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The Canadiens, already faltering as the season starts, did manage to deliver a 5-1 smackdown to the renascent Winnipeg Jets on Sunday, although the loss of Cammalleri and Spacek to injury makes it an expensive win.
I don’t want to sound like Don Cherry, but these guys are so fragile. Do we need more of that Rocket Richard spirit – scored the winning goal of the game with the blood pouring into his eyes from an earlier hit sort of thing? Does being millionaires make everyone more cautious about their physical well-being?
(I am not saying they should fight. We want to watch hockey, not hobo fights.)
Monday sees Anthony Calvillo trying to break another record in a game against the Toronto Argonauts on what looks to be the mellowest, most golden Thanksgiving afternoon in years.
Faiz Imam 03:13 on 2011/10/11 Permalink
The sense of fragility is just a consequence of our horrible luck, injuries in general are down compared to decades past as a result of better protection and medical support.
The injury the rocket got would have been patched up by a medic in minutes and he’d be back looking no worse for wear if he’d play today.
The injuries suffered the last 2 games are 2 freak accidents (Campoli and Cammerlleri) plus a minor injury that will not result in long term absence (Spacek)
Plus, a better understanding of the human body, ex: head trauma, shows that humans *are* fragile, and they are protected better so that they can play longer, and contribute much more over their careers.
There are no numbers, but one has to imagine the thousands of hockey players in decades past who had their careers cut short as a result of innumerable injuries that went unchecked, or that were hidden by the player in the name of “toughness”