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Originally Posted by Rutuu
Fair.
Given:
1. He's not the first player to get this surgery
2. He's a $10m+ asset to the franchise
3. If we were in a rebuild, we should not be trying to push every ounce out of our line up
4. His play has been weak for awhile, it took over 1/2 the season to make a call to take him out
Where was the upside for this decision? He plays himself out of it?
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The upside is avoiding a pretty serious surgery with uncertain outcomes, both for his hockey career and potentially quality of life overall.
I don't think people understand why avoiding surgery is always an option that should be considered unless you've lived through one that didn't go well.
Surgeries don't always go as planned.