sedated Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Weird how it came about. Hope nothing happened to his wife or child or anything. If it's his eye injury that sucks, but strange how he played fine with it last season. Unless it just kept slowly getting worse or something.. but he looked mostly fine this year with faceoffs and everything. Guess we'll be waiting to see if it's eye or whatever personal thing he had come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjr Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Possibly a detached retina from some recent contact? Or something that jarred something within that repaired eye? Sucks, at least he can help the boys with face-off skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrissex95 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 He probably won't be playing in the NHL again. I could see him working his way up through the Canucks organization becoming a General Manager in the NHL in 5 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendythirteenthrashers Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 thanx for everything manny.... hopefully he stays on with the org to teach the boys his faceoff proficiencies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Bloody tragic..........the guy just can'y buy a break. Get well soon Manny. Hope you are back Next Year better than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quint Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 He would have to pass minimum vision tests to be cleared for NHL play, so he's absolutely not 'almost completely blind' in that one eye. We do know he has reduced vision there from the injury, but we don't know if that has improved, worsened or stayed the same. We don't know either if the eye is the reason why he's on IR, but he does have to have some issue directly related to him versus an issue with his wife or one of his kids to qualify for IR as far as I know. Actually, maybe it is related to his eye: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedated Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Looks like it is his eye and he wasn't happy with it. Sucks for him, eye injuries suck. Ohlund really struggled after his too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Not sure what is up but perhaps the cap is the reason he is being put on ir. if he retired now I'm not sure the Canucks would get any cap relief but they do get cap relief for him being on IR. Also from his perspective he still gets paid this way. Therefore, being placed on IR works better for both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockNroLLa. Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Get well soon Manny, even after your hockey career, please stay onboard. We respect you Manny, you put the C in Class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockhart Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Lappy > Manny as a 4th line centre anyway. Too bad for him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Not a big loss. All he is anymore is leadership and a voice in the room. And he still provides that even though he is injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foskco87 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im so confused....Has he not been fine this whole season? And now out of no where hes just out for the entire season? What did he break both of his legs or something. And why are people speculating hes going to retire? Just because hes missing half a regular season doesn't necessarily mean its the end of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The IR has nothing to do with cap relief. You're thinking of LTI (which most call LTIR) as that allows teams to exceed the cap ceiling in the event of an injured player being out long term. All IR does is free up a roster spot, which is helpful in this case if Kesler is ready to return so we wouldn't have to drop another player. We'll still have one too many when Booth's back from injury, but that helps for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradin123 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 The IR has nothing to do with cap relief. You're thinking of LTI (which most call LTIR) as that allows teams to exceed the cap ceiling in the event of an injured player being out long term. All IR does is free up a roster spot, which is helpful in this case if Kesler is ready to return so we wouldn't have to drop another player. We'll still have one too many when Booth's back from injury, but that helps for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodee Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 He's almost completely blind in that eye, one of my teachers went to the game against the flames and he said that behind the play Manny cut in to turn on his blind side and almost wrecked a guy, didn't even see him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Don't get how bad of an injury is it that he just put on long term IR? He just played a few games ago and was at the Skills comp looking normal and happy...think this more of a management decision? The personal reason may be they are not good terms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Im so confused....Has he not been fine this whole season? And now out of no where hes just out for the entire season? What did he break both of his legs or something. And why are people speculating hes going to retire? Just because hes missing half a regular season doesn't necessarily mean its the end of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 big news!! be well manny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugby Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Teamwise - It sucks. He's a greak PK guy and obviously AV uses him a lot to win faceoffs in our own zone. We'll allow a few more goals this season because of this injury. It's a positive for Shroder as he'll still be playing C when Kesler gets back. That said. Best wishes to Manny, well liked for a good reason by teammates and fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleed Blue and Green Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Will miss his leadership, humility, professionalism. I hope he stays on the team as part of management or assistant coaching. Best for both sides. All the best, Manny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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