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Or it could be set off by fans' lack of faith in his ability to heal.
Prospect Info: Cayden Lindstrom
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koteka
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I am going to write a screen play about a young Canadian kid who finds a magic lamp. He releases a genie trapped inside, and the genie grants him one wish. Being a good Canadian lad, his wish is to be a great hockey player. The genie grants his wish, but says he will only stay healthy if the fans believe he will stay healthy. Otherwise he will be injured. I will call it “The Ryan Murray Story” and I will try to sell it to the Paramount network.
Yeah so many weird effects can happen in the aftermath as it's all a kinetic chain. For me it was super weird for a long time, like I couldn't even straighten my legs on when sitting for months. Not pain but more like something shortened and I simply couldnt force my legs straight. One of the most annoying things for me was it made my gait weird which probably slowed down the process significantly and also strange walking for too long caused major pain but I could go run 5-10km with 0 issues.
It's a difficult situation but I fully believe there is light at the end of the tunnel. I suspect he'll need to adjust his training as I did and he maybe a little nervous pushing too hard in certain area's intially as it's not a pain you ever want to experience again but eventually you regain confidence in everything.
I don't understand why you would have hand surgery to heal your back. This team is hopeless.
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Based on his past, I predict Zach Aston-Reese will not score twenty NHL goals this season. Wanna take that bet? Does that make me "Doom & Gloom"? People make a very good living predicting the future based on the past. They are called actuaries. I would put sports advanced statisticians in that same category. You know, the ones most of the football coaches listen to when deciding whether to go for it on 4th and short. Of course they are not right every time but they are right way more than they are wrong...it's why they get paid the big bucks.
We ALL want Lindstrom to heal and never have any back issues again but being concerned his back issue could continue to trouble him throughout his career playing a very physical game is realistic...not "Doom & Gloom".
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I'm excited to read this thread every year to see how the progress actually goes. Surgery is not always the first option for an injury. The body is an amazing thing and given how little we actually know about this, it's possible that surgery wouldn't do anything more and then you have a different recovery path, along with, maybe, a similar time line.
I think it will depend how the next 6-12 months go. If he returns without restrictions then goes out again quickly with the same problem, I think they do surgery. Much better to have that extended recovery time when he would have been playing juniors then wait until he has an NHL spot.
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The west coast road trip is over. It's mid-November. I hope to see news of Lindstrom being recovered and on his way back to Medicine Hat soon.
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Not sure about you, but I am not particularly happy about our number 4 pick still not playing in mid November and likely missing half a season at the very least
I think I share the above sentiment in the sense that it's worrying it's taking so long.
But I rather they do it right, which kind of seems like they might be doing, so I'm onboard with that. (The other option is that it's much more serious than we've been let on, and that's the worrying part.)
If Lindstrom is a great player for us in 2028, that's great. I don't really care how we get there, and I don't necessarily think losing a year of "development" is all that crucial in the end. It's not linear anyway and maybe a little rest and time off does some folks good and actually accelerates development when he gets out of the daily grind for a bit, hopefully Lindstrom is one of them.
But I rather they do it right, which kind of seems like they might be doing, so I'm onboard with that. (The other option is that it's much more serious than we've been let on, and that's the worrying part.)
If Lindstrom is a great player for us in 2028, that's great. I don't really care how we get there, and I don't necessarily think losing a year of "development" is all that crucial in the end. It's not linear anyway and maybe a little rest and time off does some folks good and actually accelerates development when he gets out of the daily grind for a bit, hopefully Lindstrom is one of them.
koteka
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Personally, I like the slow approach of the new regime. Let’s wait a long time for the back to heal. Let’s leave Mateychuk in Cleveland. The old regime would be calling up Del Bel Belluz and bouncing him between 2nd line wing and 3rd line center with no real plan for his development given his 11 points and 6 goals in 12 AHL games this season.
Really hope this ends as a great story. For him first and then CBJ fans. It's already a hell of a story.
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He is young. He is otherwise (as far as we know) healthy. He has had and will continue to have access to therapy, rehab and training. I like to think I'm not an alarmist.
But this is less than good.
But this is less than good.
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This pick will either be genius or a disaster in about 5 years. I'm worried.
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I've had one. It helps sure but the surgeon said he'd probably see me again if I continued doing the things I was doing as once you hack on the disc the tissue is more susceptible to herniation. One of those things was hockey. But, I was in my 40s so who knows.
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Yikes. My guess is he doesn’t play this year. And that’s an entire season + of development time lost.
Not good regardless
Not good regardless
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I like Lindstrom as a prospect a lot- he could be a dominant guy, but now he’s losing a year of development. With the risk that was there, I still don’t understand taking him over Demidov.
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Tough break for you all. I was super worried San Jose would end up with this kid before the lottery for this specific reason. Herniated discs are such a nightmare with so many different outcomes depending on the person. Hoping this surgery fixes the issue and doesn't impact him long term for you all. I say that as someone who has been dealing with disc issues for 10+ years now, but I'm not a pro athlete.
silver lining: this means lindstrom spends his D+2 in junior, meaning he won't be in the NHL until 2026, and the team will likely be in a far better spot by then. could afford to take it slow and put him in the AHL for a bit, too.
MissADD
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Too put some at ease, Lemieux has the same procedure done in 1990 when he was 24/25. He made it another 7 years before his 1st retirement and then played another 6 years when he came out of retirement. Peyton Manning also had the procedure done, it was a more severe case but he played in the NFL another 4 season after, 3 of which were at a high level. So it isn't doom and gloom especially for how young he is.
