Erik Cole to Miss 4-6 Weeks

by Bob Wage on Oct 4, 2009 6:36 PM EDT

Chip Alexander is reporting on Canes Now that Erik Cole has a broken bone in his leg and will miss four to six weeks. Cole collided with Dennis Wideman late in last night's debacle and needed to be helped from the ice. Tim Conboy will fill in the open roster spot for now. Expect Scott Walker to move up a line while other players will be shuffled around.

We will have more about this on Monday.

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Oh man. What a horrid opening weekend.

by Iggy Reilly on Oct 4, 2009 6:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

could be worse, could be a torn ACL, he’ll be back in no time…..(i hope!)

by jenniwa30 on Oct 4, 2009 6:53 PM EDT reply actions

Yes…. I’ll take a broken bone over a torn tendon any day!

by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 4, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions

That was my first thought. Hopefully, he’ll recover quickly.

And here is my bright spot of the day: does anyone else find this is eerily similar to 05-06? Cole out for a long period of time; an Olympic year…just saying. Keep the faith everyone.

by caniacgirl on Oct 4, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions

SInce it apparently took them 24 hours to figure out it was broken, I’m thinking it’s more a hairline fracture than a big “break”. What do you foks with medical background think?

Here’s is what ice_Chip wrote around noon -

Maurice said tests to be run on Cole later today. It is a knee injury. If Cole can’t play Tuesday, Conboy goes in lineup, Maurice said.

How did it go from knee to broken leg?

Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!

by Carolyn Christians on Oct 4, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe they didn’t want people to know……..Lower body injury.

by canescup on Oct 4, 2009 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought you were on your way to Boston?

Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!

by Carolyn Christians on Oct 4, 2009 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I know, but I started thinking I wouldn’t get the same UPPER LEVEL show if I wore my Staal Jersey.

by canescup on Oct 4, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Fractured, not broken

The official Canes Twitter account said this just moments after Chip’s tweet:

“Erik Cole will miss 4-6 weeks due to a fracture in his lower left leg, suffered in a collision with Boston’s Dennis Wideman Saturday night.”

I’m thinking that their words are perhaps more carefully chosen and that it’s a fractured bone, not a broken one.

by Elsker on Oct 4, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Good pick-up, Elsker. If it’s ONLY 4 – 6 weeks than it’s not a terrible break.

Let's go Canes!
Hakkaa Paalle!

by Carolyn Christians on Oct 4, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Technically it’s the same thing; fracture and break are used interchangeably. The only thing that would make it less severe is if it’s partial (like a hairline fracture) rather than a complete break. From the reports we’ve been given, I would go with the partial fracture.

by caniacgirl on Oct 4, 2009 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

this just plain sucks.

by get_A_name on Oct 4, 2009 7:00 PM EDT reply actions

Damn.

Still not a crook!

by TrickyD26 on Oct 4, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions

Sucks, but yeah—could have been a lot worse. From what it looked like in that super slo-mo replay, 4-6 isn’t so bad. Get well soon!

by hip_check on Oct 4, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions

speaking of that super slo-mo replay… who had the wonderful idea to show his leg bend the wrong way multiple times and freeze the frame when it happened??

was I the only one that turned away at that sight?

by mariokohler on Oct 4, 2009 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions

um. no. it was bad.

by jenniwa30 on Oct 4, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions

If it bleads

it leads

A conservative is someone who wants to get rid of all illegal immigrants,
Just as soon as those guys finish mowing his yard and building the shed

by lcd2you on Oct 4, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Well there goes Staal's side kick....

by canescup on Oct 4, 2009 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

I guess he’ll go into a scoring slump now.

by canescup on Oct 4, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

well….. everyone else is in a scoring slump….. so why not…..

by Mateos_Canes_Lamp on Oct 4, 2009 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Exactly

what’s it going to hurt?

A conservative is someone who wants to get rid of all illegal immigrants,
Just as soon as those guys finish mowing his yard and building the shed

by lcd2you on Oct 4, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Think Positive

things could be much worse—-(torn ligaments etc) Remember Rosie broke his leg a couple of years ago and came roaring back !

GO CANES! Go Heels!

by UNCCaniac8 on Oct 4, 2009 8:35 PM EDT reply actions

i’ve heard lots of people say it was a clean hit. Was I the only one that thought wideman lead with his leg and not his hip or shoulder? He wasn’t in position to throw a hip check and his leg was stretched out toward Cole. Not that it matters at this point.

by Caniac1026 on Oct 4, 2009 9:19 PM EDT reply actions

generally your leg goes out in front of your body when you want to stop, and wideman was almost to the boards (probably in the process of stopping)
though my heart wants to believe you,
i just have to think guys dont lead with the legs on purpose.

by chrisj on Oct 4, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Fracture is the medical term for 'broken', they mean exactly the same thing.

