John Klingberg has been placed on LTIR

[Miss Korea]

EDIT:

 

Despite a very successful NHL campaign in Sweden, there is one piece of bad news: John Klingberg seems to have... aggravated his injury on the long trip over there.  Something seems to be very wrong with his health.

 

For him to somehow get worse on a long flight and nothing else, my guess is that it's arthritis.  His hips are completely messed up and although he looks useful on the powerplay, I guess it's obvious now that he's been fighting through some debilitating pain.  His defence has gone from worst in the league to... even worse.  But if he's really fighting through injury, it's hard to be an asshole about it now.

 

 

If this is truly the end for John Klingberg, he will be remembered for one of the NHL's biggest fumbled bags.  He chose not to sign long-term with Dallas two years ago.  He was offered $56 million over 8 years but his agent suggested he turn it down.  Everything has gone downhill since.

 

In relation to the Canucks, this is going to make the Leafs even more desperate for a right-side defenceman, exactly what we are looking for.

Edited November 23, 2023 by Miss Korea

[Elias Pettersson]

How convenient that the Leafs now have over $4 million to spend to go after some actual NHL Dmen...

[spook007]

43 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said:

How convenient that the Leafs now have over $4 million to spend to go after some actual NHL Dmen...

Was thinking that exact same thing.... Maybe he got a call from the godfather...

 

[grumpyone]

getting your feelings hurt now qualifies for Robidas Island?

(He was told how badly he sucked.)

[Drakrami]

Poor dude... Been hopping around to land a retirement contract. With teams are capped out in free market. Just very bad luck. 

[Rekker]

10 minutes ago, Drakrami said:

Poor dude... Been hopping around to land a retirement contract. With teams are capped out in free market. Just very bad luck. 

Ya. I believe Dallas offered 7 x 7 back in the day. Ouch. He will never see that kind of offer again. 

[Jimmy]

38 minutes ago, Drakrami said:

Poor dude... Been hopping around to land a retirement contract. With teams are capped out in free market. Just very bad luck. 

 

Or really good luck for every other team.

[Gurn]

2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

How convenient that the Leafs now have over $4 million to spend to go after some actual NHL Dmen...

 

1 hour ago, spook007 said:

Was thinking that exact same thing.... Maybe he got a call from the godfather...

 

 

Sadly, this exactly my first thought, as well.

I tell myself it is hard not to be cynical, due to past evidence, but man I don't like thinking the worst of things-at least to start.

[D-Money]

1 hour ago, Drakrami said:

Poor dude... Been hopping around to land a retirement contract. With teams are capped out in free market. Just very bad luck. 

I’m not going to cry too hard about a guy who has made over $38M playing hockey. But he could have more than doubled that if he didn’t get greedy. Them’s the breaks.

[CR7]

2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

How convenient that the Leafs now have over $4 million to spend to go after some actual NHL Dmen...

NHL D Man or Patty Kane? Patty Kane it is. 

[spook007]

1 hour ago, Gurn said:

 

 

Sadly, this exactly my first thought, as well.

I tell myself it is hard not to be cynical, due to past evidence, but man I don't like thinking the worst of things-at least to start.

 

Cheers, yeah it cynical, but if I had been a detective, I would have said, I don't believe coincidence...

Now, I'm not a detective, and coincidence do happen, but for Leafs, it is a very convenient time,  he gets this maybe career ending injury... 

 

[Coconuts]

Dude really fumbled the bag in Dallas, him playing through pain would explain some of his level of play though

 

He's never been great defensively but I don't remember him being this bad either 

[Snoop Hogg]

Will he sue his agent for loss of earnings?

[Alflives]

Yreliving ruins the Glames with z Huberdough. And now he is doing his best to ruin the great Leaf club built by Dubas. 

[Theo5789]

Robidas Island was getting cold

[Slegr]

I’ll throw my name into the skeptical hat too. Weird coincidence. 
If it’s true though, I hope it serves as a wake up call to Petey to sign the longest / biggest deal offered. You never know about your long term health in this league.

[canuck73_3]

Newest resident of Robidas Island.

[canuck73_3]

1 hour ago, Alflives said:

Yreliving ruins the Glames with z Huberdough. And now he is doing his best to ruin the great Leaf club built by Dubas. 

We’ve really lowered the bar on great teams if multiple first round exits make you a great team 

[Ghostsof1915]

Watch Toronto trade their first rounder to Florida for OEL.

[Jimmy]

7 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Watch Toronto trade their first rounder to Florida for OEL.

 

This actually seems realistic, given Trelivings love of Benning players.

[Coconuts]

1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Watch Toronto trade their first rounder to Florida for OEL.

 

It'd be funny to see the reaction ngl 

[Ghostsof1915]

1 hour ago, Bob Long said:

 

This actually seems realistic, given Trelivings love of Benning players.

 

[Jimmy]

32 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

 

It'd be funny to see the reaction ngl 

 

I just wonder why OEL had such a low effort time here, but he can perform in Florida?

[HKSR]

Man poor guy.  I'd hate to be him.  Only $38M in lifetime earnings at the age of 31.  That must suck.

[PhillipBlunt]

1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Watch Toronto trade their first rounder to Florida for OEL.

I'm surprised Treviling hasn't approached Columbus regarding Gudbranson.