Innocuous collision results in torn ACL/MCL.
Thank you Mike Potenza
IT's not typically whether they are weak or not, it's how elastic they are. When I suffered my knee injury the doc thought my good knee was torn due to how much flex there was.I don’t think it’s Mike Potenza. Some of it at least is genetics. Jumbo’s were just age related. Hertl just has weak tendons in his knee.
between his 3rd knee injury, and likely not his last, and DW's overpaying of UFAs, Hertl's next contract is gonna be a major disappointment that'll make us all hate Hertl.
not this contract anyways.If Hertl could never play another game but his contract somehow still counted against the cap going forward, it would still literally not even be one of the 3 worst contracts on the team.
Sounds like he'll be back by training camp
I want to ask a question I hope someone in the medical field can help me with. In football when you tear your ACL/MCL you're basically done for a year. In Hockey and other sports, you can come back by the beginning of the next season. Why is that? I was thinking Hertl would miss the first half of the year but if he can come back by training camp, that's a good thing. I just don't understand the difference in the injury between Football and Hockey.
This is generally what I assume too. Hockey strides are not nearly as exacting on a knee as cutting/planting in football. So I don't think it's an issue of recovery speed, but more so a question of when it is safe to make certain aggressive movements with a recovering knee. In short, I think it's safe to skate on a recovering knee much earlier than it is safe to play football on one. But I am NOT a doctor; I am just surmising.
To be fair in football you can't really avoid getting hit, hockey you can. Which is partly why players coming off ACL/MCL look like garbage their first year back.I get that from a skating point of view, but you are still getting hit in hockey. I mean any play where you are hit into the boards can't be good for the knees that are healing from an injury like that.
Hits are not leverage, football is based on leverage . I promise when he comes back he's much easier to knock off the puck for at least another 6 monthsI get that from a skating point of view, but you are still getting hit in hockey. I mean any play where you are hit into the boards can't be good for the knees that are healing from an injury like that.