Injury Report: Eric Belanger on IR, Paajarvi Recalled

[OilerTyler]

#Oilers place forward Eric Belanger on IR and recall forward Magnus Paajarvi from the #OKCBarons.

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/s...06864972345345

Not good.

[I am the Liquor]

Broken Bones for Jones!

Big blow to the team.

Hopefully it isnt too serious.

[BarDownBobo]

https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/s...06864972345345

[SephF]

This is bad news...

Hopefully Horcoff is ready to go.

Would be kinda cool to see the Nordic line reunited.

[402]

Dammit Krueger said he'd be fine he definitely didn't look fine
Horcoff is probably good to go cus they didn't recall a center

[Fourier]

Tough break. He has played very well.

[Johnny Bravo]

Dammit. We wont win games with defensive play anymore. Time for the team to amp up the offense.

[The Great Ones]

Broken foot?

[Nugie Boy]

So what are the lines now?

Hall/RNH/Eberle
Yak/Gagner/Hemsky
Smyth/Horcoff/Petrell
PRV/Lander/Harti

We are going to be atrocious on faceoffs

[tiger_80]

Originally Posted by The Great Ones

Broken foot?

Must be foot or hand. He played some after getting hit with a slap-shot. The announcers were saying something about him holding his hand, but maybe they simply had no idea what they were talking about.

[Mikey71]

I remember him going off the ice that last time with the one arm being favored big time. He almost looked like it could have even been shoulder related the way he walked off. Just a guess though....

[WeridAl]

Broken foot and he played after that, Wow. Nice see MPS backup though.

[Puritania]

Well this sucks. Belanger has been a rock for us.

[Ragss]

I once sprained my ankle blocking a shot. Seems more reasonable than him playing through a broken foot. Its a shame we don't have any young centers who are really strong on the dot.

[gonzo11]

Originally Posted by Nugie Boy

So what are the lines now?

Hall/RNH/Eberle
Yak/Gagner/Hemsky
Smyth/Horcoff/Petrell
PRV/Lander/Harti

We are going to be atrocious on faceoffs

yep

doa

[The Great Ones]

We have zero depth in this org.

[MetaOil1993]

This sucks, Belanger has been good this year. We will definitely miss his faceoffs and on the PK. Hopefully it isn't to serious and we get him back soon.

[Jimmi Jenkins]

Originally Posted by The Great Ones

We have zero depth in this org.

I guess, I would venture that if most teams lost 2 veteran centers they would be in tough.

Good news is Horcoff should be back soon.

The problem is what to do with the 8 defensemen holding down roster spots (and No waiving Whitney isn't a solution)

[The Great Ones]

I assume whiffcoff is back or they would've recalled Vandevelde too. And that's it. Vand and Land. That's our c depth in this org.

[Insta]

Originally Posted by The Great Ones

I assume whiffcoff is back or they would've recalled Vandevelde too. And that's it. Vand and Land. That's our c depth in this org.

You forgot Arcobello

[The Head Crusher]

Originally Posted by Nugie Boy

So what are the lines now?

Hall/RNH/Eberle
Yak/Gagner/Hemsky
Smyth/Horcoff/Petrell
PRV/Lander/Harti

We are going to be atrocious on faceoffs

You mean we aren't already?

[Hitchslap]

He took a shot off the hand when he got his penalty. Never came back after that, did he?

[nofool6110]

Nordic Line!!

It better be able to score, because we for sure won't win on the trap system ever again. Jeez this is bad.

Any idea when Jones is coming back? Prognosis on Belanger?

[syz]

Originally Posted by Hitchslap

He took a shot off the hand when he got his penalty. Never came back after that, did he?

He played the third period. Pretty sure he was the extra man when they pulled Dubnyk, too.

[Hitchslap]

Originally Posted by syz

He played the third period. Pretty sure he was the extra man when they pulled Dubnyk, too.

Oh yeah, he definitely was our 6th man out there. I remember asking myself what the hell Krueger was thinking. Nevermind.