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Old 11-27-2020, 01:03 PM   #21
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If you notice, half of his pupil being blocked by his lid there. Not sure if it always like that but it means a lot less light and information gets into the eye. It also means peripheral vision issues, as well as depth perception problems. Not to mention he may have some mental issues around playing again after the nasty injury.
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Old 11-27-2020, 01:06 PM   #22
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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.
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Old 11-27-2020, 02:11 PM   #23
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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.
It certainly couldn't be because complications have developed since the initial injury. Because, you know, that never happens. It would be an absolute first in the annals of medicine.
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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.
The first line he says in the clip you shared was “there is optic nerve damage”
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Given all the critical incidents that we've seen the last number of years like this one (while the game gets faster and faster), I wonder if a 'Bill Masterton' level incident would even be enough to trigger change in the NHL safety culture.

I would be curious if the average NHL consumer would even be able to notice a difference in performance/quality with more strict PPE mandates.

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-fla...ipment-needed/
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Wish him well...

When he was playing for the Hitmen I saw him lay the biggest hit I’ve ever seen live. Right at centre ice. Was absolutely devastating.
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Old 12-06-2020, 08:40 PM   #27
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Given all the critical incidents that we've seen the last number of years like this one (while the game gets faster and faster), I wonder if a 'Bill Masterton' level incident would even be enough to trigger change in the NHL safety culture.

I would be curious if the average NHL consumer would even be able to notice a difference in performance/quality with more strict PPE mandates.

https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-fla...ipment-needed/
I'll keep annoyingly beating this drum. Professional male hockey players should be wearing face shields to protect themselves from facial injuries that can be devesting just like this. If you can do it as a youth, and as a female hockey player, you can do it as a pro.

Getting high stick night in, night out, losing teeth on the regular, and getting a puck or skate to the face that could end your career (or worse), sure doesn't seem like it just to be macho.

But as said in your post. Likely isn't going to happen until it's too late, and a 'Bill Masterson' happens.
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I'll keep annoyingly beating this drum. Professional male hockey players should be wearing face shields to protect themselves from facial injuries that can be devesting just like this. If you can do it as a youth, and as a female hockey player, you can do it as a pro.

Getting high stick night in, night out, losing teeth on the regular, and getting a puck or skate to the face that could end your career (or worse), sure doesn't seem like it just to be macho.

But as said in your post. Likely isn't going to happen until it's too late, and a 'Bill Masterson' happens.
Its actually illegal to wear full face shields!

They can only be worn in the case of injury.

How backwards is that.
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