In the age of social media and replays when it's difficult to keep secrets, plus the increased focus on gambling across the sport, why does the NHL continue to lag behind the NFL, NBA and MLB when it comes to injury disclosure?
Posted: Nov. 2, 2022 8:57AMEdmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl is injured during second period NHL conference finals action against the Colorado Avalanche, in Edmonton on Monday, June 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason FransonThe Edmonton Oilers centre dealt with an obvious ankle injury throughout the majority of last spring’s NHL playoffs.
Only after the Oilers were eliminated was the extent of the injury — a high-ankle sprain — Draisaitl had been dealing with revealed. “If I had it my way, I don’t think people should even know how much money we make,” Chicago centre Max Domi said. “It’s nice just to fly under the radar. But I understand that’s where the world’s going.”
“With the gambling side of it, maybe they’re gonna have to go that way,” Edmonton captain Connor McDavid said. “But you definitely saw it with Leo’s ankle … some targeting going on.Washington goaltender Darcy Kuemper said players are probably going to have to accept being “a little more up front” when it come to ailments.
He added there’s nothing wrong with targeting a player battling an injury by legal means between whistles.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.“You’d almost rather not know and just go at a guy hard and play fair,” Werenski said.But Philadelphia winger Cam Atkinson added the days of keeping that information in-house are mostly gone.
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