Holloway Update

[Frank Underwood]

Strickland posted that he returned to St. Louis for an MRI on his high ankle sprain. Way to go Blues, way to rush him back from an injury that always seems to linger. I swear to God, this organization is absolutely incompetent this year, from top to bottom.

Edit: I realize the player plays a major role in telling the doctors when he is ready to play. But high ankle sprains are always a lingering problem, so given how terrible the season has been, hold him out until after the Olympics.

[Younghopp1991]

Strickland posted that he returned to St. Louis for an MRI on his high ankle sprain. Way to go Blues, way to rush him back from an injury that always seems to linger. I swear to God, this organization is absolutely incompetent this year, from top to bottom.

Stl has been full of terrible decisions. Not sure if it was the FO or holloways decision. Might work out for the best.

[DawgDad]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

[Harry S Deals]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

100% the Blues medical staff would absolutely not have had him return if he was still hurt. With this type of injury he could have very easily re aggravated it while playing. It doesnt matter one bit have him rest over the break this season is lost anyway who cares. Rest up keep getting stronger come back 1000% next year

[Rollin' on the River]

The Blues need to hold firm on a bridge deal.

Make him earn it before they do a panic overpay (again)

[Rollin' on the River]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

100% the Blues medical staff would absolutely not have had him return if he was still hurt. With this type of injury he could have very easily re aggravated it while playing. It doesnt matter one bit have him rest over the break this season is lost anyway who cares. Rest up keep getting stronger come back 1000% next year

Just like they didn’t have Tarasenko return early, twice?

That same medical staff? I know the Orthopedic teams have been swapped out since then, but it seems to be a lingering problem

[TheJackBurton]

Strickland posted that he returned to St. Louis for an MRI on his high ankle sprain. Way to go Blues, way to rush him back from an injury that always seems to linger. I swear to God, this organization is absolutely incompetent this year, from top to bottom.

Edit: I realize the player plays a major role in telling the doctors when he is ready to play. But high ankle sprains are always a lingering problem, so given how terrible the season has been, hold him out until after the Olympics.

I imagine he likely pushed for this as it is a contract year and the team can't tell him no. Now he'll have a full 6 weeks or more.

[TheJackBurton]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

100% the Blues medical staff would absolutely not have had him return if he was still hurt. With this type of injury he could have very easily re aggravated it while playing. It doesnt matter one bit have him rest over the break this season is lost anyway who cares. Rest up keep getting stronger come back 1000% next year

high ankle sprains can absolutely linger, but a player isn't sitting out 4 months with one.

[Army's Mom]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

100% the Blues medical staff would absolutely not have had him return if he was still hurt. With this type of injury he could have very easily re aggravated it while playing. It doesnt matter one bit have him rest over the break this season is lost anyway who cares. Rest up keep getting stronger come back 1000% next year

Just like they didn’t have Tarasenko return early, twice?

That same medical staff? I know the Orthopedic teams have been swapped out since then, but it seems to be a lingering problem

Highly doubtful. We know what Tarasenko said, but I haven't seen any credible medical opinion that the Blues doctors actually rushed him. On the flip side, the Blues doctors are almost always highly sought after BJC docs who, among others, also treat the Cardinals. They're not starving for professional athlete patient enough to cave to front office pressure to clear a guy. These aren't rookie doctors who teams can pressure.

What possible incentive would they have to rush a guy like Tarasenko back early and damage their professional reputations?

[Frank Underwood]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

100% the Blues medical staff would absolutely not have had him return if he was still hurt. With this type of injury he could have very easily re aggravated it while playing. It doesnt matter one bit have him rest over the break this season is lost anyway who cares. Rest up keep getting stronger come back 1000% next year

Harry, you and Dawg are kind of making my point. He came back 2 weeks earlier than originally predicted, and as both of you say, it’s not uncommon to aggregate high ankle sprains. In fact, I’d say it’s fairly common, especially when coming back early. So in a “lost season”, why not hold him out a little longer? So we can disagree as to whether the Blues messed up here. I feel like they did. This was not a situation where a guy is trying to get back ASAP for the playoffs.

[BluesDom]

WE sure do love to jump to conclusions on this board. Love to create false narratives are then react to fake things.

You all don't know anything about whether he was rushed or not rushed.

You don't think Dylan Holloway was pushing to get back? Each player is responsible for himself.

[Hooking]

Blues staff: "Are you good to play?"
Holloway: "Yes!"

<Gets hurt>

Blues forum: "THIS TEAM RUSHES PLAYERS BACK!"

[Frank Underwood]

Blues staff: "Are you good to play?"
Holloway: "Yes!"

<Gets hurt>

Blues forum: "THIS TEAM RUSHES PLAYERS BACK!"

Yeah, because God forbid the trainers and doctors actually give the player some advice. Almost every player will want to come back as soon as possible. This is one of those injuries (along with concussions) that you shouldn’t let a guy come back too early because of the risk of reinjury. On December 15th, they said he would be reevaluated in 6 weeks. He came back and played after 4 1/2 weeks. Doesn’t seem very smart to me.

If you all disagree, great. It’s not a big deal.

[Walter Sobchak00]

"With a high ankle sprain, I've come to understand that when you come back to playing, there's a scar tissue release that feels like you've injured it again. It stays sore for a couple days. We just want to make sure on our end of things that there wasn't anything that we were missing and right now it's just him being able to get back in a good rhythm."

[BluesDom]

Blues staff: "Are you good to play?"
Holloway: "Yes!"

<Gets hurt>

Blues forum: "THIS TEAM RUSHES PLAYERS BACK!"

Yeah, because God forbid the trainers and doctors actually give the player some advice. Almost every player will want to come back as soon as possible. This is one of those injuries (along with concussions) that you shouldn’t let a guy come back too early because of the risk of reinjury. On December 15th, they said he would be reevaluated in 6 weeks. He came back and played after 4 1/2 weeks. Doesn’t seem very smart to me.

If you all disagree, great. It’s not a big deal.

No offense. Have whatever opinions you want. I aint mad at ya. but......
We disagree because you're making (poop) up.
Its conjecture. You're trying to make your opinion fact. Then people are reacting to your opinion like its fact. That is wrong.
Facts are facts. Opinions are like A-holes.

[Harry S Deals]

Pretty quick with the accusations. Seems to me he was medically cleared, skating well and then he reinjured it, which is not uncommon.

He's had a rough go of it, he and the Blues need him to get and stay healthy. He was a leader on the ice in both production and style of play before the injuries set in. Same thing with Thomas.

100% the Blues medical staff would absolutely not have had him return if he was still hurt. With this type of injury he could have very easily re aggravated it while playing. It doesnt matter one bit have him rest over the break this season is lost anyway who cares. Rest up keep getting stronger come back 1000% next year

Harry, you and Dawg are kind of making my point. He came back 2 weeks earlier than originally predicted, and as both of you say, it’s not uncommon to aggregate high ankle sprains. In fact, I’d say it’s fairly common, especially when coming back early. So in a “lost season”, why not hold him out a little longer? So we can disagree as to whether the Blues messed up here. I feel like they did. This was not a situation where a guy is trying to get back ASAP for the playoffs.

The typical scenario is before any player is cleared to play there is exams, tests, whatever. He wouldnt have been cleared to play if he wasnt good to go. Recurring situation like this re injury, whatever the case is is not uncommon