WTF is the point of him playing when we're already bottom in the standings with few games remaining. Shut him down, give him his surgery, and then he'll have more time to heal. It makes absolutely no sense at all.
McLellan says because Klef wants to play.
I think this is a case where the team needs to be the big boys with the big picture view and say no, like when a goalie thinks he can play all 82.
McLellan says zero chance of making it worse, but he also says it's an injury that has been getting progressively worse over years now for Klef and treatments aren't working anymore. So, which is it? Guess we can just hope he doesn't take an awkward hit or a bad spill and ends up needing some extra work beyond what is scheduled.
Happy to hear Klefbom will be getting the surgery now, rather than waiting until the end of the year. We need him and Larsson to be 100% at the start of the next season.
Do we know if Klef will actually be healthy for the start of the year? Has the team released anything at all about the surgery? What it is, what its repairing, how long he'll be out, etc
Seems like he'll have a full summer to train.
Gregor just tweeted out that the procedure Klefbom had was essentially a vacuum out of 22 bone chips. The guy was playing with that all year long.
I don’t know if any of you have had bone chips in any of your joints - I have. A lot less than 22 and it felt like my ankle was covered in sandpaper on the inside. Poor Klefbom. That had to hurt like hell.
I distinctly remember Hall saying after his shoulder surgery that it would never be the same. Well, clearly it didn't have that much of an effect. I think sometimes that we underestimate the resilience of the human body.
That is one part of it I think, and you are right, the other part is that I also think these are the very top talents in hockey and many of them can adapt/adjust if necessary. They don't need to be the perfect physical specimen, they got to where they are because they can work around problems/issues/injuries.I distinctly remember Hall saying after his shoulder surgery that it would never be the same. Well, clearly it didn't have that much of an effect. I think sometimes that we underestimate the resilience of the human body.