This shutting him down stuff gets over cooked.
If the team if fully informed by the player would have to look at two issues.
1) Is there long term risk by playing through it, or is the procedure needed the same regardless of whether they do it now, or wait until the summer
2) Is the heal time going to cut into next season
3) What is the player's desire to play? (pain threshold)
If there isn't a change in long term effect, it can be fixed timely in the off season and the player wants to play you don't need to shut him down unless it affects his play to the point where a replacement is better.
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