CC2009
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Post by CC2009 on Aug 24, 2006 9:05:16 GMT -5
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Post by Evgeni Malkin on Aug 24, 2006 18:54:40 GMT -5
that's definitely good news for the Habs, and Saku. just thinking of an injury like that makes me cringe, but i'm glad he's okay now. Brian Berard almost had his career ended because of an eye injury, so it's good that Koivu won't be in that same boat.
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Post by CC2009 on Aug 24, 2006 20:54:58 GMT -5
Koivu also had cancer before, I believe, right?
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Post by Excelerator on Aug 24, 2006 23:48:56 GMT -5
Koivu also had cancer before, I believe, right? Yes, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He missed the entire 01-02 except for the playoffs (which you probably remember well, eh?). Good to see him come back after that horrible injury. (For the record, Mario Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma, what the difference is, I don't know. Anyone who can put it in lay man's terms, please do so.)
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Post by Differencemaker on Aug 27, 2006 0:57:16 GMT -5
I did a little research on the difference between Hodgkins Lymphoma and Non-hodgkins lymphoma and found this: Lymphoma is the broadest category of a family of related blood cancers. That is it is any blood cancer that involves lymphocytes (the cell type of origin) that is found primarily in the lymphatic system. It includes all the subtypes or variations of lymphoma, about 40 different kinds. The Reed-Sternberg cell is found only in Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). An additional clinical difference between NHL and HL is that Hodgkin's lymphomas are more often cured and are more likely to affect younger people. NHL is much more common than HL. (source: www.lymphomation.org/classifications.htm)So pretty much it's just the type of cells that are affected, but there is a table that shows the amount of people affected yearly and the death rate for that. And the Non-hodgkins lymphoma has a much high affection rate, and a much higher death rate. So hopefully that made some sense. And I have a question... before Koivu got hit by the stick... was he wearing a visor? Because I think that they need to make them mandatory, because there are way too many injuries that could be avoided by having visors. A good example, as Evgeni Malkin, pointed out, is Berard. I remember that game as I am an avid Sens fan. And it was off a Marian Hossa slapshot where the followthrough caught berard right in the eye and made him mostly blind in the one eye. Luckily he came back, but still.
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Post by Excelerator on Aug 27, 2006 4:03:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the research. I did do a Wikipedia search but I just didn't want to read through all the mumbo-jumbo. And I have a question... before Koivu got hit by the stick... was he wearing a visor? Unless I'm mistaken, Koivu has worn a visor his whole career.
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CC2009
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Post by CC2009 on Aug 27, 2006 8:08:54 GMT -5
Visors are now mandatory in the AHL.
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Post by Iverbure on Aug 29, 2006 14:26:18 GMT -5
Thats very good news, i hate to see anyones career end like that. What ever happend to the Habs player that got the puck in the thorat that one year. I can't remember his name at all?
Also after coming back form cancer and then going down like this would make it even more awful. Its too bad that injuries have derialed what could have been a much better career.
The whole thing about making visors mandatory it wouldn't matter if they were harsher on stick penalties. And i really wish that once you draw blood with a high stick you are kicked out for the rest of the game and if its in the last 5 minutes then you can't play the next game.
Whats more important suspending players for one game or saving what could be a major star in the league which would bring more money to the league??? I really wish they would think about doing this.
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Post by Puckhound on Aug 29, 2006 15:33:21 GMT -5
Trouble seeing out of the side of his eye? ...In the fast-paced NHL peripheral vision is a must. I'm thinking he has one of his worst offensive seasons this year because of this. I just bumped him down 5 rounds in one of my league's draftboards. I'll let him be someone else's whipping boy.
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Post by Puckhound on Sept 5, 2006 15:13:52 GMT -5
September 5, 2006 MONTREAL (CP) - Saku Koivu will start training camp with lingering concern for his injured left eye.
The eye was red and still partly closed when the Montreal Canadiens captain arrived at the team's annual charity golf tournament at Laval-Sur-La-Lac on Tuesday.
It was a lot better than the swollen mess of last April, when his eye was clipped under his visor by a high stick from Carolina's Justin Williams during an NHL playoff game. Koivu had surgery to repair a detached retina in the off-season.
"It's going a lot better," he said, a touch of concern in his voice. "We'll do more tests next week.
"We're hoping for the best."
The Canadiens first-line centre said he still has problems with peripheral vision and doesn't know if - or how much - it will affect his play on the ice.
"Whether it gets better, I don't know," he said. "I'm hoping it won't affect too much.
"Now I want to get into some scrimmages and battles on the ice and see how it reacts. We'll see in training camp when we play serious hockey how the eye will react."
Koivu will wear a visor one size larger this season "just to make sure it won't happen again."
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