3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Not sure where this out at least a week thing comes from. Concussions are interesting things. He Def won't play tomorrow but he could be back the next game. The fact that he flew home with the team was at practice watching suggests it's a mild concussion.  There is no time frame on that. It's day to day. 

There are doctors out there that would argue there is no such thing as a mild concussion.  You are either concussed or not. 

 

Got ejected for this hit, kinda looks familiar.

25 minutes ago, bustamente said:

 

Got ejected for this hit, kinda looks familiar.

Thats less a hit then the one on Laine.

4 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Thats less a hit then the one on Laine.

Result was the same though and Paille got concussed.

6 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Result was the same though and Paille got concussed.

More of a push then a hit. Nothing to see here afaic,

5 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

More of a push then a hit. Nothing to see here afaic,

For that push he got a 5 minute major for interference. 

All these hits to the head are "clean". But everytime it happens in hockey just like in football there are parents who will see that & refuse to let their kids play those sports so the question becomes, do you let those hits continue?

8 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

All these hits to the head are "clean". But everytime it happens in hockey just like in football there are parents who will see that & refuse to let their kids play those sports so the question becomes, do you let those hits continue?

There are studies that less and less parents are letting there kids play football some have gone to extreme to suggest that football as we know may cease to exist.

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

No. It's Matthews and has always been. It's Matthews to lose. Bottom line. .. Toronto vs Winnipeg 

My point is, whether there is a strong bias towards Matthews or not, Laine is in the running. If he continues/increases his strong play and others tail off, some will be forced to award him the Calder. So no, at this stage it's not a done deal.

2 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

My point is, whether there is a strong bias towards Matthews or not, Laine is in the running. If he continues/increases his strong play and others tail off, some will be forced to award him the Calder. So no, at this stage it's not a done deal.

I don't disagree with what you are saying.  However there are lots of media people out there who get votes who have already declared Matthews the winner 

27 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I don't disagree with what you are saying.  However there are lots of media people out there who get votes who have already declared Matthews the winner 

And have stated as much on various programs.

When Staf was out, was he out with a concussion?

Apparently he was. Much worse tho as he's had a few in his career already 

Petan wasn't though?

and Oleksiak is injured again

 

I don't know about you but if this keeps up maybe Penny should play his position

And Evengi Malkin is injured and therefore won't go to the all-star game.

 

Who is his alternate??

6 minutes ago, iHeart said:

And Evengi Malkin is injured and therefore won't go to the all-star game.

 

Who is his alternate??

Please let it be Kessel. He's funny.

I don't think they're replace within the team, I think they might replace within the conference

 

I'm just glad Laine got better in time

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what's the penalty for not going to game if you are picked?

Didn't Sid get a game suspension or something a few years ago?

22 minutes ago, Ducky said:

what's the penalty for not going to game if you are picked?

Didn't Sid get a game suspension or something a few years ago?

Yes. But Malkin is going to miss the last game prior to the all-star Game, so he's good.

50 minutes ago, JCon said:

Yes. But Malkin is going to miss the last game prior to the all-star Game, so he's good.

The all star game isn't as prestigious ad it used to be. It's always meant nothing but now... it's meaningless and basically I'd rather our guys not go and get the much needed rest 

The All Star Game is important to the NHL for marketing and sponsorship purposes.  All their sponsors and corporate partners get to rub elbows with the superstars.  Thats why it embarrasses the NHL when stars back out.

The issue with injury replacements is that guys not selected make plans for those few days.  Many go on vacation or go home etc.  So when a guy is hurt and the NHL selects a replacement, and that player had family plans, its not really fair to make him go.

I'd make the injured player go still.  He can do all the corporate stuff.  As a player I can see why it would suck.  maybe for the first couple of times would be fun, but repeatedly?  Boring.

The Colorado Avalanche announced on Thursday that 28-year-old goaltender Semyon Varlamov has been shut down for the remainder of the team's campaign for hip surgery to correct a nagging groin injury.

On 1/8/2017 at 3:59 PM, Rich said:

There are doctors out there that would argue there is no such thing as a mild concussion.  You are either concussed or not. 

There are people who do not like to use the word "mild" in reference to a concussion but you'd be hard-pressed to find a doctor who doesn't agree that there are differing degrees of a concussion.

19 minutes ago, Atomic said:

There are people who do not like to use the word "mild" in reference to a concussion but you'd be hard-pressed to find a doctor who doesn't agree that there are differing degrees of a concussion.

Relating to the symptoms?  I've been popped many times.  The last time I foolishly took multiple chair shots to the skull, my symptoms were ferocious.  I was very sick for a few days.