does anyone else find it a bit strange that the only two major skate-to-throat accidents, in the NHL (in my lifetime, anyways), have both occurred in buffalo ? wow... hopefully zednik will have a quick recovery and not suffer from all the PTSD/OCD stuff that plagued malarchuk well into retirement....
additionally, i'm a bit confused if clint malarchuk is currently the goaltending coach for the blue jackets, or an equine dentist....
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Saw the video on Sportscentre. Easily one of the scariest things I've seen in the NHL. I don't think the image of the blood will be leaving my mind for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteIt's just good to hear that he's going to be okay. I wonder what kind of neck protection backlash will follow this... similar to how much media the visor got after the Berard eye injury a few years back.
the neck protection commentary has been done, though. i believe it started 18 years, 11 months and 11 days ago....
ReplyDeletethe zednik highlight (lowlight ??) is brutal, to be sure.... but nothing will ever beat the malarchuk replay; the sheer size of the pool of blood in just the first milliseconds..... either way, both are pure slasher-flick gory and absolutely horrifying....
the garbajosa injury might be worse --i wouldn't know... i've HEARD the replay, but never had the guts to actually WATCH.
i just hope zednik doesn't suffer from all the emotional/mental problems that malarchuk did following his on-ice near-death....
Is it just me, or can you actually still see the scar across his throat? Or maybe that's just a fold in his neck skin...
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