When Colorado Avalanche coach Patrick Roy addressed the media on Thursday morning, he conceded that his team has so many injured players that he needed his notes to make sure he didn't miss anyone.
"I have to bring my paper, we have so many guys on the injury list,"
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| Stastny will not suit up on Thursday night |
Of immediate importance, Roy has at least four players with relatively fresh injuries that are listed as doubtful for Thursday night's match - defensemen Erik Johnson and Cory Sarich, centerman Paul Stastny and reserve goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
Both blue liners are dealing with back issues, Johnson with a better chance of playing with a designation of day-to-day while Sarich had an MRI on Wednesday morning, the results of which haven't made their way to the Avalanche - so in the interim, the team has recalled defenseman Karl Stollery from the Lake Erie Monsters as a backup plan in case the results indicate something serious.
The worrisome injury is that of Stastny, who suffered a leg injury on Saturday against the Minnesota Wild and has been listed as day-to-day, but was not able to participate in the Av's win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday - and Thursday doesn't look good either.
"It's still day-to-day" said Roy of Stastny, "but the target is Nashville" meaning that the bench boss expects his third leading scorer back on the ice against the Predators on Saturday.
The 28 year old has 13 goals and 21 helpers in 43 games, earning a plus-nine rating and averaging 18:32 in ice time per game.
The rest of Roy's comments can be seen
here.
http://www.sportsinjuryalert.com/2014/01/stastny-leads-laundry-list-of-avalanche.html
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