[Report] Juolevi undergoes successful surgery. Out until training camp.

[Ossi Vaananen]

 

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The Vancouver Canucks announced today that Olli Juolevi has undergone successful knee surgery and is expected to make a full recovery for training camp.

After thorough evaluation, rest and conservative treatment, surgery was determined by Canucks medical staff, in consultation with specialists, as the best option for Juolevi's long-term health and career. 

The surgery was successfully performed today with an estimated return to play timeline of six months.

 

I like how they just snuck 'out until training camp' in there.

 

Sucks for the guy, he was coming along in Utica.

[johngould21]

Wait! What? Is it April 1?

[billabong]

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

6 months?  Maybe he'll come back in time for our cup run... 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Wow, surprise surgery. He was suppose to be coming back this week. 

[samurai]

taking a very very very long road to the show.  

[TheRick]

Sami Salo 2.0?

[Canuck Surfer]

Hmmm, oh well!  

 

Good luck Olli!

 

 

Thanks for posting @Ossi Vaananen

[City-in-state-of-emergency]

Fuuuuuuuuuuu... it's cool it's all good 

[Fateless]

TRAINING CAMP?! That's like a whole freaking 7-8 months away. What the hell kind of injury could he be recovering from that has that type of recovery time frame?

 

This really depressing news. It was nice to see him finally taking steps to reach the level that he was drafted at and now it looks like that may never happen. That's a huge amount of time for a kid of Juolevi's age to lose in his development curve.

[coastal.view]

could be the first 40 year old rookie

by the time he is healthy enough long enough to join the canucks

sorry for the black humour

[Wilbur]

4 minutes ago, Fateless said:

TRAINING CAMP?! That's like a whole freaking 7-8 months away. What the hell kind of injury could he be recovering from that has that type of recovery time frame?

 

This really depressing news. It was nice to see him finally taking steps to reach the level that he was drafted at and now it looks like that may never happen. That's a huge amount of time for a kid of Juolevi's age to lose in his development curve.

ACL would do the trick.

[Trebreh]

WAT?!

 

I thought he was just dealing with a regular type of injury, i didn't know he would need to have surgery... dam :( 

[Fanuck]

Does this have any implications whatsoever on his ELC?

[NickTheGreek]

Say what you want but this was a bad pick and it's getting even worse with the luck factor

 

If Benning didn't draft Pettersson he'd be long gone.

[Odd.]

What the hell happened?? He was a few weeks away, or so I was led to believe.

 

he's lost a lot of development time the last couple of years. This really sucks, but great news that everything went fine. 

 

Hoping his recovery process goes well. but man did not expect this news at all. That's 7-8 months of not playing though his knee would probably be healed right around the beginning of summer, giving him at least some time to train over the summer.

 

Hopefully they monitor Juolevi through his recovery process and make sure he's maintaining a healthy lifestyle, unlike what happened with Virtanen

[48MPHSlapShot]

Just now, NickTheGreek said:

Say what you want but this was a bad pick and it's getting even worse with the luck factor

 

If Benning didn't draft Pettersson he'd be long gone.

I guess Boeser is just chopped liver then.

[laxgoalie]

4 minutes ago, Trebreh said:

WAT?!

 

I thought he was just dealing with a regular type of injury, i didn't know he would need to have surgery... dam

Knees are fickle things.

[EternalCanuckFan]

Hopefully Juolevi doesn't turn into the next Sami Salo (from a health perspective).  Hope he has a speedy and complete recovery!

 

Even with Hughes in tow, I suspect the Canucks are going to be extra hungry to acquire another blue chip defensive prospect or an establish young D.

[Silky mitts]

Didn’t like passing on mt at the time and it just keeps looking worse and worse . One of bennings bigger blunders. Oh well hope he has a good recovery we need him to make the show .