Maatta out for year, surgery completed and successful, no long-term impact on career
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PensBandwagonerNo272*
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Bradley has been the Steeler orthopedic surgeon for a couple decades. The guy must have some game.
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Off-season shoulder surgery, cancer, surgery to remove that cancer and now another shoulder injury. Has to be overwhelming. I don't think the kid was ever going to be right this year anyway after all of that. It's good that he's going to get a really long time to heal and clear his mind a bit after going through so much.
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This is the guy that did Maatta's first surgery.
http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/6160496-74/maatta-penguins-pouliot
http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/6160496-74/maatta-penguins-pouliot
cygnus47
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Will probably be longer if anything. He came back faster than expected last time and it didn't work out too well. He's a quick healer though, or he's an android that doesn't feel pain.
IcedCapp
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Take back what i said about Bradley doing surgery. Vyas did it. Bradley was there in the surgical /operating room tho
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Eh, we'll have to wait and see if it's really great news. I have never seen a team press release after a surgery that said "Oh my God we completely ****ed it up, he'll never be able to move his arm again. Amputation appointment is set for Tuesday."
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Even the Pgh media would have a difficult time hiding the fact that Maatta has one arm....
IcedCapp
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really?
Rob Rossi: "I'm told by sources that Maatta didn't like that arm, that losing it was part of the deal."
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more for my own personal edification, but does the pens being based in a medical hotbed like pittsburgh mean a higher incidence of these procedures being done locally? do most teams send these guys to be operated on by 'superstar' surgeons all over the world?
There are some very good orthos in Pgh, for sure.
I've been seeing Bradley for my knee on and off for years, he repaired my left knee back in 2002.
I kinda wish he'd done the surgery this time! He's very good and has been w Steelers for ages.
Though I thought Chip Burke was the local shoulder expert....?
Or was he part of the "old" Pens med team?.....
I've been seeing Bradley for my knee on and off for years, he repaired my left knee back in 2002.
I kinda wish he'd done the surgery this time! He's very good and has been w Steelers for ages.
Though I thought Chip Burke was the local shoulder expert....?
Or was he part of the "old" Pens med team?.....
Though to proclaim "no long-term impact" on Maatta's career seems plain stupid.
Shoulders are always hard to get right and hard to rehab, and as a defenseman it takes a beating.
And how many games did Olli last before re-injuring it? Like 10-12?
The questions re coming back too soon are going to remain I think.
Shoulders are always hard to get right and hard to rehab, and as a defenseman it takes a beating.
And how many games did Olli last before re-injuring it? Like 10-12?
The questions re coming back too soon are going to remain I think.
