They were about to play him in March if Covid didn’t happen. So I’m sure everyone thought he was at 100% after getting a long break.Thats tough. Hopefully he is ok .
Really question Tarasenko getting 20+ minutes the other night 9 months after shoulder surgery.
There was a point in game 2 where he got hit and it looked like he hurt his shoulder and then he shot shortly after that and had nothing on it. So I thought he might've been hurt. This could be career ending if it's the same injury. Dislocating shoulder can become a chronic thing where it pops out rather easily and no way could you play hockey if thats the case. And there isn't much that could be done to rectify it.
So, ppg+.Looks like we got a Stamkos 2.0. It's really a shame, I miss when Tarasenko would put up 35-40 goal seasons and carry the team through everything. I hope he's okay but I don't think this guy is returning to what he was.
Even if it is something minor enough that he gets examined and sent back within a few days, he's definitely done for Round 1 and, if we move on, a good chunk of Round 2. According to Dave Pagnotta of The 4th Period, no update is expected on him until next Monday. Even if he were to return by the middle of next week, he would be unavailable until around August 31 according to COVID testing protocols.
Obviously there is concern for his current condition and his long-term health, but there seems to be little hope of seeing him in the lineup and effective again in these playoffs until the conference finals.
And he signed a set-your-family-up-for-life contract in his early 20s. Unless he is absolutely terrible with his money, he should have at least $10M sitting in the bank and investment accounts. Even worst case scenario, he will have at least another $7M post-tax/escrow money coming his way for the remainder of his contract, so he would be financially set even if he blew all his earnings so far.On the positive side, he's a good guy and is family oriented. I'm glad he got to drink from the Cup during his career.
It is too soon to know because all of that is heavily impacted by the prognosis.Obviously want him healthy, but what implications does this have (assuming second surgery) on cap going forward, ya know since we have someone important to sign sooner than later
It is too soon to know because all of that is heavily impacted by the prognosis.
We need to be able to fit his $7.5M hit under the cap when he is healthy and we can put his entire $7.5M AAV on LTIR when he isn't healthy. Until we have an estimated time frame for his return, the cap implications beyond that are unknown.
It just happens sometimes. Your body will just inherently be at a higher risk of re-injury after you damage something the first time. Surgery doesn't just make your body back to the way it was as if nothing happened. Once you tear your ACL, even after successful surgery and recovery, you will always be at a higher risk to tear it again. When you play a high impact sport, that risk goes up even higher, especially for the vulnerable spots, like shoulders and knees.It’s weird that in March he was seemingly days away from getting back into games, then he had an extra 5ish months to recover and its a cause for concern already again. I am not a doctor and I don’t know a damn thing about anything medical. I am not accusing anyone of anything. I am asking.. Between the Fabbri knee issue and now Tarasenko having (seemingly) more issues.. Is there some cause for concern from the doctors they are using to do these surgeries or are they just freak issues? I know they aren’t saying much at this point, but it seems kind of crazy that in the last couple of years these guys have had their injuries, gotten their surgeries, done the rehab and immediately are shut down again.
Again, I know nothing about medicine and am not accusing them of being bad doctors or anything of the sort. Just seems like a weird coincidence.