- Episode 15 – Disaster In Jasper
- Episode 16 – Contagious
- Episode 17 – Story time with Pat Hughes
- Episode 18 – The Trade Deadline
- Episode 19 – Clean N’ Jerks
- Episode 20 – Battle of Blogberta
Year after year after freaking year the Oilers have to deal with a seemingly endless run of freak injuries. This has to end at some point right??? *Insert nervous laugh and then uncontrollable sobbing*
Toronto has Horton so they start 82 games ahead of everyone else.
Except for Arizona who has Pronger and Florida who has Savard.
I really hope klefbomb is okay more just for his own health but it would also be super annoying having to keep his salary under the cap at the start of every season before they could put him on ir.
I’m looking forward to the oilers never having to play at rexall again. I swear that barn is cursed.
Nuge has had a horrible year as far as injuries go. But he played over 70 games the past two seasons so I tend to believe this is probably just an anomaly.
Sorry Chris but I don’t get your humour in being jealous of the leafs having the most injuries. Are you sure you’re not a Flames fan in disguise just jinxing the Oilers?
I for one blame you for most injuries, especially ConCon’s and Nugey’s latest one.
BOOOO CHRIS THE INTERN
There were some close moments this season of an Oscar Klefbom return. His staph infection continues to be an issue, and he will not return this year.
I thought it was all cut out last month, this does not sound good at all. Streptococcus A, aka flesh eating disease I beleive is a form of staph so perhaps we should all say a little prayer for Oscar, or at least keep our fingers crosed.
Whatever you do man, DO NOT Google it. I did and the therapy bills are piling up.
TRADE THE MALL!!
I want to see more of Chirs’s dance moves.
Be careful on what you wish for!
If Connor Murphy didn’t leave his feet nobody does.
Chris, is your intern tag with you indefinitely? I for one, wish for you to keep the tag. I assume the higher ups at ON will be pleased with this suggestion. Keep up the good work soldier.
It is unwritten, but the tag may be for life.
Don’t worry, we’re forcing him to keep it FOREVER!
Make up some Trade Rumors or something Chris! For god’s sake man let me feel alive! TRADE THE MALL. Trade party at the pint this summer. WE’RE GOING STREAKING through to qaud to the corridor of the new arena. TRADE THE MALL. I will say I like the looks of rebuild 3.5 better than the past rebuilds!
Good to hear, embrace it my friend, make it your identity. Without it you’d just be Chris, and that would cause much confusion to us peasants.
“Before all of you start calling Nuge soft and weak” Before?? Way too late for that . He is soft and weak. Injury Prone and fragile..but hey at least he can do a pull up right? r
You are such a sad pathetic troll loser.
I think it’s funny.
That his team is so bad, so boring, and so ineffectual that he goes onto forums of rival teams and invests time in commenting on articles about INJURY REPORTS.
It could be a personal bias on my part, I find desperate and pathetic people hilarious.
I guess it’s why I loved The Office (UK and US) many years ago, and I love shows like The Last Man on Earth. The main protagonists are so sad and pathetic, you can’t help but laugh! It’s entertaining.
In the last GDB thread there was mention of Yak and Pouliot headed to Anaheim. Maybe getting Maroon was just a small part of the deal, and Pouliots injury put the rest off until the summer? Pouliot and Yak for Maroon and a defenseman and a pick I have heard… then smaller pieces to be worked out later. Just worked out oddly with the injury so the rest of the deal will be completed in the summer
man i was at that game 🙁
To be fair about the Leafs injuries, Nathan Horton, and Robidas have been out all year, will never play again and were never part of the leafs plans, and they count towards the man games lost totals. That’s why the impact of injuries metric does not favour them at all