News: Nolan Patrick on LTIR

[hotcabbagesoup]

If he has chronic migraines on and off for the rest of his life, though...

Yeah you're right.
Health and mental well-being first and foremost. At least he has money though.
I do feel for Nolan.

 

[Nanuuk]

Yes, Patrick’s huge 1.2m cap hit on LTIR will make a huge difference when a different forward takes his spot.

With Vegas every penny counts.

 

[jetsforever]

Sucks to hear, hope he's able to get healthy eventually

 

[Guttersniped]

With Vegas every penny counts.

So they have a center who makes less than 1.2m to replace him? Someone who’s any good.

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

Migraines are no joke.

I get them occasionally, like a couple per year. And I'm pretty much out of commission the entire day.

 

[jonu]

Not seeing the connection unless Juolevi's career is possibly over due to injuries that could affect even his way of life going forward.

maybe read the thread and u see the connection

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

And that's all she wrote.

Oh well, hopefully he can live of the money he has made so far.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Have injuries ever toppled a top prospect to this level before?

Lindros? his career was killed by injury

 

[Deuce Awesome]

Lindros? his career was killed by Scott Stevens

FTFY
I wouldn't consider them the same. At least Lindros had a good, albeit short, career. He was hyped up to be the next "big one", but like most power forwards, he simply broke down young and never hit those big numbers that the elite achieve.

I would put him and Crosby on the same category. Great players who were too often sidelined by injuries. You could add Cam Neely and of course my personal fav Wendel Clark to that list.

I think Kluzak is the best comparison Ive seen.

 

[Speyer]

FTFY
I wouldn't consider them the same. At least Lindros had a good, albeit short, career. He was hyped up to be the next "big one", but like most power forwards, he simply broke down young and never hit those big numbers that the elite achieve.

I would put him and Crosby on the same category. Great players who were too often sidelined by injuries. You could add Cam Neely and of course my personal fav Wendel Clark to that list.

I think Kluzak is the best comparison Ive seen.

Lindros is one of the most overrated players of all time due to his draft hype. His pro career was very disapointing compared to that partly due to his injuries. Crosby has had a very successful career in contrast with 3 cups and a bunch of major awards. His, Crosbys, career could have been even better without the injuries but he is certainly not one of those "what could have been" players.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Lindros? his career was killed by injury

The guy won a Hart trophy and played into his thirties.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

The guy won a Hart trophy and played into his thirties.

Yeah but he never became what he could have, his brain was mush by the end

 

[Edenjung]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/jarrod-maidens-former-senators-prospect-leaves-hockey-for-homework-1.2920035

Damn.
Poor Guy. I Hope it got better since then.

 

[LTIR]

No I mean the beautiful wives part.

That's just girls being dumb and preferring someone with a 6pack over someone with a mich bigger one pack.
Athletes in general get the beauty. I don't think many AHLers make over 100K unless they have NHL connections.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Lindros is one of the most overrated players of all time due to his draft hype. His pro career was very disapointing compared to that partly due to his injuries. Crosby has had a very successful career in contrast with 3 cups and a bunch of major awards. His, Crosbys, career could have been even better without the injuries but he is certainly not one of those "what could have been" players.

Fake News. Look at Lindros's per game stats and he's right up there with some of the games best.

 

[deckercky]

Have injuries ever toppled a top prospect to this level before?

Bret Lindros is the answer that jumped out to me. Top 10 pick, played only 53 games before he was forced to retire due to concussions.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

well if hockey doesn't work out, he can always have a 2ndary career as a model

 

[fahad203]

Lindros is one of the most overrated players of all time due to his draft hype. His pro career was very disapointing compared to that partly due to his injuries. Crosby has had a very successful career in contrast with 3 cups and a bunch of major awards. His, Crosbys, career could have been even better without the injuries but he is certainly not one of those "what could have been" players.

You can say a lot of about Eric Lindros but overrated is not one of them

If you watched him play, he had no weakness. He could do it all and he did it all
I hated him playing against the Leafs.

You are going to see a player who can score, stick handle but you'll never see a player like Eric Lindros again.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Yeah but he never became what he could have, his brain was mush by the end

And Patrick was a top 2 pick who might be out of the NHL at 23 after missing two entire seasons

 

[Kupo]

Lindros is one of the most overrated players of all time due to his draft hype. His pro career was very disapointing compared to that partly due to his injuries. Crosby has had a very successful career in contrast with 3 cups and a bunch of major awards. His, Crosbys, career could have been even better without the injuries but he is certainly not one of those "what could have been" players.

You clearly didn’t watch Lindros play if you think he’s overrated.

 

[Speyer]

You clearly didn’t watch Lindros play if you think he’s overrated.

Its not that I don't think he was a great player but the fact that some people think he would have been in Lemieux territory without the injuries is a bit hyperbole. And yes I have read this and similar takes multiple times on this forum.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

He had the skill to be a solid 60-70 point centre for the majority of his career. Sad to see where he's ended up.

 

[ForsbergForever]

Looking at his career such as it was, he never had a single healthy season even going back to juniors. He missed a big part of his pre-draft season and going to the World Juniors. Despite that he still went 2nd overall. I think even the most injury prone players had a chance to show what they could do at some level.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

I wonder what Tuomo Ruutu could have been without injuries

But, he played the game the way he played, he was a living wrecking ball
and his style of play got him injured all the time.


Until this day, he is still the most exiting player ever
come from Finland, how he played that is.

also, one of the strongest hockey players ever,
what comes to strength

 

[StreetHawk]

Looking at his career such as it was, he never had a single healthy season even going back to juniors. He missed a big part of his pre-draft season and going to the World Juniors. Despite that he still went 2nd overall. I think even the most injury prone players had a chance to show what they could do at some level.

Patrick’s career went down after the labrum injury he suffered during the Playoffs in 2016. Never a healthy season since then. Should have been a high 2C in the mold of a Ryan Johansen.