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Old 05-01-2004, 07:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Yzerman's condition?

during today's game against the Flames... Yzerman took a nasty looking shot to the face. a slap shot on goal ricocheted directly into his facial area. he immediately left the game, and last I heard, he was at the hospital. anyone have any updates on his condition???

btw: Flames won the game, 1-0... and now lead the series 3-2.
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Old 05-01-2004, 08:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Only thing I've heard is that the injury luckily isn't affecting his vision. They took him to the hospital after the 2nd intermission for x-rays.

http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews...6_20040501.htm
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Old 05-02-2004, 10:52 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm a wings fan and I was worried, I yelped in pain when i saw it and went "oh man, that looks bad" after he got up and skated a second and fell again. I was scared.
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Old 05-02-2004, 11:11 AM   #4 (permalink)
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well, here's an update to Yzerman's condition. good news: he's expected to make a full recovery. bad news: he's out for the remainder of the playoffs.

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DETROIT (Ticker) - The Detroit Red Wings will have to stave off elimination without their captain.

Steve Yzerman underwent 4 1/2 hours of surgery after being struck on the left side of his face with a deflected shot during the second period of a 1-0 loss to the Calgary Flames in Game Five of their Western Conference series and will be sidelined indefinitely.

Yzerman suffered a scratched cornea and multiple fractures to the orbital bone. He experienced blurred vision in his left eye, which improved following surgery at Henry Ford Hospital.

here's the link to the article in it's entirety...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slu...v=st&type=lgns
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Old 05-02-2004, 12:12 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Good to hear he's going to be alright. That looked sick when he went down. Sucks to see someone like him get hurt like that.

All that said....


Go Flames Go!! Bring em' down at home tomorrow night!!!!
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Old 05-02-2004, 12:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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would an eye shield have protected him at all in this case? i didnt see the shot... but maybe someone can answer

i only mention because of the growing occurance of eye related injuries, and the growing number of players using eye shields
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Old 05-02-2004, 01:05 PM   #7 (permalink)
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It looked like a visor would have saved him the injury. It still would have hurt, though, getting hit in the helmet that hard.

I bet that as part of the next CBA, the NHL will make visors mandatory for new players. They'll probably grandfather in current players, though, giving them the option to wear a visor or not.
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Old 05-02-2004, 06:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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i hope so... eye injuries are fucking scary

it's the next logical step I'd assume
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Old 05-02-2004, 07:13 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I only hope that this wasn't the last time we get to see Stevie on the ice, would really be a sad way to end such a great career.
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Old 05-03-2004, 07:24 AM   #10 (permalink)
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would an eye shield have protected him at all in this case? i didnt see the shot... but maybe someone can answer

i only mention because of the growing occurance of eye related injuries, and the growing number of players using eye shields
A visor wouldn't of protected Yzerman from injury, and it more than likely wouldn't of made the injury less severe. The shot was coming up at his face from ice level and it more than likely would of gone under the visor and still caused the injury. This is my opinion.

Of course there is the chance it would of hit the visor and not caused any injury, so you really can't say if it would of protected him.

Making it mandatory to wear visors for new players isn't the answer to stopping players from getting eye injuries, this was a freak accident, these visors are annoying as hell, they make everything harder to see, and being hit by a guy with a visor on sucks, those things are sharp, they fog up, I don't know when I had to wear a visor in junior I couldn't wait to get the thing off, this was the way the majority of players felt, and probably still do. Just my 2 cents.
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Old 05-03-2004, 10:24 AM   #11 (permalink)
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blindness or broken eye socket...... annoying visor...... I know which one I would choose, especially after seeing so many players go down with horrible, PREVENTABLE, eye injuries.

it's like when they made wearing seatbelts mandatory.... people hated it, but it's saving lives... there will always be a few retards who dont wear their seatbelts and die because of it
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Old 05-03-2004, 10:40 AM   #12 (permalink)
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It's a tough call, making them mandatory for new players in the NHL. Freak accidents are going to happen no matter what.Remember what happened to Clint Malarchuck I think it should still be left to the player though, if you want to risk the injury then don't wear a visor.
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Old 05-03-2004, 10:50 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I agree, these are grown men, they should make the decesion.

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blindness or broken eye socket...... annoying visor...... I know which one I would choose, especially after seeing so many players go down with horrible, PREVENTABLE, eye injuries.
... there will always be a few retards who dont wear their seatbelts and die because of it
Visors won't stop as many of these injuries as people like to think, so many times these are just freak accidents, and sticks, pucks, and skates can still slide under visors, and cause injury.

I don't think the people that aren't wearing visors are "retards", it's their decesion and their lives, on the other hand I agree that people that don't wear their seatbelts are stupid, I just think a better word could of been used instead of "retards" it's such a missused word.
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Old 05-03-2004, 02:07 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Hmm, I never said people who wear visors were retards, but I can see how that extrapolation could be made from my statement...

Yeah I agree a different word should be used... Spur of the moment.

I don't think by any stretch that visors would prevent freak accidents, because there is always a margin of error... however I do believe that it would cut down on the accidents by a great portion.

And I don't think that allowing them to make their own decision simply because they are "grown men" is sufficient... These organizations have an investment in these players, and it is in their best interest to protect them the best way possible.
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Old 05-03-2004, 05:51 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Yzerman is my favorite player and I hate it when something like this happens but its a part of the game that you have to accept. But there are going to be people who will prompt to have face sheilds become more permanent. But I think that when you step onto the ice you take a risk no matter what.
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Old 05-03-2004, 08:06 PM   #16 (permalink)
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These organizations have an investment in these players, and it is in their best interest to protect them the best way possible.
If this was the case then body contact would be banned because plenty of players get hurt body checking, and fighting lots of injuries from fighting. I agree with streak_56 something like this is part of the game, and that when you step onto the ice you take a risk no matter what.
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Old 05-03-2004, 09:35 PM   #17 (permalink)
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No man... they have RULES governing body checks, what's clean and dirty... and they enforce it with penalty minutes, fines, and suspensions... that's how they protect their players

Visors would be a way of protecting them from eye injury... it's pretty much the same idea.
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Old 05-04-2004, 03:34 AM   #18 (permalink)
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They have rules governing high sticking, and they punish it with penalties, fines, and suspensions, is that not already protecting their players?

Visors might help protect them from injury, don't say they would because no one knows what injury might have been prevented. And NO the rules governing the game and forcing the players to wear visors are nowhere near the same idea sorry.
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Old 05-04-2004, 09:30 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Well... it seems we're arguing over pointless loopholes in what we're saying, and neither of us is going to budge... so let's agree to disagree
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Old 05-04-2004, 12:05 PM   #20 (permalink)
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sounds good, I was thinking the same thing this morning when I was typing my last post.

Anybody hear anything else on Yzermans condition?
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Old 05-04-2004, 12:20 PM   #21 (permalink)
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All i've heard is

*out for the rest of the postseason (haha, its already over)
*expected to make a full recovery

besides that, nothing
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Old 05-04-2004, 02:07 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Good that he's going to make a full recovery, I just hope we haven't seen the last of Stevie Y.
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Old 05-07-2004, 10:02 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I really hope he comes back. Not only was he an asset to the Wings..he is a damn good guy all around and a decent role model for the entire league, generally a hard worker. Get well Stevey Y..we miss you already
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Old 05-08-2004, 05:47 AM   #24 (permalink)
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he said he would be wearing a visor when he comes back, nice one steve. about time, just one game to short
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