Bryan Little may be done?

[manwiches]

Yikes... I should really put my ear guards back in. I haven't had them in for the past 15 years.

[erikk3]

I hope you guys aren't forced to cry yourselves to sleep every night you see someone not wearing a shield in beer league

[troutman]

Originally Posted by Locke

What stuns me is beer-league guys who do the same thing.

No cage? Why?

"Thats how the Pros do it!"

Yes...but unlike the pros you have to go to work tomorrow.

Talk to any dentist - they see the damage every week and recommend a full cage.

[bluejays]

Unfortunate what happened with little, but realistically, how many guys get hit in the ear? I'd be more concerned about the throat being unprotected, but suddenly to say everyone should have mandatory ear protection? Sounds a little much when there hasn't been much of a history with ear related concussions that I know of.

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Locke

What stuns me is beer-league guys who do the same thing.

No cage? Why?

"Thats how the Pros do it!"

Yes...but unlike the pros you have to go to work tomorrow.

I'm lucky. I didn't wear a visor until I was about 35. I took a puck off of the logo on my helmet and I thought that was too close. Took me two years to finally get the visor. So what happened in my first game with a visor? Slapper from the point takes a weird rebound off of the goalies pad and hits me on the visor. I was never hit in the face until that day but what timing was that to put the visor on?

After a few years I decided I'm safer with a full face shield. Almost a couple months later I took one in the shield that surely saved me from lost teeth. I'm lucky with my timing.

[Flashpoint]

I took my ear guards off until i got hit in the ear with the puck.

I didnt like the sound very much, so now I leave them on.

[White Out 403]

Doctors recommended to Little that he not play the upcoming season.
https://www.tsn.ca/kevin-cheveldayof...ason-1.1536963

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

Doctors recommended to Little that he not play the upcoming season.
https://www.tsn.ca/kevin-cheveldayof...ason-1.1536963

That is horrible news. No wonder they went out and got Stastny

[Zulu29]

Wow...I feel like a complete moron...will definitely wear a full cage and ear guards going forward.

[keenan87]

Originally Posted by fleury

Unfortunate what happened with little, but realistically, how many guys get hit in the ear? I'd be more concerned about the throat being unprotected, but suddenly to say everyone should have mandatory ear protection? Sounds a little much when there hasn't been much of a history with ear related concussions that I know of.

You don't only have to make reactionary decisions when something is already clearly going wrong. There is merit in prevention based measures. Make sure it doesn't happen in the first place.

Putting a flap to cover your ears shouldn't take away from a player's skillset.

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by keenan87

You don't only have to make reactionary decisions when something is already clearly going wrong. There is merit in prevention based measures. Make sure it doesn't happen in the first place.

Putting a flap to cover your ears shouldn't take away from a player's skillset.

Exactly. Let's wait until someone dies from a puck to the face until we decide to put face masks on. That's what had to happen until helmets were finally made mandatory. (And even that was instantaneous stupidly.)

Playing without helmets seems incredibly reckless and dumb now doesn't it? The face masks is the same deal. How many times per game do high sticking occur? And each time there's a risk to someone's teeth, eyes, and face in general from skates and 100 mph pucks.

It's gonna happen at some point. And it's gonna be a dark day.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

It's just not worth it for a few more years of playing. His current contract pays him about $5.3 million per year until 2024 at which point he would be 36, so at least he managed set himself up well to pursue other things and focus on being healthy.

Pretty sure those contracts are covered 100 percent by insurance and would not be subject to escrow (which could be huge over the next couple years). Financially and health wise it is a no-brainer to retire.