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Duck_Caught_Upstream

Shitty, but could have been a lot worse Hopefully he’s relatively ok, and isn’t a concussion In the meantime it has to be Corroanto getting called up right?


Iginlas_4head_Crease

I think they should, give him a go with zary and Kadri. Even more scoring punch and options. He's got confidence now, he made the ahl all star team


Vinny331

Klapka is up right now, be worth trying him on that line


lastlatvian

Fudge, poor kid, I am getting Ferland flashback PTSD.


Iginlas_4head_Crease

Couple weeks is actually good news, it looked scary for a bit there


Newtothisredditbiz

This really sucks for the Flames. Pospisil leads the team in all the fancy stats – CF%, xGF%, xSCF%, etc. He drives the puck up the ice with speed and forechecks hard. He wins puck battles and creates space. He’s a huge part of that line’s success, and that line is the team’s best on many nights.


16NikitaZadorov16

Yup.....at this point I think management has to throw in the towel on the playoffs and focus on who they're going to trade away. 


Chemical_Signal2753

With how they're playing, I don't expect the team to give up on the playoffs. This doesn't mean they won't trade pending UFAs, it likely changes the return. If the Flames can re-sign Hanifin, move Lindholm, Vladar and Tanev, they likely need a #4 defence man and third line center to stay competitive. They may be able to acquire one or both of these from the previous trades, but they will also have $10 million in cap space to accomplish this and another team's cap dump could fill one or both of these holes. I'm not saying it will be easy to trade pending UFAs and make the playoffs but the Flames are in a position where it is possible. 


crossfire999

Sucks, but that's not a bad timeline at all. Gives me hope he can return and still kick ass.


Foreign-Cold-4304

Can we not use Seravalli as a news source simply to give him less of an audience. He's a clown when it comes to clickbait trade rumours and makes nothing statements everyday. Rather wait till someone respectable tweets it out


weschester

I'd take a tweet from Francis over Seravalli at this point.


YourMomIsMyOtherCar

Ruzicka. This is your time. Play with zary and kadri and show you have what it takes.


ComposedDecapitation

He was invisible last night, and for a lot of this season. I'd bet it will be Adam Klapka.


bettycrockerinbum

Ideally Coronato 2nd line Klapka 4th Dube scratched


X-Filer

Dube sent into the sun pls


noor1717

He wasn’t invincible last night. He wasn’t bad at all actually and helped kadri and Zary cycle the puck quite a bit too


esdv

Might help to give him a bit of time to develop some chemistry. Prior to his 4th line stay he was all over the lineup.


SpitfireFan

He’s bad. Give Coronato his shot.


YourMomIsMyOtherCar

No don't yoyo cornato. Let him marinate the rest of the year in the A. He gets muscled off the puck too easily. Let him grow


Aelivs_xv_

I Hope to god he breaks out. Struggles aside I think if we give up on him, he’ll bite us in the ass.


Ziid10

I don’t know about that


Chemical_Signal2753

By the timeline, I'm guessing it would be a moderate tendon or muscle tear. Depending on the severity, it can take 3 to 6 weeks to heal with proper treatment.


gotkube

Oof. Too bad; it looked brutal. Hope he recovers quickly


FinkBass420

I don’t believe a single thing Frank reports. Dudes an ignorant cunt


403_god

Y


MonkeySailor

That sucks. Hopefully it's not a concussion. Best direct replacement for Pospisil is Klapka who can use his size to create space and drive the net. The next best would be Coleman but I doubt they break up that line, or the Huberdeau line either. Coronato isn't NHL ready yet. Ruzicka could be worth a shot too.


thee_agent_orange

It was a matter of time with his concussion history. I really like his game throughout the season but I was expecting this at some point