Injury Report: Magnus Pajaarvi Placed on IR

[Captain Creampuff]

Lou Korac ‏@lkorac10 3m
The #stlblues have placed LW Magnus Paajarvi on injured reserve.

St. Louis Blues ‏@StLouisBlues 1m
Magnus Paajarvi has been placed on injured reserve. http://*******/HsGdEO #stlblues

Apparently more serious than we thought.

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[The Note in MI]

Yeah wtf

 

[2 Minute Minor]

I wish we knew what the diagnosis is. I just want to know for sure that we're not talking about a concussion.

 

[PocketNines]

Not necessarily. Often teams will label a guy day-to-day but as that situation approaches 7 actual days then realistically he needed to be on IR. Paajarvi got injured Saturday, so assuming they made the IR thing retroactive a week he could be eligible to come off the list and play soon, just likely not this weekend. Once the Blues determined he wasn't healed enough to get in the lineup this weekend they likely made IR official and retroactive. The NHL wants its teams to provide accurate injury reports (same as football, etc.) so if you think an injury might heal in 4-10 days you start out with day-to-day designation and then when it starts looking longer you retroactively put a guy on the IR. That's what I think is going on here. Now, he may be out awhile, who knows, but I think if it were obvious he'd be out multiple weeks they'd have put him on the IR immediately but since it wasn't they didn't ... now just doing it to not run afoul of the league.

 

[2 Minute Minor]

Not necessarily. Often teams will label a guy day-to-day but as that situation approaches 7 actual days then realistically he needed to be on IR. Paajarvi got injured Saturday, so assuming they made the IR thing retroactive a week he could be eligible to come off the list and play soon, just likely not this weekend. Once the Blues determined he wasn't healed enough to get in the lineup this weekend they likely made IR official and retroactive. The NHL wants its teams to provide accurate injury reports (same as football, etc.) so if you think an injury might heal in 4-10 days you start out with day-to-day designation and then when it starts looking longer you retroactively put a guy on the IR. That's what I think is going on here. Now, he may be out awhile, who knows, but I think if it were obvious he'd be out multiple weeks they'd have put him on the IR immediately but since it wasn't they didn't ... now just doing it to not run afoul of the league.

I get all that. With the diagnosis of a 'concussion' it can be very hard to predict timetable. I was thinking more in terms of his risk in the future.

I fully expect he'll be back in the line-up next week, and if for some reason he isn't ready I hope we'll at least know what we're dealing with (from team sources).

With Stewart, I'm pretty sure it was his back. With Paajarvi, I couldn't tell from what we saw on TV what the injury was about. Shoulder?

 

[Vabeachblue]

Is this bad guys? I know it's bad a players hurt but is the kid good?

 

[rumrokh]

Is this bad guys? I know it's bad a players hurt but is the kid good?

Only good player on the Blues IMO AINEC ETC

 

[brendan]

Meh.


hasn't really been productive so far so I don't think the Blues will notice him not being on the ice

 

[Daley Tarasenkshow]

Meh.


hasn't really been productive so far so I don't think the Blues will notice him not being on the ice

Production doesn't mean anything with a player like MPS. He's been great when he's played.

 

[rumrokh]

Production doesn't mean anything with a player like MPS. He's been great when he's played.

I wouldn't say great. Noticeable in a positive way.

 

[JustOneB4IDie]

I wouldn't say great. Noticeable in a positive way.

And that's how Hitch's views Magnum PI as well