Unless he does a Klay and returns after 3 years of absense. Hope this helps us tank hard for Bedard2 very bad injuries that will cause him to miss 2 years of playing hockey and developing. He’s likely toast.
Sandisfan is the Joe Thornton of HF Boards who just racks up tons of assists and then out of nowhere styles on everyone with a post like nbd
Torn Achilles.
He might be done. As a bottom 4 guy with no injuries and now with a really bad hernia injury and an Achilles he might lose as much of a step as EK65 did, which would put him at sub replacement level.
To be fair though - Knyzhov is younger, so recovery will be better.To be clear on it, Karlsson didn't lose a step after his torn achilles - it was only after the 2017 broken foot that he slowed down. However, for someone like Knyzhov who is far less of an athlete than Karlsson was, I think it will be a really hard road for him to return to the NHL. Shame.
To be fair though - Knyzhov is younger, so recovery will be better.
The real issue will be effectively being away from the game for two years, rather than the specific Achilles injury.
Was more talking about Karlsson from his broken foot.Knyzhov is 24. Karlsson was just shy of 23 when he had his torn achilles.