Weird that a puck to the mouth caused a concussion. Meanwhile Sid took that Orpik slapper to the jaw and had no issue (aside from the broken jaw).
Anecdotal obviously but I’ve been dealing with headaches (frontal lobe area) for the past few weeks that I’ve only recently correlated to jaw clenching and neck/trap tenseness, I guess, due to stress. Had a headache for 5 days straight and was convinced I was dying.
Either way if he’s Franzen we LTIR him and we don’t have to worry about his contract, just have to replace him.
Don’t have an issue with shutting him down for an extended period either. Like wait until he’s fully symptom free & cleared to play, then give him another month to be safe. I don’t think there’s any medical evidence that that does any good but obviously the current protocol in terms of how concussions and the recovery is measured seems pretty archaic and non-scientific as is. It’s like “no symptoms? try skating. still fine? try practice. still good? try a game.” I think the longer amount of time you can put between an injury and the risk of another one (return to action) the better.