Hopefully they don't rush him back.
Hope he is coming back. It was Gillies' fault that we lost to Dallas but he looked like he can break down anytime.
It was reported on Sunday that he'd be staying Calgary this week, hopefully this means a return is soon.
I totally have a feeling this is being rushed, probably mostly from Smith but I also don’t think management will stop him. If he can’t come back over the next game or so, the season is done.
I think we have great management and medical staff. I don't recall us rushing anyone back from injury ever since Treliving took the helm. This includes the Hartley injury era. I seem to remember lots of "I feel like I'm ready, but it's all medical staff and coach's call" interviews.
I would not be worried anyone about rushing Smith including Smith himself. I'm pretty sure Treliving is patient. Too patient if anything. There's no way he rushes Smith back just to try and get a head start on getting back in the playoff race.
Given that his injury was always "day-to-day," it was always going to be out of the blue.I hope you are correct. This just seemed very out of the blue.