Ersberg's status
Here are some comments from Erik Ersberg and Terry Murray about Ersberg's health. Nobody is officially saying what is ailing Ersberg, but playing junior detective here...Ersberg said his groin is fine and that he hurt himself when his skate blade got stuck in the ice during a shootout attempt. That leaves knee or ankle as possibilities, and given that Ersberg has been rehabbing using a slideboard, it's most likely a knee issue. Regardless, it's not serious, and it sounds as though Ersberg is roughly 50-50 for Thursday's game. A decision will be made after Tuesday's practice whether to call up Jonathan Bernier.
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Question: All things considered, it seems like the all-star break did you some good...
ERSBERG: ``Yeah. It looks like I'm just missing two games. It would have been fun to go to Montreal (for the YoungStars game), but the team comes first.''
Question: It looked like the sophomore team could have used your help out there...
ERSBERG: (laughs) ``I don't know. Maybe it was good that I missed it.''
Question: Do you feel stronger now? Back to normal, pretty much?
ERSBERG: ``It's hard to say. I'm a little...not scared, but you know it's there, so we'll see how I feel tomorrow. I'm going to ice it down now and see how I feel tonight and see how I feel tomorrow on the ice. But it was a pretty good first day.''
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MURRAY: ``(Ersberg) went through the practice and, for most of it, he was comfortable. There were a couple situations where he had to get overextended sometimes, just on a reaction play, and he could feel it, but it goes away. It's not a lingering pain, so he's very, very close.''
Question: Are you confident enough that you can go with the two guys here and not have to call up Bernier?
MURRAY: ``I talked to Ersberg just a minute ago. It's something I want to relay along to management, and pass the conversation along, for them to be on guard and be aware that we might need somebody after tomorrow's practice. I think I'd like to go that far. We'll get Ersberg through tomorrow and see if there's improvement after that. I know that we need to go into the game against Chicago with two goaltenders who are ready to play, so we'll make that decision after the practice tomorrow.''
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Shouldn't this Lombardi character start thinking about signing him to a new long term contract - before we lose him to free agency and get nothing in return.
Shouldn't this anthony character know that 35 games doesn't equal long term contract quite yet? especially since he's been injured twice in that time? Ersberg has been solid but 35 games doesn't make a career.
I say bring up Zatkoff if EE can't go. Barring an injury to Quick, it's not like he'll be playing. Plus, he's just down the road...
anthony, i'm with you on this one. more and more players are being signed on their potential rather than all their years of service. based on what we saw at the end of last season and his pretty solid play this year, prior to injury, i think a contract offer for him is reasonable. how long, how much who knows. sign him to a deal and get him locked up. if he ever becomes disposable then trade him. i know he's not a thing to be tossed around, but players know they are commodities.
nobody should be locked up on potential. hows that dipietro contract working out for the isles?
I didn't even realize they'd sent Bernier down. makes sense, but was news to me.
assuming he can finish the year out more healthy than not, definitely offer Ersberg something. granted we have goalies in numbers but very few have actual wins in the NHL to speak of. why keep the same uncertainty going year after year?