The Edmonton Oilers centre dealt with an obvious ankle injury throughout the majority of last spring’s NHL playoffs. That balance has been struck in favour of protecting the health and safety of the player going back 15, 20 years now. “You worry about that.”Washington goaltender Darcy Kuemper said players are probably going to have to accept being “a little more up front” when it come to ailments. “If you’re going to play through something in the playoffs, you don’t want everyone knowing your finger’s broken,” he said. “As a healthy player, you’re probably saying, ‘Oh, HRR … let’s get it going, let’s grow it.’ But there’s definitely two sides.

Source: thestar November 03, 2022 03:48 UTC