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Originally Posted by Coach
Everytime there's news of Monahan's surgery it just makes me wonder why it didn't happen earlier.
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Given the awful timing of it coming out (just after the deadline), I believe Monahan was just hiding the severity of it/pushing through it.
Odd that such a thing can happen in pro sports, and it's commendable from Monahan but it's also just stupid. It hurt the team in the long run. The mentality of hiding injuries/playing through them and hiding the severity needs to get extinguished from the sport.
...hell, other teams are overjoyed when they can sideline a player for months at a go because of LTIR. The Flames need to go above and beyond what they're currently doing to make sure the players know that if they're hurt, to disclose it better and be more open about it. They have to correct whatever is happening that led to Monahan not going under the knife earlier.