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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So then what the heck is Treliving referring to when he says
"I've never seen a guy play through anything like that."
Either it was manageable and relatively commonplace or it was a crazy exertion of will that should have had intervention to protect Tanev from himself.
What is Trevling's opinion on players playing through concussions and have mush for brains after their careers were done? That was common practice in his lifetime.
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Leivo playing through a broken thumb makes far more sense as whatever job he gets next year will not be making $875,000 USD.
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I would imagine NHL injuries roll out like this.
-Player gets hurt
-He's taken back to get looked at.
-In Tanev's case he didn't return for the game.
-After tests they assess whether further play would make the injury worse, or if there would be no change.
-If the latter is true it's up to the player based on pain threshold.
I get that we want to complain and act like we know what's going on for every single issue but lets get a grip here.
The players have a player's association and agents to protect them from mean teams that make them play when they're hurt.
Now is there a code? Sure there is. But if the players is diagnosed not to get worse from playing that's up to him to either break or conform to. The code exists because of players stubbornly playing when they were hurt, it will have to be nixed or changed by players saying forget it.