The Edmonton Oilers received excellent news and unhealthy information on Thursday. The excellent news is that they’ll welcome again Zach Hyman to the lineup tonight. The unhealthy information is that uncertainty surrounds the standing of Viktor Arvidsson, who has been out for almost a month. Daily Hive asked head coach Kris Knoblauch for a standing replace and the bench boss didn’t have one.
Arvidsson, not too long ago named to Group Sweden for the upcoming 4 Nations match, was injured throughout a November 12 recreation towards the New York Islanders. Whereas preliminary expectations had been that he would return shortly, he has now missed 9 video games and has but to skate with the group.
“It’s clearly gone on longer than we anticipated,” Knoblauch stated. “We thought it could be only a couple days off, but it surely hasn’t healed as anticipated.”
As of now, there is no such thing as a timeline for his return.
Not Good Information for the Oilers or Arvidsson
It’s one factor to know the way lengthy an damage would possibly take to return from as a result of it’s clear what’s improper. However, when a participant goes out and is predicted to overlook a few days however then stays out for weeks, it’s a priority. Nobody appears to know what’s improper with Arvidsson and the Oilers actually aren’t sharing what the delay is.
Arvidsson, one of many Oilers’ key offseason acquisitions, was anticipated to offer Leon Draisaitl with a shoot-first winger. As an alternative, his inconsistency when within the lineup and now an damage that’s holding him out means issues haven’t gone based on plan.
Is that this one thing that will get to some extent the place Arvidsson is an LTIR consideration? Will the group study that this lingering problem is greater than meets the attention? And, if that’s the case, are the Oilers planning to make strikes to fill the opening Arvidsson leaves behind whereas out of the lineup?
In the meantime, Draisaitl has been skating with new linemates Vasily Podkolzin and Connor Brown. Tonight, Kasperi Kapanen will be part of Draisaitl’s line as Brown will get pushed down the lineup.
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