The other issue is , it will take Pearson about a month to get back into playing shape. Sutter is not going to use a guy coming off a major injury , that hasn't skated competitive in months, if the Kings go deep.
I wonder if they factor that into the timeframe they give for the injury. Like if they say he'll be out for three months, I'd imagine they mean three months until he's ready to return to game action.
You make a good case. I mean, why mention my personal experience breaking my lower leg playing hockey and then say best case is two months even though my recovery was much longer? You're totally correct that I needed you to act like a true ******* and point out that I'm not a pro athlete so Pearson will return earlier than I did, even though I said two months best case which is better than the Stamkos time line you keep pounding. Sheer brilliance.
Remember that not only do I have first hand knowledge of what it's like to break my leg playing hockey, I also have first hand knowledge of being bad at hockey. Remember that next time we meet up in the Richards thread.
Chill out dude. I'm not being an ******* to you in the least. I'm pointing out that because it took you X number of days to recover doesn't mean it'll take the same for a pro athlete who dedicates his life to playing hockey, a key part of which is taking care of your body. Additionally he has a team of medical help behind him to get back ASAP. That's not being an *******, that's being realistic. Even if he has the exact same injury as you, he'll be back quicker than you barring some unforeseen set back.
Additionally, I used Stamkos as a reference because someone else stated they could be similar injuries.
I'm sorry you have first hand knowledge of what it is like to break your leg playing the game. Truly I am. No one should go through that. That does not mean you did go through what Pearson did because none of us know what he broke exactly, what the prognosis is or anything else other than what we can see on the video replay and one tweet from Rosen (I think it was Rosen). Until more details emerge, expect people to have a different opinion than you. It's a message board.
Pretty sure David Legwand, early in his career, missed an entire or close to a entire season with mono.
Legwand had mono in 1998 just prior to the 98-99 season.
http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNashvilleArchive/sep29_leg.html
He ended up playing 56 games that year (55 in the OHL, one in the NHL). He started the season in the OHL which has a 68 game regular season, so I assume he missed about 13 games that year. Not sure if all of it was due to mono.