"The doctors have come in with a new plan," said Demitra. "I've been swimming for the past two...

"The doctors have come in with a new plan," said Demitra. "I've been swimming for the past two weeks and building up a lot of strength and the movement in my arm is getting better. And I'm now skating, too. We're heading in the right direction."

But don't expect Demo to return any time before late-December or mid-January.

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Do we have cap room for Demo? Are we even within, er, $1.2m of the cap? … to pick a non-random salary :)

The opposite of serious is not funny; the opposite of serious is unserious.

by casual on Nov 23, 2009 3:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Good question…we need a capologist here. I think we would be over. Gillis acquired some guys knowing that Demitra was going to be out long-term…so that is my guess.

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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 23, 2009 3:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Mine too. So who gets cut? Welly for sure (not producing, plus Demo can play center in hisplace). If I look here I see that we have about $1.7m of cap space. Demo’s 4.0-1.7 = 2.3m. Take away Welly’s 1.2 and we have 1.1m to go.

Sorry, Shane?

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by casual on Nov 23, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

A new plan?! Demo’s entire rehab needs the Benny Hill theme.

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by Yankee Canuck on Nov 23, 2009 3:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

And it’s Demitra, swimming up the ice v.e.r.y s.l.o.w.l.y over the centre line! The crowd roars!

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by casual on Nov 23, 2009 3:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Wait

Pavol who?

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by Temujin on Nov 23, 2009 4:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

First thing that came to my mind..

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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 23, 2009 4:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I pictured water wheels. And nose plugs.

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by Yankee Canuck on Nov 23, 2009 8:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

guess that means I’m demented

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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 23, 2009 8:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

As hilarious as this picture is, it might not be that far from the truth. One of the Toronto Raptors was rehabbing in the University of Toronto pool the other day, and apparently the guy can’t swim – he had a flotation belt, TWO pool noodles, AND a someone swimming next to him as he paddled pathetically up and down the pool.

I think it was this guy: http://www2.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/players/Reggie_Evans/. But I don’t follow basketball too closely so I don’t know for sure.

by nucksandpucks on Nov 23, 2009 9:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if he’s on the downside of decent at this point in his career, or maybe the extra long layoff will have rejuvenated him.

by Bobby Canuck on Nov 24, 2009 12:45 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Let’s just start a site bet on how long it’ll take Demo to re-injure himself whenever he finally gets back on the ice.

3-5 games feels about right.

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by Yankee Canuck on Nov 24, 2009 4:16 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ll go with about 12-15 games.

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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 24, 2009 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Are those

the same doctors that handled Hodgson?

by yoata on Nov 24, 2009 12:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, they were telling him that his shoulder was fine, so Demo went to the pool for a 2nd opinion. AV accused Demo of making excuses and not being able to deal with reality.

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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 24, 2009 12:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs