Jarret Stoll placed on the IR, Thoresen recalled.

From the Edmonton Sun today:

Missing you, get well soon

By JONATHAN HUNTINGTON, SUN MEDIA, February 12, 2007

Jarret Stoll will not be with the Edmonton Oilers when they leave for a seven-game road trip today.

After suffering his second concussion of the season, the versatile centre hopes to do some exercises today after sitting out the last four games.

"Hopefully (today), the way I feel, I would like to get on the bike - some kind of physical activity (today) to see how the head reacts to that," said Stoll.

Stoll says he needs two good days in the gym before hitting the ice.

"For the first couple of ice sessions I'll be out by myself and see how it is there," he explained. "And when that is all fine and I pass those tests, then I'll join the team."

Stoll is the Oilers' regular point man on the power play, a key penalty killer and top face-off specialist.

If everything runs smoothly with Stoll's rehab, it appears the earliest he could rejoin the team would be for Saturday's game in Toronto.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/Sports/Oilers/2007/02/12/pf-3596672.html

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From the Oilers website today:


OILERS NEWS

Updated: Feb. 12, 2007 at 3:00 PM MST

Stoll on IR, Thoresen recalled

Edmonton Oilers Press Release

The Edmonton Oilers have placed centre Jarret Stoll on the NHL Injured Reserve List and have recalled left winger Patrick Thoresen from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League.

Stoll suffered a concussion in the Oilers’ 5-3 loss at Vancouver on February 1st and has missed Edmonton’s last four games (February 3-11) due to the injury. He is currently fourth on the Oilers scoring list with 13-26-39 in 51 games this season.

With the injury to Stoll, the Oilers recalled Thoresen, who had been assigned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on February 6th. The fifth Norwegian to play in the NHL, Thoresen, has scored 2-8-10 with 37 penalty minutes in 43 games with the Oilers.


http://www.edmontonoilers.com/news/index.php?id=997

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Quite possibly the move to put Stoll on IR was to be able to re-call a healthy extra forward for the seven game road trip the Oilers are on, or his concussion is more serious than originally thought.

According to the Edmonton Sun article he could be back with the Oilers and playing on Saturday, but that is being very optimistic. The Oilers do miss him, but as mentioned yesterday, it is better for Stoll in the long run to miss a few more games and come back at 100% rather than 80%-95% and risk another concussion again so soon.
Lord knows what goes down when that happens; just ask Eric Lindros. No sense in rushing back to quite possibly end a young player's promising career; see Eric's brother Brett for that one.

No word on how serious Pisani's concussion is though.

Get well soon boys; we miss you!