[Svoboda] CBJ GM Don Waddell just told reporters that first-round draft pick Cayden Lindstrom underwent a back procedure yesterday. They expect it to be a one-time procedure with a full recovery. He’ll rest for 30 days and the hope is he can still play this season.
November 20, 2024
[Svoboda] CBJ GM Don Waddell just told reporters that first-round draft pick Cayden Lindstrom underwent a back procedure yesterday. They expect it to be a one-time procedure with a full recovery. He’ll rest for 30 days and the hope is he can still play this season.
Please god can we please have something nice for like 2 seconds.
Meanwhile Demidov is tearing up the KHL
Such a stupid draft pick for a team with god awful injury history
Would rather it be a microendoscopicdisctomy, which is what I had, less invasive then just a microdiscetomy
I’m looking at his back situation as similar to Eichel’s. Years ago it would have been significantly limiting or debilitating, but now, with modern medicine, a player can survive and thrive. Still worried that he’s this young and already has back issues, but again, look at Eichel.
Ugh. Well, here is hoping this is resolves the issue and he is able to be vying for a spot on the team next season. Nothing else one can do about it (besides to hope the team’s draft luck improves).
LOL people calling him a bust already and saying we should have taken the Russian. Why didn’t you go up and make the pick then?
I somewhat understand the obsession with getting a large center. Yet the back issues should have been a major red flag. Plus the ascension of Demidov makes me feel we’ll be regretting the pick for years to come
Still really not understanding this pick. We have holes at every position. Its not like the only thing we were missing to be a cup contender was a 2nd center and you take the risk. I hope I’m wrong but it really doesn’t seem like it was worth taking him given his injury history. It doesn’t seem particularly likely that an 18 year old thats had multiple back surgeries gets all resolved and has a long productive career.
Seems like repeat of the July story, we are at 90% but something doesn’t feel right to be at a 100%. We pray this is not chronic as this franchise has been plagued by injuries as it is, and this is not what we need going forward with the rebuild.
Wow it’s almost like everybody said this was gonna be an issue
Anyway let me go watch Demidov be awesome
I was downvoted to hell when i said we should have drafted Demidov over lindstrom. The kid is playing out of this world with 10 minutes ice time per game. I hope lindstrom will develop into what wadell hopes he will be. I pray to god he wont be another Patrick Stefan
Berkley catton would be nice to have also
No one saw this coming. No one.
If he can still play this season, I won’t be worried long term.
If there’s a set back from THIS? I’ll start being worried.
As a Habs fan, thank you for your sacrifice CBJ
This one will sting if it doesn’t work out. I hope he has a full recovery. We really need another difference maker at forward.
I really wanted Sennecke at the time of the draft, but there were so many other picks that looked like very high floor – high ceiling players. Dickinson, Catton, Silayev, Iginla, Luchanko, Buium. Picking a prospect purely based on physical traits that’s injured was a BIG risk. He even said he was having sciatic nerve pain in interviews leading up to the draft.
For those commenting on picking Demidov. He is incredible in transition and creating offense, but I think everyone is getting way too ahead of themselves. He’s not Michkov, who played on one of the worst teams and carried them. He’s on the best team and almost half his points are against Sochi and the Kunlun red stars……Kunlun red stars have a -46 goal differential in 28 games for perspective.
All we can do is hope it’s not that serious and he plays again this year.
For all you saying we wasted the pick, at least wait a little longer.
But what I will say is that a lot of us didn’t like it anyways. Myself included. But we gotta trust their judgment.
I struggled with rehabbing an injury through only PT for over a year before opting for surgery, which resolved the issue rapidly. I trust our team doctors made the right decision on this one, and Cayden is quite young so recovery should be quick.
![[Svoboda] CBJ GM Don Waddell just told reporters that first-round draft pick Cayden Lindstrom underwent a back procedure yesterday. They expect it to be a one-time procedure with a full recovery. He’ll rest for 30 days and the hope is he can still play this season.](https://www.rawchili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/zCnTh0NMdhlV2ULVe6u_9bJ7j1oVbabH8jXIFJKLvOc.jpg)
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More Waddell: [Don Waddell said Cayden Lindstrom got to a point in his rehab where he felt 90 percent but couldn’t get to 100 percent. The procedure was a microdisectomy, which helps when a herniated disc is causing nerve pain.](https://x.com/jacketsinsider/status/1859273599644733828?s=46&t=bNFzXbF7aCU31Wz78KT4GQ)
Please god can we please have something nice for like 2 seconds.
Meanwhile Demidov is tearing up the KHL
Such a stupid draft pick for a team with god awful injury history
Would rather it be a microendoscopicdisctomy, which is what I had, less invasive then just a microdiscetomy
I’m looking at his back situation as similar to Eichel’s. Years ago it would have been significantly limiting or debilitating, but now, with modern medicine, a player can survive and thrive. Still worried that he’s this young and already has back issues, but again, look at Eichel.
Ugh. Well, here is hoping this is resolves the issue and he is able to be vying for a spot on the team next season. Nothing else one can do about it (besides to hope the team’s draft luck improves).
LOL people calling him a bust already and saying we should have taken the Russian. Why didn’t you go up and make the pick then?
I somewhat understand the obsession with getting a large center. Yet the back issues should have been a major red flag. Plus the ascension of Demidov makes me feel we’ll be regretting the pick for years to come
Still really not understanding this pick. We have holes at every position. Its not like the only thing we were missing to be a cup contender was a 2nd center and you take the risk. I hope I’m wrong but it really doesn’t seem like it was worth taking him given his injury history. It doesn’t seem particularly likely that an 18 year old thats had multiple back surgeries gets all resolved and has a long productive career.
Seems like repeat of the July story, we are at 90% but something doesn’t feel right to be at a 100%. We pray this is not chronic as this franchise has been plagued by injuries as it is, and this is not what we need going forward with the rebuild.
Wow it’s almost like everybody said this was gonna be an issue
Anyway let me go watch Demidov be awesome
I was downvoted to hell when i said we should have drafted Demidov over lindstrom. The kid is playing out of this world with 10 minutes ice time per game. I hope lindstrom will develop into what wadell hopes he will be. I pray to god he wont be another Patrick Stefan
Berkley catton would be nice to have also
No one saw this coming. No one.
If he can still play this season, I won’t be worried long term.
If there’s a set back from THIS? I’ll start being worried.
As a Habs fan, thank you for your sacrifice CBJ
This one will sting if it doesn’t work out. I hope he has a full recovery. We really need another difference maker at forward.
I really wanted Sennecke at the time of the draft, but there were so many other picks that looked like very high floor – high ceiling players. Dickinson, Catton, Silayev, Iginla, Luchanko, Buium. Picking a prospect purely based on physical traits that’s injured was a BIG risk. He even said he was having sciatic nerve pain in interviews leading up to the draft.
For those commenting on picking Demidov. He is incredible in transition and creating offense, but I think everyone is getting way too ahead of themselves. He’s not Michkov, who played on one of the worst teams and carried them. He’s on the best team and almost half his points are against Sochi and the Kunlun red stars……Kunlun red stars have a -46 goal differential in 28 games for perspective.
All we can do is hope it’s not that serious and he plays again this year.
For all you saying we wasted the pick, at least wait a little longer.
But what I will say is that a lot of us didn’t like it anyways. Myself included. But we gotta trust their judgment.
I struggled with rehabbing an injury through only PT for over a year before opting for surgery, which resolved the issue rapidly. I trust our team doctors made the right decision on this one, and Cayden is quite young so recovery should be quick.