Lunatik
Normal is an illusion.
I never claimed anyone was infallible, my point is what you know is literally limited to:I'm not claiming to have proffessional opinion, and I don't think anyone is here either. We're all reacting to the same information everyone has. We are also not bound purely to what happened with Monahan here as our base of knowledge. It's no secret that players play through injuries and that hockey culture as a whole promotes it. We have a quote from Sutter in this thread giving Monahan props for playing through this injury. I think you're conflating this issue with other people out there who have hype for Bennett.
Just based off the limited information (yes, doctors are consulted here but without their quotes in here we can't speculate that the hip injury is unimpactful) such as Monahan missing games earlier in the year with an LBI, and the culmination of hockey culture to play through injuries, it shouldn't be a point of ridicule that the teams #1 centre is AGAIN being shut down right after they've been eliminated for surgical procedures. That is 100% cause for concern and waiving that away because "Well doctors are involved" as though team doctors are infallible and have the players best interest in mind is weird. We literally have a case in the NHL now where Eichel is being referred away from experimental surgery that could improve his QoL because it hasn't been preformed on an NHL player before, and they are pushing for him to take a longer, more arduous route to maybe getting healthy. There is no reason to assume hockey doctors are infallible and defending them this vehemently is weird to me.
- he has an injured hip
- it needs surgery to be repaired
I need wrist surgery, it is not going to get better without surgery, it will progressively get worse. But guess what? It hasn't stopped me from doing anything, it just hurts and is uncomfortable to do it while I wait for surgery but the same surgery will be required regardless, it's just a mater of when.