- Aug 24, 2006
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It make sense to me that any major kind of traumatic injury would mess with anyone, regardless of their mental makeup. If I suffered an injury like Pitkanen did, you bet I'd be squeamish about going all-out toward the end boards.All depends on the mental makeup of the player. I played soccer at a fairly high level for a while and took some injuries like a separated shoulder and likely had some mild concussions. Those didn't phase me one bit. But I also had broken my arm and knew by age 15 that my knees were going to **** and THOSE really ****ed with my game and my head.