Disagree. If there is any possible way for him to play....he needs to be in there. I have a gut feeling that the Tokarski magic is over and he will hit the wall in game 6. You can just sense it coming.
Disagree. If there is any possible way for him to play....he needs to be in there. I have a gut feeling that the Tokarski magic is over and he will hit the wall in game 6. You can just sense it coming.
Remember how our 2006-2007 season came to an end guys? We played our injured starter who played like **** over the red hot rookie who kept our playoffs hopes alive. Obviously Price is better than Huet but the situations could have a similar outcome...
At this point would it even make sense to bring him back for this series?
- Tokarski's played well. He's not Price but he's played well.
- Price is hurt. Who knows how good he'd be now if he's not 100 percent?
- Price could re-injure himself and we'd be screwed for next year.
To me we sink or swim with Tokarski. If he can get us to the finals, then we can think about whether or not Price can come in. And my guess is we've probably seen the last of him this season regardless.
Not only that. It's a VERY high risk of losing the series and your goalie.
If... IF there is a game 7. IN A GAME 7 - Why would you play a goalie who has had less than 2 full periods of hockey in this series and returning from an injury that may reduce some of his movements versus a goalie who has played practically the entire series and is somewhat more accustomed to the tendencies of the rangers. The players (regardless of the 4 minute meltdown) are also accustomed to Tokarski now. Right there and then, Tokarski has the advantage.
Then add the fact that the Rangers (at that point if possible) would have just lost a 3-1 series lead and will now be playing ten times more aggressive hockey and will likely be crashing and banging the goalie all night which might risk injuring Carey Price for a longer time.
I love Carey Price. He's a freaking star and one of the best goalies in the league BUT
There is a very high risk to lose a game and a star goalie if you play him in a big game 7.
If Carey is good to go by Game 7, you don't play him. If he was ready to play tomorrow, maybe I'd change my opinion.. but I'd swing more towards Tokarski.
Wait till Game 1 if you get there..
Remember how our 2006-2007 season came to an end guys? We played our injured starter who played like **** over the red hot rookie who kept our playoffs hopes alive. Obviously Price is better than Huet but the situations could have a similar outcome...
Weise have a concussion.... does he play tomorrow?
http://tvasports.ca/hockey/canadiens/commotion-cerebrale-pour-weise-28052014
It is well known, however, that concussion victims sometimes do not show symptoms until days after an incident.“When it comes to evaluating concussions, SCAT2 or any of those sideline screening tests really have no reliability,” said Dr. Paul S. Echlin, a concussion specialist and researcher in Burlington, Ontario, who has done two recent studies of concussions in hockey. “If you see it happen and you see the reaction, then you don’t let the player go back in. That’s the worst thing you can do, expose him to a second or third hit that can be really dangerous.”
(...) the N.H.L. revised its concussion protocol, mandating a player’s removal from the game if he reports symptoms or shows signs of loss of consciousness, impaired motor coordination, balance problems, or slowness to get up; or if he has a blank or vacant look, is disoriented, clutches his head after a hit or has a visible facial injury in combination with any of the above.
Was looking at NHL protocol for on-the-spot evaluation (Habs medics cleared Weise to play after the hit and he returned to action). It doesn't seem that they are reliable:
I'm not going to get into a technical evaluation, however, we shouldn't be reading anything into the Habs' doctor(s) decision to let him back to play. The more pronounced testing he's undergoing now will may tell another story, now that the fact of a concussion has been confirmed and based on Weise's reaction after the hit:
If the above represents the current protocol, seems to me yesterday's replays showed an impaired Weise, couldn't hold his balance, was slow to move, looked startled, disoriented. Don't know how he was allowed to resume. But, I'm no expert.
The protocol is a joke. I don't believe any doctor in today's society would allow a player to resume duties in the same game when there is potential for brain trauma.
It is clear to me that the team is putting intense pressure to get these guys back on the ice, and the players will never admit to what they are actually feeling especially when the stakes are as high as they are right now.
Weise have a concussion.... does he play tomorrow?
http://tvasports.ca/hockey/canadiens/commotion-cerebrale-pour-weise-28052014
Why did he keep playing when he got a concussion? Fack!
Cause it's one of those injuries where testing in the dressing room is unreliable and gives way to discretionary decision-making. Players will do anything to get back on the ice and will lie during the process. They would be less inclined to partake in the charade if it were the regular season. In the playoffs, the stakes are just too high for rules not to be bent.
Weise have a concussion.... does he play tomorrow?
http://tvasports.ca/hockey/canadiens/commotion-cerebrale-pour-weise-28052014
Weise will not play tonight 100%. Like others have said I don't even know why they made him comeback
http://www.rds.ca/hockey/canadiens/weise-saute-son-tour-1.1152673
Not only that. It's a VERY high risk of losing the series and your goalie.
If... IF there is a game 7. IN A GAME 7 - Why would you play a goalie who has had less than 2 full periods of hockey in this series and returning from an injury that may reduce some of his movements versus a goalie who has played practically the entire series and is somewhat more accustomed to the tendencies of the rangers. The players (regardless of the 4 minute meltdown) are also accustomed to Tokarski now. Right there and then, Tokarski has the advantage.
Then add the fact that the Rangers (at that point if possible) would have just lost a 3-1 series lead and will now be playing ten times more aggressive hockey and will likely be crashing and banging the goalie all night which might risk injuring Carey Price for a longer time.
I love Carey Price. He's a freaking star and one of the best goalies in the league BUT
There is a very high risk to lose a game and a star goalie if you play him in a big game 7.
If Carey is good to go by Game 7, you don't play him. If he was ready to play tomorrow, maybe I'd change my opinion.. but I'd swing more towards Tokarski.
Wait till Game 1 if you get there..