It depends on which bone he fractured. You have 2 bones in your leg, the tibia and the fibula. The tibia is the big bone and is your weight bearing bone, much more serious injury and takes longer to heal and you have a plaster or fiberglass cast . The fibula is your small bone and you can actually wear a removable leg splint and bear weight on the leg if you fracture it. It generally takes 4-6 weeks to heal in an adult vs 6-8 weeks for a tibia fracture. Hopefully it was his fibula. Someone posted they saw him walking in at practice today, if thats fact then I’m guessing it was his fibula bone he fractured, or a hairline of the tibia. The good news like you all said, thank the Hockey Gods it wasn’t his ACL. Conboy is a 5 minute, send in enforcer, I don’t understand how he will fill in for Cole. I would rather see Sutter in or hopefully Rosie’s playing minutes increased.

Well lets see which team goes after Rutuu next to take out. It’s just a matter of time.

C

by c59 on Oct 4, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions

They would say “broken leg” if it was a clean break through, I’m thinking. As someone who broke his left tibia and fibula, i can attest that it’s not an eight-week recovery (tho I didn’t have the benefits of surgery). I’m guessing there’s just a partial break or crack.

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by Cory Lavalette on Oct 5, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Conboy won’t fill in for Cole. They will move everyone on Coles side up one line. (Probably put Rutuu up with Staal) And Conboy will fill in on the fourth line. Rosie will likely get moved up and get more playing time. Mo knows he will give it his all wherever he is put.

Agree with you about the hairline fracture. I have had hairline fractures in the shoulder area—-they were letting me do PT in the fifth week, so 4-6 weeks is not unreasonable.

Like you also said, it wasn’t the ACL, so, all things considered, things are better than they could have been.

As to who will take out Rutuu————-we play Pitt in 10 days———-they took out both of them in one game in the playoffs and no one can convince me that was not on purpose !

Boy, do I sound like a cynic ?

GO CANES! Go Heels!

by UNCCaniac8 on Oct 4, 2009 10:53 PM EDT reply actions

honestly, staal came ALIVE last night when all the ish went down. He wanted back in and really looked great after he came back. i think he needed some sense knocked into him.
i like these two bad losses as a reminder of how losing feels.
i havent given up yet.
-chris

by chrisj on Oct 4, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions

Never Stop Believing! (until mathematically eliminated)

by canescup2 on Oct 5, 2009 12:03 AM EDT reply actions

Staal lead by example. He will be a great Captain one day .

We will also look better when Pits comes back. First two games lots of defensive pressure on Gleason and Corvo——and weakness on PP. All of that should improve when Joni is back. They will get it together !! No doubts in my mind. The season is young !!

GO CANES! Go Heels!

by UNCCaniac8 on Oct 5, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions

Well our multi million dollar pacifier is out….again.

What a waste.

by Paladin6 on Oct 5, 2009 11:08 AM EDT reply actions

Brutal. This just adds to a not-very-good opening weekend for the Canes.

Do they call up Sutter (can he play wing)? Boychuck?

by RCheli on Oct 5, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions

You guys and gals are funny — two games into the season and the majority of the comments relate to chicken little and the curse of the sky falling. Either that or Paladin has planted his seed successfully so that it is branching into everyone’s head. There is enough talent on this team to get going and if the resutls stay like the first two games 10, 15, 20 games into the season then these comments are warrented. I think things will change when Joni returns. And wIth an 82 game schedule do they really need to win every game? As long as they improve with each outing and make the playoff it doesn’t really matter to me if they make the 1st or 8th seed because everyting starts over in the playoffs.

by hotchipsnsalsa on Oct 5, 2009 1:54 PM EDT reply actions

Another voice of reason.

Like I said, this is only 4.762% of the season.

I asked once before:

Why so serious?

A conservative is someone who wants to get rid of all illegal immigrants,
Just as soon as those guys finish mowing his yard and building the shed

by lcd2you on Oct 5, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea but the sky was falling and so may be this season and 4.762% of the season already gone is kinda a scary #. It’s not so much two games they lost it’s the way they lost them( or at least the Boston game).

by canescup on Oct 5, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions