He had a lacerated spleen for goodness sakes. And no nothing was faked. There have been many former AGMs and GMs etc that have gone through how the league monitors this stuff. There is no falsifying medical reports going on.
He suffered the injury Feb 20. He returned to the lineup 2 months + 2 days after receiving the injury. For mere mortals that are not professional athletes recovery can be up to 8 months! Guidance used to be 3-6 months before resuming normal athletic endeavours. There was a case study on a couple of pro hockey players about a decade ago that had them both getting cleared at 2 months...which lines up with this injury.
He suffered the injury Feb 20. He returned to the lineup 2 months + 2 days after receiving the injury. For mere mortals that are not professional athletes recovery can be up to 8 months! Guidance used to be 3-6 months before resuming normal athletic endeavours. There was a case study on a couple of pro hockey players about a decade ago that had them both getting cleared at 2 months...which lines up with this injury.