Yep that’s exactly the sort of thing I’ve seen with back injuries that have happened to people close to me in my life, including my brother and mom. The only real way to mitigate it is to have an exceptionally strong core. Cayden will have to be very dedicated to maintaining his form for his whole career. He seems like the kind of kid who could do it, but I confess it would make me a little worried if I was drafting in the top-5.
Again, the devil is in the details. How serious was the injury? Maybe not so bad, and it's something that has healed completely. I don't know, and neither do you, so it's kind of silly to speculate about something that we know nothing but rumours about. There is a massive range of outcomes for injuries and medical conditions, and any doctor will tell you that they won't give an opinion on a patient that they haven't seen a chart for, or examined, or both.
Fine. Great. I'm good with your team or any other team drafting him.
Where did you get your medical training, and when did you examine Lindstrom? Do you really think that you have more information available to you than the NHL staffs about his condition? Just because you(among millions of others) have had back problems, it does not make you qualified to opine on Lindstrom's back injury.
It qualifies me to the level of debilitation a back problem brings AND having to deal with it from others at work.
“When did you become an nhl scout? Do you really think you can evaluate a prospect better than an nhl team? Just because your played beer league doesn’t mean you’re qualified to come on hfboards and evaluate prospects.”
Not to go too far afield, but wasn't this the issue with Eichel in Buffalo? He wanted to use artificial disc to fix his neck injury and they dind't approve, if I recall. He got dealt, had the surgery, and helped lead Vegas to Cup. Obviously I have no idea how severe Lindstrom's injury is, but while this could be something that stays with him medical advances have made a lot less injuries career-imperiling.
Still, no doctor in the world will be able to say 100% it won't be a recurring problem... Teams won't really know for sure. There are odds, and that's it.
Nobody can say anything about the future with 100% certainty, expert or otherwise. But with these kinds of things, doctors can predict a prognosis with a high degree of accuracy. This is a very common injury. As such, upon examination, doctors will have a very good idea of what they are dealing with and what to expect.
As someone with disc issues going on 10+ years, I wouldn't risk a top 5 pick on an 18 year old who had surgery but that's just me.
Yes but clearly Eichel’s issue was much worse and in his neck. For most people, the more likely problem area is their low back (lumbar discs). Spinal fusion has been the go to “solution” for bad discs for years but now disc replacement is becoming more of a thing. I have Degenerative Disc Disease so unfortunately I’ve had to learn a lot about this stuff. The problem with fusion surgery, besides the obvious lack of mobility as 2 vertebrae are literally fused together, is that it then puts that much more pressure on the discs above and below the fusion point, likely causing them to eventually go bad, cause issues and need to be addressed as well (more fusions). Disc replacement is supposed to be different, but it’s still pretty new so we don’t really know how well they last longterm. The surgeon at Mayo told me they’re expected to last 10 years. But who knows.
Totally agree. We have absolutely no idea, but the teams do. My history of back issues would make me cautious to pick him early but I have no idea how severe his back injury was or if it means anything in terms of greater risk going forward.
My history of back issues tells me that it could be a non-issue. I had the same injury about 15 years ago. Things like hockey have never been an problem, while other things that most people wouldn’t think anything about can cause problems. Thats what I’m saying; we don’t know, but the doctors, and in turn, the teams, will have a very good idea of what they are dealing with if they take him. He hasn’t had surgery, which is a good indication that it’s not severe. People on here are jumping the gun on this with incomplete information just because it’s a back injury.
Oh my bad I've had it in my head he did for like months now hah guess I misread that
I know, was just expounding a little bit, wasn’t trying to be rude or anything.
None of us have a crystal ball, we're all just speculating based on the info we have.
