Holloway

[blackinkbiz]

Not saying he should or could play. Just some cases in the past of those with rib issues.

Patrice Bergeron:
In the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, Bergeron not only played with a broken rib but also a punctured lung, separated shoulder, and torn cartilage. He continued to play even after discovering the lung puncture, demonstrating exceptional dedication.

Brock Faber:
As a rookie, Faber played with fractured ribs for two months, highlighting his ability to perform at a high level despite the injury.

Leon Draisaitl:
Draisaitl reportedly played with a broken rib sustained during a hit in the playoffs.

Nikita Kucherov:
Played in the Stanley Cup Final with protection from a flak jacket and pain medication after a rib fracture during the playoffs.

That's just to name a few. In the Cup run didn't we find out after the fact that O'Reilly had a cracked rib? Or was it some other player. Could swear a Blues player did.

[John Cocktoastin]

Not saying he should or could play. Just some cases in the past of those with rib issues.

Patrice Bergeron:
In the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, Bergeron not only played with a broken rib but also a punctured lung, separated shoulder, and torn cartilage. He continued to play even after discovering the lung puncture, demonstrating exceptional dedication.

Brock Faber:
As a rookie, Faber played with fractured ribs for two months, highlighting his ability to perform at a high level despite the injury.

Leon Draisaitl:
Draisaitl reportedly played with a broken rib sustained during a hit in the playoffs.

Nikita Kucherov:
Played in the Stanley Cup Final with protection from a flak jacket and pain medication after a rib fracture during the playoffs.

That's just to name a few. In the Cup run didn't we find out after the fact that O'Reilly had a cracked rib? Or was it some other player. Could swear a Blues player did.

Blues center Ryan O'Reilly, named Conn Smythe winner as the playoff MVP, told reporters after St. Louis's Game 7 victory that he had been playing through a cracked rib since the second round of the postseason, when he sustained the injury in the middle of the Blues' series against the Dallas Stars.

[skilles]

My daughter has wrestled quite a bit with separated and broken floating ribs and I just had one about a month ago(because that is what happens when your kid wrestles, your old, and they want you to "help them train) it sucks for sure. She also wrestled a lot of this highschool season with a broken Zygomatic Bone(cheek bone)

Hockey players are built different and wrestlers are just on another level.

[2airj3]

Will he be back in time for the playoffs? Or is he out for the year?

seemingly we would need a deep run. But a deep run might just be a 7 game 1st round series and get to the 2nd round. Remember, 7 games is 14 days. So possible to see if we made it a 2nd round appearance from hollywood.

Yeah, JR just said this morning he's skating but not doing an overly "strenous" activity. So he's stickhanlding and skating, but definite no contact yet. Seems most are guessing a hip pointer which tbh I know nothing about except they're apparently painful.

Your thought of a hip pointer has some validity but from watching the replay ad nauseum, I am convinced it could be a broken or separated floating rib injury. I have suffered that injury in the past. It is very painful and takes a good amount of time to fully recover.

I couldn’t agree more. I thought ribs right away.The first thing I noticed was where the point of contact was. The hip check clearly drove upward into his side and his reaction looked like he took a kidney shot from Tyson.

Some have said hip injury which is always possible but it certainly wasn’t where the impact was.

[11WSChamps]

Word on the street is he has a broken cracked rib or ribbs. Which if you have ever played hockey and had that like me is severly painful. Everything from skating to picoting to shooting and stick handling.

You don't have to be a hockey player for that to be excruciating.

[b-a-a-a-rclay]

I've read rumors supposedly from people who know people connected to the team (on another blues forum) that it's a hip injury. I don't care if you believe that or not ... just passing it along.

[TheJackBurton]

Word on the street is he has a broken cracked rib or ribbs. Which if you have ever played hockey and had that like me is severly painful. Everything from skating to picoting to shooting and stick handling.

This makes sense to me......he bent over big time on his way off the ice...I don't see that as a hip injury.

But the Blues are listing it as "lower body" which would preclude ribs.

Do you really want to let other teams know he has bruised cracked ribbs especially in the playoffs. I wouldnt cause they are horrendous when you get hit by someone

You don't have to disclose what the injury is, but I believe it is against league rules to lie about the location of the injury which is why they give you so much latitude and the option to say either upper or lower body injury.

Now what the league defines as an upper and lower body area I'm not sure.

[PPG]

I didnt see the game Holloway got hurt.
Is there a link to the hit & who hit him?

[SRV1990]

I didnt see the game Holloway got hurt.
Is there a link to the hit & who hit him?

https://packaged-media.redd.it/l17hlf11 ... bc07dde239

[Harry S Deals]

Once he starts practicing with the Blues we'll know hes close. My guess with no other information than is known publicly is at least two more weeks