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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
No need to say people's views are "idiotic" or represent a "fantasy world".
The contract was great, but there have been suggestions in the past based on end of season exit interviews that the Flames chose to keep letting him play for extended periods when he was in bad shape and playing through terrible pain for months rather than making him sit and get it sorted. Bodies breaking down or failing to heal when playing injured kind of is predictable, and at least is controllable wrt attempting early treatment or not. It's not insane to have a discussion around whether or not the Flames were making choices to prioritize the long-term health and future contributions of the player or the immediate contributions of the player.
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People can talk about what they want, but whenever fans start to speculate on injuries and how those are treated we are leaning even more into talking completely out of our asses.