Injury Report: Cam Fowler

[Unholy]

Hope it's not the worst.

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[duari91]

Hope it's not the worst.

Looked pretty bad. Bent his knee 4 inches in the wrong direction.

Let's hope it's just kinked, and didn't rip anything.

Though, I have a strange feeling that we'll see him on G1 of the playoffs, only to find out after that he had been playing with a gnarly injury. Because, you know, playoffs.

 

[PuckG]

Feel for you Duck fans

Looks like it could be an MCL sprain from the way he was hit.

 

[Vipers31]

Hopefully the swelling won't be so bad they have to wait an extra day or two for the MRI. Even more hopefully, it's as harmless as it possibly can be.

Feel for you Duck fans

Looks like it could be an MCL sprain from the way he was hit.

Yeah, as I said in the GDT, that to me would be the realistic best case outcome, basically.

 

[TheIceman93]

Yep, there goes our season. Get better Cam, we are rooting for your speedy recovery but if this is where your season ends, we appreciate everything you did help us get this far.

 

[Sean Garrity]

So because he's broken, that means he'll re-sign(resign?) with us for cheap AMIRITE? Just trying to play devils advocate here.

 

[Terry Yake]

looks terrible

pretty sure he's done for the season and playoffs

 

[TheIceman93]

looks terrible

pretty sure he's done for the season and playoffs

Agreed ... I usually assume the worst because thats what it is most of the time when it comes to hockey injuries.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Hopefully the swelling won't be so bad they have to wait an extra day or two for the MRI. Even more hopefully, it's as harmless as it possibly can be.



Yeah, as I said in the GDT, that to me would be the realistic best case outcome, basically.

Yup. 4-8 weeks best case scenario.

 

[Static]

He won't be healthy in the playoffs, pretty much, save for a miracle.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Season done. Pssibly last game as a Duck. Flames as per usual, trash.

 

[Kalv]

It was a very unlucky play, damn
He had that leg up and just when put it on the ice it locked in and caught Giordanos knee who was desperately trying to stop Cam


But seriously, this team seems to get an injury just before the playoffs every year

 

[George Binks]

it's not fair

 

[One More Salami]

It was a very unlucky play, damn
He had that leg up and just when put it on the ice it locked in and caught Giordanos knee who was desperately trying to stop Cam


But seriously, this team seems to get an injury just before the playoffs every year

Yup that play was 5 out of 5 unlucky on the Dustin Brown unluckyness scale.

What a POS.

 

[crowi]

Well there we go. Not even going to bother with a playoff avatar.

 

[Lyons71]

The people on main board defending this hit are the stupidest humans I've come across on here.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

Best case scenario is a bone bruise, but even that would take a few weeks to heal. MCL sprain is about 4 weeks and anything else is really serious. Not good.

 

[Vipers31]

Actually, I was kind of mixing up the terms while I was agreeing with the potential MCL couch-diagnosis. What I'm really fearing on that sideways twist is a PCL tear. It's more rare, but that's what I was thinking of. Could easily impact the MCL on top.

 

[eternalbedhead]

Definitely warrants a look by DoPS. Obviously, intent can't be ascertained, but that was, at the very least, an incredibly reckless hit. Just because it isn't "intentional" doesn't mean that we can let it slide.

 

[mighty Stanley Duck]

Well our season is done.
That small hope of good playoff run now goes down the drain officially.

 

[Kalv]

Plan the golf match


Idk if I just have a good mood today or I`m still very optimistic in general. Might be because I have a hope that team will show more character under Randy than they did under Bruce. There are some good things pointing to it.
I hope Cam gets a chance to come back in the playoffs but we need Hampus and Sami at their absolute best for sure

 

[DuckDude]

Well our season is done.
That small hope of good playoff run now goes down the drain officially.

Not necessarily, just means somebody else has to step up from our defenseman. Montour needs to have a big impact in the playoffs.


The only way our season is over is if Getzlaf, Kesler, Perry, or Rakell get injured. We still have 3 really good defenseman, 2 serviceable ones and a Bieksa. And just to be clear im not saying Bieksa in a positive way.

 

[Kalv]

Theo has played some encouraging hockey as of late too. Last year he faded before the playoffs.

And what about Stoner? I guess we could use him

 

[Opak]

Definitely warrants a look by DoPS. Obviously, intent can't be ascertained, but that was, at the very least, an incredibly reckless hit. Just because it isn't "intentional" doesn't mean that we can let it slide.

It doesn't matter what he was TRYING to do. Fact is, he hit Fowler, knee-on-knee, after cutting across to his skating lane WHILE extending his leg into the hit. He sees Fowler all the way and does nothing to avoid the contact. And the actual contact happens almost a full SECOND after Fowler has given up the puck, there is NO reason for Giordano to make that hit, PERIOD. Interference + Kneeing, clear as day.

The DOPS has to give him a hefty syspension, that is a garbage hit. If Giordano somehow plays a single game this season, the DOPS failed to do their job.

 

[xxreact9]

The people on main board defending this hit are the stupidest humans I've come across on here.

Yeah just went to town on em all.

Main points: Dougie Hamilton was right beside Fowler the whole time and saw NO reason to make a play on him physically as it was a harmless dump and chase.

Giordano however does, and flies across the ice in a sweeping motion and smashes the kneecap directly of Cam Fowler. You can see he goes for a shoulder hit as well, but he clearly misses. Gio is reponsible for his body and his actions, and the result of his actions was an attack from across the ice directly onto his knee. That's where the contact occurred.

e.g if you swing at a high puck and hit someones face, its still a penalty as, you hit a face. Same applies to Gio, I don't care about his intentions I care about what he did. And in ANY CASE, he still flew across the ice from the opposite wing.