With Byrams recent history, and now Cale’s. The absolute wheels are falling off and people are losing their minds. Thinking these guys aren’t going to have careers anymore etc… Which just isn’t true.
While the other teams probably have a good culture around how they handle concussions. (Teams not the league. And not about DoPS) the Avs specifically are very careful with how they appropriately handle them.
That leadership starts with Gabe. And sure he isn’t on the ice at the moment. But he’s still a part of this team and that locker room.
I get as fans it’s frustrating seeing this continue to happen. But go back and re-live Gabe’s concussion. He sets the tone for our franchise, and it’s ludicrous that we’re having these discussions about. Oh xyz player needs to hang them up. Or change their game. Or etc…
Gabe is proof that there is life after concussions. And his game hasn’t changed. The comments after Bo’s fight, or Cale coming back early. Are an incredible display of ignorance on how the injury manifests and symptoms can display down the line.
TLDR: Let the team, the players and the doctors dictate the timelines. Our locker room and franchise will do everything to make sure we don’t risk these guys.
Didn’t Byram recently go on record saying how great the avs concussion recovery program is?
gallapagos42
What I don’t like about pulling the player out of the game, is that it creates an unfair advantage for the other team. With a lack of discipline from the DoPS, it incentivizes the other team to target top players. Obviously someone’s long term health is the main concern, but at the most competitive level of professional sports, any team will expose any loophole that they can. I could see it creating a bountygate situation
E_tu_Esse
Can we do it later? My head hurts, and I’m sleepy. It’s nap time.
ACatNamedBalthazar
Preparing myself for the downvote into oblivion…
NHL needs to stop the fighting. I realize not all concussions come from fighting, but many do. Make the game about the sport and the skill, not the teenage angst. College hockey is just as good and doesn’t allow it. Hockey as a professional sport will stand on its own without it.
troglodyte
>But the brain is a very different thing. You only have one brain. If you don’t take care of it, you can really suffer the consequences for a long time. If you’re feeling foggy, or sitting in a dark room wondering what’s wrong with you, go see a doctor immediately. Take as much time as you need to recover.
>If anyone tells you that’s a sign of weakness, you can tell them that Gabe Landeskog is weak, too.
This is *leadership.* Speaking up isn’t easy even for someone with a resume like his and he ought to be proud of the stand he’s taking here.
GrammarPolice92
I think if a player is responsible for giving another player a concussion, they should sit for however many games the injured player misses AND pays them their salary. I guarantee you jeff carter isn’t taking headshots at Cale Makar anymore…
vbcbandr
NHL: we don’t suspend players for hits to the head even though we claim concussions are a priority. The NHL needs the punishments to be stiff enough that players go out of their way to avoid head hits, even head hits that may be incidental as some claim the Carter hit was. (I don’t think it was incidental, he’s been around long enough to know that going through Cale on that play was dangerous.)
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With Byrams recent history, and now Cale’s. The absolute wheels are falling off and people are losing their minds. Thinking these guys aren’t going to have careers anymore etc… Which just isn’t true.
While the other teams probably have a good culture around how they handle concussions. (Teams not the league. And not about DoPS) the Avs specifically are very careful with how they appropriately handle them.
That leadership starts with Gabe. And sure he isn’t on the ice at the moment. But he’s still a part of this team and that locker room.
I get as fans it’s frustrating seeing this continue to happen. But go back and re-live Gabe’s concussion. He sets the tone for our franchise, and it’s ludicrous that we’re having these discussions about. Oh xyz player needs to hang them up. Or change their game. Or etc…
Gabe is proof that there is life after concussions. And his game hasn’t changed. The comments after Bo’s fight, or Cale coming back early. Are an incredible display of ignorance on how the injury manifests and symptoms can display down the line.
TLDR: Let the team, the players and the doctors dictate the timelines. Our locker room and franchise will do everything to make sure we don’t risk these guys.
https://youtu.be/cQmN6T8JzR8
https://youtu.be/-y7gpXzU22U
More on Gabe and concussions!
Didn’t Byram recently go on record saying how great the avs concussion recovery program is?
What I don’t like about pulling the player out of the game, is that it creates an unfair advantage for the other team. With a lack of discipline from the DoPS, it incentivizes the other team to target top players. Obviously someone’s long term health is the main concern, but at the most competitive level of professional sports, any team will expose any loophole that they can. I could see it creating a bountygate situation
Can we do it later? My head hurts, and I’m sleepy. It’s nap time.
Preparing myself for the downvote into oblivion…
NHL needs to stop the fighting. I realize not all concussions come from fighting, but many do. Make the game about the sport and the skill, not the teenage angst. College hockey is just as good and doesn’t allow it. Hockey as a professional sport will stand on its own without it.
>But the brain is a very different thing. You only have one brain. If you don’t take care of it, you can really suffer the consequences for a long time. If you’re feeling foggy, or sitting in a dark room wondering what’s wrong with you, go see a doctor immediately. Take as much time as you need to recover.
>If anyone tells you that’s a sign of weakness, you can tell them that Gabe Landeskog is weak, too.
This is *leadership.* Speaking up isn’t easy even for someone with a resume like his and he ought to be proud of the stand he’s taking here.
I think if a player is responsible for giving another player a concussion, they should sit for however many games the injured player misses AND pays them their salary. I guarantee you jeff carter isn’t taking headshots at Cale Makar anymore…
NHL: we don’t suspend players for hits to the head even though we claim concussions are a priority. The NHL needs the punishments to be stiff enough that players go out of their way to avoid head hits, even head hits that may be incidental as some claim the Carter hit was. (I don’t think it was incidental, he’s been around long enough to know that going through Cale on that play was dangerous.)