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Originally Posted by Buff
That is beyond crazy. How can he even do that, even if he's shot up with whatever they need to give him to play somewhat comfortably?
I saw the interview with Maurice where he said that Tkachuk didn't even dress himself for Game 4. Somebody put all his gear on for him and then he was in really rough shape the day after...
I just saw a tweet that he also has 4 cracked ribs....
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Yeah this is right up there with Forsberg finishing Game 7 vs the Kings with a ruptured spleen. (Edit: I mean, maybe not exactly the same. The ruptured spleen thing still sounds so unbelievable even to this day whenever it comes up. But it's pretty close, at least in terms of "how the hell were you able to do that")
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Colorado Avalanche center Peter Forsberg will be sidelined the rest of the Stanley Cup playoffs after having emergency surgery Thursday morning to remove his spleen and stem internal bleeding.
Forsberg had an assist in the Avalanche’s 5-1 victory over the Kings Wednesday in the seventh game of their second-round series, giving him four goals and 14 points in 11 games. He talked to reporters afterward with no sign anything was amiss, but he complained of stomach pains when he met teammates and club executives at a local restaurant.
“We sent him right to the hospital,” Avalanche General Manager Pierre Lacroix said. “They made the final decision to operate at about 3:15 a.m.”
Doctors found his spleen had been ruptured and performed a two-hour operation at Rose Medical Center in Denver. He will remain there indefinitely but is expected to fully recover by next season.
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