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Originally Posted by Jay Random
No, that is what they are alleged to have done and the maximum they could possibly have done. It has never been proved that they did even that.
As I and other posters keep pointing out, Kucherov returned to play when his doctors predicted that he would. At the time of his surgery, it was agreed that he was out for the duration of the regular season. The only question was whether he would be available for the first round of the playoffs or only for the later rounds.
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He started skating with the team in mid-March, started wearing a contact jersey on April 16, and amazingly was ready to return exactly on May 16, the first game of the playoffs, and not a day sooner. This is the one and only time I have seen a player wear a full contact jersey for a full month before returning to action, it's usually only a day or two.