Injury Report: Bryan Little Out For The Season

[ICdave]

Coach Maurice spoke about the loss of Little (ending of the scrum).

To listen click here (or for those who cannot listen I've transcribed coach Maurice's comments).

 

[Puckatron 3000]

Scary.
I very much appreciate those with medical knowledge who chimed in about the (lack of) long term effects.

I will say nothing about the ref, because my mommy told me not to use swear words.

 

[Dayofthedogs]

Can't believe people are making tank jokes at the news of Little's injury. This type of injury has the potential to alter his life and change his career.

Let's show a little class or at least save those comments for the tank thread

 

[SensibleGuy]

Nobody wanted Little to get hurt. I'm a huge fan of the man. All people are saying is that he should go rest and recover and get healthy for next year and the team will be just fine without him for the remainder of the season. Some people have a hard time with reality. We are now better off losing. It's the truth.

 

[Derfel*]

Scary.
I very much appreciate those with medical knowledge who chimed in about the (lack of) long term effects.

I will say nothing about the ref, because my mommy told me not to use swear words.

They get filtered out here! So go on ahead!

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Best of luck Brian, on recovery. We need you big time for our bounce back year next year.

Now that that's taken care of, shouldn't we have known this the day after the incident?

Yeah, that's what I'm wondering. He got X-rays on his back in Tampa Bay immediately after the injury.

Guessing they (Little, management, medical staff) mulled it over and just decided to play it safe and shut him down? Won't pretend to know the implications of a fractured vertebrae, although I know Cam Newton was playing two weeks after he sustained the same injury in a car accident.

 

[jetsforever]

Thanks stralman
Hope little recovers fine

 

[Ghost Town]

Its gonna be one rough stretch of hockey from here for the Jets, yikes!

 

[Dayofthedogs]

@sensibleguy

That is not what people were saying. Read the comments again

Tank you, Bryan, Tank you

There are others like that as well

That's abhorrent. If you are really going to defend making light of this injury you should probably give your head a shake. Why not Leave the Tank comments to the Tank thread.

 

[csk]

Can't believe people are making tank jokes at the news of Little's injury. This type of injury has the potential to alter his life and change his career.

Let's show a little class or at least save those comments for the tank thread

From what I understand there is very low risk of that.

 

[Guardian17]

I hope Little makes a speedy recovery.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

@sensibleguy

That is not what people were saying. Read the comments again

Tank you, Bryan, Tank you

There are others like that as well

That's abhorrent. If you are really going to defend making light of this injury you should probably give your head a shake. Why not Leave the Tank comments to the Tank thread.

Please report these posts in the future, just click on the little red triangle in the bottom left corner of the offending post.

 

[kaolinite]

Not good news at all.
Anyone remember Mason Raymond ? He was on the up and up then BAM Broken Back. He never recovered. He was younger than Little too. Good chance Little is done.

 

[Koonta]

Not good news at all.
Anyone remember Mason Raymond ? He was on the up and up then BAM Broken Back. He never recovered. He was younger than Little too. Good chance Little is done.

I'll take unecessary panic for 200 Alex

 

[Aavco Cup]

Not good news at all.
Anyone remember Mason Raymond ? He was on the up and up then BAM Broken Back. He never recovered. He was younger than Little too. Good chance Little is done.

Hardly comparable situations. I watched Little practice on monday. He didn't look done to me.

 

[SensibleGuy]

Not good news at all.
Anyone remember Mason Raymond ? He was on the up and up then BAM Broken Back. He never recovered. He was younger than Little too. Good chance Little is done.

umm what are you talking about? lol. Little was skating well the past few days. He's not "done" at all. He'll be fine...in fact I think there's a good chance he's only out because he doesn't need to be in at this point.

 

[roccerfeller]

Not good news at all.
Anyone remember Mason Raymond ? He was on the up and up then BAM Broken Back. He never recovered. He was younger than Little too. Good chance Little is done.

if its a stress fracture as reported, he should be fine.


doesn't make the hit any better though. doesn't make me any less pissed off at that whole situation.

 

[kaolinite]

umm what are you talking about? lol. Little was skating well the past few days. He's not "done" at all. He'll be fine...in fact I think there's a good chance he's only out because he doesn't need to be in at this point.

The decline in play will be steeper and sooner ,if not immediate.Time will tell.

 

[Positive]

umm what are you talking about? lol. Little was skating well the past few days. He's not "done" at all. He'll be fine...in fact I think there's a good chance he's only out because he doesn't need to be in at this point.

I would guess so. Perhaps they just figure it's 1+ month recovery time, so might as well shut him down for the season given the standings.

 

[Analyst365]

if its a stress fracture as reported, he should be fine.


doesn't make the hit any better though. doesn't make me any less pissed off at that whole situation.

Incorrectly reported as a stress fracture. It's a compression fracture. Isn't twitter great for news!?

 

[roccerfeller]

And that, folks, is what intent to injure looks like.

Stafford was living on borrowed time after his comments on the officials in January.

And still, this hint of paternalism that the NHL seems to approach with is downright ridiculous.

With respect to this situation, hearing this news just angers me even more. I can't help it: Little is a key cog for our team, and it is us fans, our team, our organization at the end of the day that suffers as a result of this kind of play.

Taking the fan glasses off, that hit is still painful to watch and the fact NHL player safety didn't review it is even more infuriating after receiving this news.

His recovery outcome is fortunate relative to what could have happened...but what if it was worse? What then? The actions would have still been the same: the NHL saying "nope no need for view the hit" and the refs still treating it on ice the same way.

So who then is accountable for this result? The NHL had their chance to do something and now this has happened. And if it was worse, it would have made that decision even more ridiculous. These are the kinds of injuries they say they want to try to avoid in the league, and Little was defenceless when it came to this collision. Now they have a top line centreman in the league out for the rest of the season. I am not sure what the organization can do but they should advocate for some level of justice...as this whole situation was terrible.

I understand why Maurice lost his ****.

 

[Larabee]

Best of luck Brian, on recovery. We need you big time for our bounce back year next year.

Now that that's taken care of, shouldn't we have known this the day after the incident?

Not necessarily. Right after an injury, there is alot of swelling and increased blood flow to the area so it's hard to detect small stress fractures until the injury can settle down a bit.

 

[roccerfeller]

Incorrectly reported as a stress fracture. It's a compression fracture. Isn't twitter great for news!?

thanks for this clarification....oh Ken Weibe...

A compression fracture is worse than a stress fracture, and although the outcome doesn't make the hit any less dangerous as a result, its still terrible for Bryan to have to go through this.

Could have been worse, and not reviewing this type of play is where the NHL dropped the ball imo.

 

[Analyst365]

Yeah this one's on Ken.

 

[JC Numminen]

**** that sucks. Wish him a speedy recovery and that he is 100% for next year.

Wasnt he just skating? Didn't think he would even risk that if he knew that was a possibility.