Darth Vitale
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Handshake is right: I heard Letang is building a survival bunker and hydroponic farm in his back yard... and hoarding dried soup mixes at the local grocer.
What measures should Crosby take to try avoid concussions?
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Dr Frasier Crane
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Even if Crosby gets another concussion, nothing says it'll keep him out longer than a week. Just keep playing how he always has. And that includes the odd fight here and there.
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Dessloch
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You got to be kidding me? This was a serious thread and many people agree to some extent with it. If you do not, leave it alone or pick 1st answer and be done with it.
UnrealMachine
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I'd rather not see him dish out big hits and give opponents a reason to return the favor. The less big hits he takes, the better. Not dishing out big hits can potentially reduce the total number of big hits that he ultimately takes. We need him to be Crosby, not Ovechkin, etc.
Dessloch
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Well, judging by your theory, more than 50% of all people that have voted and written in this thread are idiots or at least are idiotic when it comes to their opinion about this issue
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MonsterSurge
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It's not like Crosby is out there dropping the gloves with Colton Orr on a regular basis. The last guy he fought was Claude friggin' Giroux. The toughest guy he fought was Andrew Ference and he bloodied him. He's no Jarome Iginla, but he can fight.
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Lighten up
Crosby is healed so he should play 100% like Crosby. Sure he can avoid the after the whistle scrums, but that has less to do with a risk of recurring concussions and more to do with not being an idiot. You never want your star player getting in scrums, unless it's absolutely necessary. So my answer to this thread would be the same for Malkin.
Ugene Magic
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The best way to avoid hockey-related head injuries has always been to move to the mountains and chill out in your bubble. Sid's done enough for this city... he should go live out his retirement in peace. Find a nice wife who knows how to cook in a bubble, have some babies... and God help the persons who take it all away from him. For they will have created the next frontier legend -- Liver Eating Crosby.
I was think of posting a bubble myself, so picture a bubble with a Sid imposed in it.
*Pic of Bubble Boy Sid*
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Dessloch
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Was it not a concussion during the winter classic and then one more Vs Tampa Bay January 4th? Symptoms appeared after the game Vs Bolts preventing him from playing in Montreal later.
There is a HUGE difference between having one concussion or being concussed AGAIN while already being concussed. From Crosbys recovery time it would lead us to believe he was concussed twice!
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Dessloch
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There is a difference between worrying and doing what you can do to prevent further injury. As you can see from the first post there are multiple versions of actions, depending on how careful one wants to be!
Til the End of Time
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this is basically what i think should happen.
it sucks but its the reality of our current understanding of concussions.
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HuskerTornado
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1 diagnosed concussion (look up second impact syndrome, if he had a second concussion that close to the first, he'd likely be done).
1 diagnosed (after many months) neck injury.
He wasn't getting better until they discovered the neck injury. As soon as they began treatment for that he made strides immediately.
I'm concerned every time he gets hit, but I don't think it's necessary to change his game at this point.
JQR
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Don't need Mac, he's a waste of a valuable spot on our lines against a tough opponent. We have Cooke, Glass, Engo, Vitale, and the oft-unnoticed-in-the-checking-department Kunitz. Neal has been using his size a lot more, and maybe by March Tangradi will be doing the same. The first game vs Boston last season our Pens roughed them up good, I remember several choice hits on Chara.
Our roster is plenty tough enough to stand toe-to-toe against Boston.
Darth Vitale
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PensPlz
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He should NEVER fight and, unless it's sticking up for another player, he should avoid the scrums regardless of concussions.
Can't score goals in the penalty box.
Can't score goals in the penalty box.
JQR
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A few years ago I went to an Albany River Rats game with some friends for a birthday. My buddy and I did the hamster ball race during intermission. We had hit the bar pretty heavily before the game and the beer was flowing nicely up until that point.
I busted my ass at least 6 times. Suffice it to say, those bubbles don't do ****.
EDIT: Proof. DOES THIS LOOK SAFE TO YOU??!! I am in the far bubble. Pay close attention to the beginning of the race. I eventually end up crawling the rest of the way.
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