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SuperMatt18 · 11-27-2020, 01:06 PM

That's a picture from right after the injury happened. His eye seemed okay in the zoom call with no blockage on that eye https://sports.yahoo.com/johnny-boyc...191503648.html

Honestly it's still his right to retire, and I'm happy he's able to get the rest of his money on LTIR but it is a bit fishy that they are calling this a "career ending" injury.

1) At the time of the injury they were adamant of no long term injury to his eye and he was back practicing within 2 weeks of the cut. https://eyesonisles.com/2020/03/09/i...ghting-injury/

2) He returned to be part of the NHL bubble, played in games, and prior to returning had said he was at 100%

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...jury-set-skate

So either they were negligent in letting him return to skate so close to the injury, and then play in the bubble once it was fully healed, or this is not truly the reason for his career to be over.

11-27-2020, 01:06 PM	#22
SuperMatt18 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	That's a picture from right after the injury happened. His eye seemed okay in the zoom call with no blockage on that eye https://sports.yahoo.com/johnny-boyc...191503648.html Honestly it's still his right to retire, and I'm happy he's able to get the rest of his money on LTIR but it is a bit fishy that they are calling this a "career ending" injury. 1) At the time of the injury they were adamant of no long term injury to his eye and he was back practicing within 2 weeks of the cut. https://eyesonisles.com/2020/03/09/i...ghting-injury/ 2) He returned to be part of the NHL bubble, played in games, and prior to returning had said he was at 100% https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...jury-set-skate So either they were negligent in letting him return to skate so close to the injury, and then play in the bubble once it was fully healed, or this is not truly the reason for his career to be over.