What freaking gobbledegook is this? You're saying that a) it explains how he was handled; b) but they would have handled him this way anyway; and c) they should never have tried to see if he could play. What utter nonsense. There's plenty else to criticize without going into contortions like this.
Read it again.
I'm saying he was mis-handled from when he returned until Jan. 6. He clearly hurt himself again on Jan. 6, which serves as a good excuse for not playing him afterwards.
Summary - He played 3 games in Utica, played Dec. 23, and looked fine but got very limited ice time (normal) then sat all the way until Jan. 2 instead of playing again. He played 4 straight games, showed NO SIGNS of any injury during those 4 games then just sat because we started a winning streak. Played vs the Avs and sat vs the Yotes... i guess there could be reasoning in resting him/easing him in the line-up then but that was after sitting for 10 days? The 10 days made 0 sense and was a horrible job handling him.
He did hurt himself on Jan. 6 so missing time since then its normal.
The excuse of him being injury the entire time is really just a convenient excuse after the fact. WD did say during the win streak that he did NOT know what he had with Rodin and thus did not play him. After Jan. 6, it makes more sense to just blame it on injury (for Dec. 23 - Jan 2 span) because its convenient.
Finally if he was hurt the entire period like the team is more or less trying to imply now, that's a horrible way of handling his injury anyways. If their new claim is try, then he was rushed back for no reason, played 4 games that he shouldn't before resting then his injury got worst and he'll likely be out another extended period.
I really wish he'd pan out. 
