Tuomo Ruutu Faces Shoulder Surgery: Is Out For Remainder of Season

oof.

Hope his recovery is a speedy one in the off-season! :)

will be a shocker to LTD…and I do feel for Ruutu…that is why i have respect for ANY player who tries and gives the effort…and i don’t think there is any current or recent past member of the Canes who haven’t or would shy away from doing the same thing…football players are tough…but Hockey players are Tougher !

I’m off to the rats site to see if they called anyone up yet & who…

think of he well he has played injured then move this forward to next year, when hell be healthy (hopefully)

will play next week per N&O

Staal appears to be hurt as well.

Get them off the ice and in a hot tub to recuperate.

I hope they decide to try and be in the 95% healthy range, for once, for next season.

RUUUUUUUUUU noooooooo :(

for a couple of the rats in Albany here’s the link:

http://www.albanyriverrats.com/news/latest/index.html?article_id=2090

hate to see them go, but no one is saying if it is a way of clearing some space on the bench…the business of hockey gives me a headache @ times…

What are the chances we get to see Chris Terry called up?

Bummer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was looking forward to World Championships and to see him play for our team, if Carolina won’t make it to the playoffs. He would’ve been picked to Team Finland for sure. Damn.
But I hope the surgery helps, and hope him a speedy recovery.
I was wondering earlier if he’s injured, because he hasn’t been himself lately, and still wondering the same about Staal, because he seems to be a bit down too.

I hope Staal’s injury, may it be his groin acting up again, or his shoulder – is healed in the off-season. I understand he may feel like he’s Captain now, he has to act like a trooper, but at what cost? He shouldn’t ruin the rest of his career just b/c he became the Captain by keeping on playing when injured. :(

I was wondering recently if he was playing injured…. I know I’m not the first to say it but he definitely hasn’t been playing like himself lately. So sad to see Ruu out, but glad he is getting his injury fixed rather than playing on any further and risking permanent injury. Hope he has a speedy recovery. I know we are all looking forward to seeing him at his peak again next season! We love you Ruutu and you will be missed on the ice!
Kind of surprised to see Tlusty wasn’t listed as a potential call up from the rats…… but I guess if he is just returning from injury too they don’t want to risk him, plus he probably has more NHL time racked up this season than Osala, Samson or Bowman. Would be good to see Osala back for the rest of the season.

Fingers crossed this isn’t career-limiting and he can make a full recovery.

I guess the timing is as fortuitous as it can be to give him enough time to heal before Helsinki (I hope).

ThankS God he was able to play in Vancouver.

Heartbroken to hear he’s been suffering so much.

That’s about all I got.

:-(

Son’bitch guy cannot even play golf…. I think the Raleigh spa’s are going to busy healing and massaging ( potential summer employment ladies) some hockey players this off season. Guess its gonna be up to Big Mc to do some Ovenchicken basting tomorrow night..

(correct me if I’m wrong)
Joni Pitkennan: John Long

Jussi Jokinen: James Rivers

What’s Tuomo Ruutu: Tim Rust?

Drayson Bowman headed this way.

nhl_canes (twitter)
The Canes have recalled winger Drayson Bowman from Albany. Bowman ranks third on the River Rats with 17 goals – http://carhur.com/797

I have to tell y’all a cute story.

I was actually traveling when I posted earlier, and got home late.

My son (who just turned eight) hurt his thumb pretty badly at school today, so when I got home he showed me his injury and told me what happened. You could tell his voice was breaking a little, and I asked him if he cried and he told me no. I asked if he was brave even though it hurt and he leaned over and whispered one word in my ear: SISU.

oh no, Ruutu!

funny story though; I stopped by Harris Teeter to pick up some of “The Juice” for dinner (and meet Mr. Jokinen), and Ruu just so happened to be grocery shopping at this particular Harris Teeter at the same time that Jussi was signing autographs. what a coincidence

also, does anybody know Ruu’s relationship status? he had a lady friend with him…

That sucks about Ru. It does make a some sense, he has not been playing like himself lately. I actually think that last nights game was one of the worst I’ve seen from the Sutter-Ruutu line. They weren’t bad, but they didn’t seem to have their usually performance.

I guess we are trying to see how many call-ups we can make this season. Poor Jeff Daniels is having to work magic to put lines together. Maybe we can loan them Rod and Cole? I know they would have to go through waivers, but would anybody’s feelings be hurt if they were picked up off the waiver wire?

Surgery successful per Canes tweets.

And here’s the link caniacgirl tweeted for wishing him a well: