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I beleive someone else has asked this recently, but anyone know how hurt(UBI/Shoulder) this guy is. I dont think he's played in Hershey since early December and Capitals aren't disclosing much.
He finished last year as a regular, did he just disappear?

Seems like a concussion. This was posted a few days ago

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks...ations-to-say/

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So what happened to Orlov, one of the team’s rising stars? While skating for the Hershey Bears in the AHL Showcase at Verizon Center in November, the young Russian absorbed a hit up high from Emerson Etem. He didn’t appear to be favoring anything when he attempted to play one more shift that night, leading many to believe he suffered a concussion. In an interview with RMNB’s Ian Oland, Bears coach Mark French did not confirm or deny that Orlov may have received a concussion on the hit.

“The only thing we’ve said so far — as far as my understanding — is that it’s an upper body injury,” French told Ian. “It’s above my pay grade and above my qualifications to say any more. It’s certainly an upper body injury.”

“Our hope is that once we regroup as a team following the All-Star break he would be able to skate,” said the coach.

This was second time Orlov has been injured this year. A month and a half before leaving the AHL Showcase, he was slammed head-first awkwardly into the boards from behind, causing him to miss about two weeks. French said the injuries are connected.

“It’s hard to answer without the medical knowledge, but to my understanding of it, they are related,” he said to Ian.

According to French, the fastest coach in AHL history to 100 wins, Orlov is progressing after suffering a set-back the second week of January. That week, Orlov tried skating again for the first time since suffering the injury but didn’t feel “good” and “backed off,” in French’s words. Since then, Dima has been riding a stationary bike to work on his fitness as he makes his way back into game shape. The plan is to have Novokuznetsk native back on the ice again next week after the AHL All-Star Game on Monday.

“I think he is getting better,” French said. “It’s safe to say that once he comes back healthy, there’ll be a conditioning period where we’ll have to get him up to game speed. How long that is, I’m not sure. We certainly would like to see him in a week of practice before getting him back into a game.”

“I would expect once he is healthy and goes through a conditioning period down here, that he would be going right up to Washington,” he continued.

I have finally found an update. It looks like he might start skating again on Monday.

Latest updates indicate that Orlov might begin practicing on Thursday.

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index..._practice.html

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Originally Posted by mikerocksthered (Post 1079475)

Latest updates indicate that Orlov might begin practicing on Thursday.

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index..._practice.html

Thanks for the update.

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Originally Posted by wendelclark17 (Post 1079476)

Thanks for the update.

I hadn't forgotten about this, the updates have just been very few and far between! I'll keep checking this week for more updates. It will be interesting to see who makes it into a game first, Dmitri Orlov or Brooks Laich. Place your bets here! (Actually, don't put any money on the Caps or their affiliates)

According to CBS/Roto, he's out for another month:

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nhl/3538/174903

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Originally Posted by PrairieDog (Post 1082068)

According to CBS, he's out for another month:

http://nhlfantasyhockeydynastyleague...erpage/1899127

Well **** me that's a lot longer than I was hoping. Thanks for the info.

Similarly:

Dmitry Orlov - D - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (upper body) will miss another month, GM George McPhee said Friday.
Orlov suffered the injury Dec. 6 while playing with the Capitals' AHL affiliate in Hershey. This is the first real update we've had regarding a timeline for the 21-year-old defenseman, who had a respectable rookie season with the Caps. Unfortunately, we likely won't see him until sometime in March at the earliest.

Source: Katie Carrera on Twitter Feb 8 - 12:53 PM