#Flyers GM Paul Holmgren announced that Danny Briere is out indefinitely with a concussion

#Flyers GM Paul Holmgren announced that Danny Briere is out indefinitely with a concussion

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4 months ago Megadelphia 14 comments 0 recs |

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Bloody hell. We’re not that far away from the point where the number of guys who have had a diagnosed concussion will outnumber the ones that haven’t

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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 21, 2012 4:22 PM EST reply actions

diagnosed and reported. for all we know, using the current standards for diagnosis and reporting, at any given point last year half the guys in the league had them.

/s, more often than not

by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 21, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed. And we’ve always known that a lot of people got concussions that went undiagnosed, but this is off the charts.

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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 21, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

You could probably make a pretty nice team out of all the NHL players out with concussions right now.

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by doubleh on Jan 21, 2012 4:30 PM EST reply actions

I think puck daddy did that a few months ago when Mike Richards was out with a concussion….

by RogueConvict on Jan 21, 2012 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

Well, now we’ve got ourselves a goddamned All-Star Game.

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by doubleh on Jan 21, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions

Theirs was too….
Puck Daddy All-Concussion Team
Theirs might be better then than now.

by RogueConvict on Jan 21, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I avoid PD like the plague so I never saw it.

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by doubleh on Jan 21, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions

Travis did something very, very similar at the same time PD did. They were both linked in a Fly By (I’m pretty sure), but understood.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 21, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, Puck Daddy did a “Concussion All-Star” team.

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by Chemistry66 on Jan 21, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

Got it right here:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/the-nhl-all-concussion-team-would-win-a-lot-of-games?urn=nhl,wp19874

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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 21, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

oh hell. Time to get better helmets. I don’t care if they all look like Atom Ant! I’m tired of this crap

by SkookFlyerfan on Jan 21, 2012 4:59 PM EST reply actions

Helmets are there to protect mostly from skull fractures…I know there is research into making helmets that protect against concussions, but a concussion is about the brain bouncing around in the head, not about someone punching your skull. A mouthguard is still one of the best ways to prevent a concussion, I believe.

by RogueConvict on Jan 21, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions

I bet it happened at the end of the game, when Danny got clipped next to the Devil’s net. He was slow getting up and the refs didn’t catch it. Everyone was paying attention to the delay of game minor.

by ian p on Jan 21, 2012 5:14 PM EST reply actions