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Injury Report: Mikael Granlund (4/15: likely to play Game One)
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Nino seems to be okay and Haula will be 2C and Heater is gonna be scratched again. When you get lemons...
Jarick
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Funny how for YEARS everyone complained about Butch shying away from contact. And now people complain about Granlund not shying away from contact.
If he's going to be effective, Granlund needs to be able to give and receive contact. We're either going to get a really good player who's prone to concussions or Bouchard 2.0. Who, FYI, is in the minors right now.
If he's going to be effective, Granlund needs to be able to give and receive contact. We're either going to get a really good player who's prone to concussions or Bouchard 2.0. Who, FYI, is in the minors right now.
Beegoalie
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Tend to agree here. He has been successful because he isn't scared to initiate some contact and get into the dirty areas. Something Bouchard would never do. I just hope he learns how to do it without getting his head hammered on. We can't afford to lose him.
llamapalooza
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I'm not going to blame Yeo for this, but now that it's turning into a pattern, someone on the development staff damn well better be talking to him about picking his hits more wisely and keeping his head up.
ETA:
I don't think it's about contact/no contact...it's about learning how to hit without putting your head at risk. IIRC his two incidents in the NHL now have both been self-inflicted.
ETA:
I don't think it's about contact/no contact...it's about learning how to hit without putting your head at risk. IIRC his two incidents in the NHL now have both been self-inflicted.
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Dr Jan Itor
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There's nothing anybody, except for Granlund himself, can do. It's a collision sport; you're going to get hit. The only reason Granlund got hurt was because he wasn't properly braced for it, like he has been during the countless other times this year that he's been hit (minus Kadri).
this has to be the first time ever people are saying that a Euro player needs to be less aggressive.......
Nino Noderreiter
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Awful awful awful idea to be honest. The reason Granlund has been so good this season is his willingness to go to the dirty areas. If you try to change that he won't be even half the player he is. You gotta hope he can learn to take contact the right way....teach him how to do that...hockey is a physical game...if Granlund can't learn to handle it and keep getting head injuries then so be it, but if he's going to be susceptible to head injuries they are going to happen either way...don't tell him to change his game. His head injuries haven't even come from him trying to be physical or anything...it's just been him with a puck in his feet and not bracing for the hit and not being smart/aware about that.
ughhh. This is the last thing I wanted to hear and the thing I feared most. I'm really really scared right now.
He needs to adjust. He shouldn't be throwing hits. He can still battle, but he shouldn't be trying to hit people. His last two concussions were him trying to hit guys
His hits are him battling along the boards for pucks... getting possession either in the D-zone or the offensive zone. He's good at possession because he fights to take the puck away.
Have to agree. Little weight around the neck makes a big difference.
It doesn't even require that much - some extracurricular training when you go home after the regular regime. It doesn't help with blatant cheap shots à la Murray the other day but don't go and change the way Granlund plays.
I still remember how he nailed Ovechkin. That was some pretty good stuff
It doesn't even require that much - some extracurricular training when you go home after the regular regime. It doesn't help with blatant cheap shots à la Murray the other day but don't go and change the way Granlund plays.
I still remember how he nailed Ovechkin. That was some pretty good stuff
Of course. You could instruct him not to forecheck and not to go into tight spots and send someone else. He's is ,after all, a pretty feeble guy.
Forechecking just happens to be Granlunds bread and butter. He's very good at dishing the puck if he can steal it unexpectedly.
A very difficult question but I'd still say let him play the way he does.
Decisions, decisions ...
Randy BoBandy
Cheeseburger Party
Exactly this. It is what it is. He plays just like he has to, fearlessly and effectively. Or he doesn't play at all. I'm really hoping that everything will be ok.
I'm afraid that at this rate the 'not at all' scenario will come sooner rather than later. Whether this time is a concussion or a whiplash injury isn't even the key question because he's already suffered from both before and your so-called upper body can only take a limited number of hits. That's an area you really don't want to hurt on a regular basis because your off ice life can start getting affected too. None of us can know what that critical number number is in Granlund's case but unfortunately it could be up soon.
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Did Granlund have any known concussions prior to the draft? If so, I don't see why GMCF picked him after going through the PMB situation.
We could've taken Tarensenko or Shwartz and hired Hitchcock
Doubt our scouting staff would have drafted Tarasenko... He's sustained at least one major concussion during his time in the NHL, too.
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Is that even legal to not use a mouthguard in professional hockey? Pretty sure he wears one; I've seen him chewing on it incessantly during games.
Hockey myth, according to USAH and their head doctor, a neurologist at the Mayo( Michael Stuart?). There are no studies backing this up. They do prevent chipped teeth and bitten tongues, however.
Granlund needs to play with common sense. He is not a big guy, and his value to the team is as a premier playmaker, not a grinder. That's Cooke's job. He will shorten his career drastically if he looks for contact. If Yeo is telling him he has to be more physical he should be fired.
