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2015-16 Prospects Thread

Some updates:

‏@UffeBodin
Swedish team doctor Sofia Sunnerud on the state of W Nylander: "Under the circumstances, he's feeling good". Won't say if he's concussed.
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‏@jonasTSN1050
Babcock says Leafs have been in contact with Nylander: "He's going to be fine, but any kind of blow to the head is a big deal."
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Well, I guess that's sorta good news.
 
I think it'll take a day or two to figure out the ramifications of this depressing incident.

Best case, he was just shook up, they take him out of the round robin for precautionary reasons, and he is ultimately good to go by the time the tournament kicks into gear.
 
He seemed to be able to get himself off the ice under his own steam. Obviously that doesn't tell us much cos it can take time for the effects to hit if there are any, but fingers crossed it's a good sign.
 
Arn said:
He seemed to be able to get himself off the ice under his own steam. Obviously that doesn't tell us much cos it can take time for the effects to hit if there are any, but fingers crossed it's a good sign.
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Got a Sportsnet notification that he will stay with the team.

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Primary indications are that it is not all that bad, he wasnt out cold which is definitely a good thing in these kind of incidents.  Hope he gets back for the quarter finals.
Kind of makes me wish the Leafs didnt expose their top talent to these kind of tourneys, there are some real goons on some of these teams.
 
Five years from now, I am going to use this concussion as the excuse as to why Nylander isn't as good as people think he should be.
 
You never know with the Noggin. Look at Komarov last year after Ovechkin rang his bell, didnt look great the rest of the season and this year gangbusters.  Or someone like Crosby whom seems to be about 60% of his former self after repeated concussions.
 
Highlander said:
You never know with the Noggin. Look at Komarov last year after Ovechkin rang his bell, didnt look great the rest of the season and this year gangbusters.  Or someone like Crosby whom seems to be about 60% of his former self after repeated concussions.
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Yeah, I posted that half tongue in cheek, but part is kind of concerned about the long term effects of this.
 
Highlander said:
Primary indications are that it is not all that bad, he wasnt out cold which is definitely a good thing in these kind of incidents.  Hope he gets back for the quarter finals.
Kind of makes me wish the Leafs didnt expose their top talent to these kind of tourneys, there are some real goons on some of these teams.
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This actually has very little bearing on the recovery period for concussions.  The bottom line principle is that you avoid all activity until the symptoms resolve.  Having fewer symptoms is a good thing in the sense that might allow recovery physio to be implemented sooner but mild traumatic injury can still lead to weeks of recovery and I have seen more than a few athletes who get knocked out, wind up getting multiple CT scans and end up back to baseline within a week.
 
Highlander said:
Primary indications are that it is not all that bad, he wasnt out cold which is definitely a good thing in these kind of incidents.  Hope he gets back for the quarter finals.
Kind of makes me wish the Leafs didnt expose their top talent to these kind of tourneys, there are some real goons on some of these teams.
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Actually, loss of conscious is really a non-factor when it comes to brain injuries. I hope for Nylander he's okay and can get back in the tournament in short order.
 
LuncheonMeat said:
Highlander said:
Primary indications are that it is not all that bad, he wasnt out cold which is definitely a good thing in these kind of incidents.  Hope he gets back for the quarter finals.
Kind of makes me wish the Leafs didnt expose their top talent to these kind of tourneys, there are some real goons on some of these teams.
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Actually, loss of conscious is really a non-factor when it comes to brain injuries. I hope for Nylander he's okay and can get back in the tournament in short order.
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Does anyone think that Gardiner's concussion impacted his development?  Would he have been a more dynamic offensive d-man now if he hadn't gotten run the way he did?
 
This is a bit spooky,  seems Nylander has been spotted having lunch in the hotel resto and looked fine and now this http://www.thestar.com/sports/2015/12/31/sweden-abruptly-cancels-news-conference-in-nylander-injury-mystery.html
 
They thought they were on solid footing to discuss his condition with the press, then he maybe suffered a setback.

I think we can call off Scooby and the Gang.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if the Leafs found out he was going to speak at the press conference and sent an e-mail saying "yeah, that's not happening".

As for him being able to have lunch at a restaurant, well I'm not exactly sure what's spooky about that.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I wouldn't be surprised if the Leafs found out he was going to speak at the press conference and sent an e-mail saying "yeah, that's not happening".

As for him being able to have lunch at a restaurant, well I'm not exactly sure what's spooky about that.
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From the article:

Feltenmark added it was the Swedish team?s decision ? and not Nylander?s nor the Maple Leafs ? to cancel Nylander?s participation.
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My guess is that he's not progressing quite as much as they had hoped, and they suddenly realized that putting him in front of all that media when he's not 100% is a bad idea for him, for the team, for the country's hockey program, etc.
 
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