Totally agree with this. Ehlers is just not himself lately, at all. Biggest thing I notice is his speed is not there, or his body movement. He's usually not a lazy player, so I think his operation is not fully healed, or he's a little scared of re -aggravating it, or maybe he has ? Would like to see the old Ehlers that can rush the puck from his defensive zone, skate thru the opposition, circle around the net, while the defenseman back off in awe of his speed. I hope Ehlers will return back to his old form -- but he's definitely not his old self right now.
Spot on! It is certainly difficult to say if Ehlers is either cautious about reinjuring vs
possibly slightly reinjured, but given that granulation tissue is fully set in a soft tissue injury by 28-40 days, one could expect the injury is healed.
Getting the last bit of range of motion back at fully skating speed is another thing tho’, and I suspect that he may just be holding off on full afterburner because of that. I wouldn’t doubt he’s always pushing it though..
I just expect him to be on a slow, steady upward curve over the next 6-10 games..
But I’m not a sports PT, trainer or chiro any more..what do I know.
I’m just glad to see him back and hoping to see flashes of the old Danish.
We lost our crispy Croissant a few years ago and just seem to have sloppy turnovers on the plate lately..