John Tavares injury

[LeHab]

I've seen some bad hockey concussions in my day (Lindros, Kapanen, Bergeron, Savard), but I don't think I've ever seen someone get KTFO'd like that on the ice in my life.

Chara on Pacioretty was pretty bad.

 

[Matty Sundin]

That was actually disturbing to watch and I’m usually not a snowflake

 

[MattMartin]

Nobody probably dislikes Tavares more than me. With that being said, I hope he is OK, that was scary to watch.

 

[JoemAvs]

I legit got scared he might be dying in front of our eyes. Let’s just hope this will not affect his life and career moving fwd.

Yeah one of the scarier things I have seen in sports. Lets all hope that it has a similar "happy ending" like the Malarchuk accident did who was back on the ice after 10 days and that Tavares will make a full recovery in the near future...

That said. I still don't quite understand what the doctor was doing there letting him attempt to get up after a hit like that. Hope it didn't make anything worse..

 

[Sensin5]

Foligno fighting him is as much to send a message to his teammates as it is to the Habs and Perry

Meh. Definitely not necessary. Keefe's shouting?

 

[antiqueslivers]

god damn I feel ill. I'm no doctor but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a skull fracture. Man I hope he is okay. gezuz.... I can't imagine being a family member and seeing that

 

[TheBeard]

Give it up already. That happened so fast. And Foligno should be gone for instigating a pointless fight. Let's get revenge for a completely accidental blow to head by having a fight and throwing punches. It's idiotic.

I don’t think it was a revenge thing. It was a let’s just do this in case it escalates and someone else gets hurt thing.

 

[SML2]

That was a UFC grade knee to the head. Scary injury. Zero percent intentional. If the Leafs didn't have a complex about grit/sandpaper they probably don't respond that way. But the way they microscope everything in Toronto, if the Leafs lost this game after that, the story would be about the lack of push back, so I get it. It's easier to respond this way when it really wasn't necessary than to not respond this way at all.

 

[Vikke]

Nobody probably dislikes Tavares more than me. With that being said, I hope he is OK, that was scary to watch.

What a weird, stupid thing to say. Who the hell cares if you dislike him? Keep it to yourself.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Woah that was one of the scarier injuries and reactions I can recall seeing, hopefully he’s ok

 

[Markster]

Avs-loving, Perry-hating fan here. Perry is not to blame for this accident. Hoping Tavares is OK.

 

[smokes lets go]

Said this in the GDT, but with the way the trainer had his hand on the neck, the blood... the way JT slumped over backwards and went limp.

I genuinely almost hurled. I was convinced we just saw someone die on the ice. I'm still sick to my damn stomach.

Not to get too graphic but seeing his eyes roll back in complete daze and the blood i almost had a panic attack. Having said that the thumbs up was great to see.

 

[SnapVirus]

Terrible to see.

Hope he is okay. But that accidental hit will probably destroy all the intensity between the two teams.

How can you play after something like that.

 

[Korpse]

Get well JT.

 

[RussianRacket]

Still can't believe how big of babies the leafs are to go after Perry for that

 

[Wats]

Can someone explain why the trainer immediately got Tavares up on his knees? Wouldn't you want him not moving?

Don't think he realized how bad it was.

 

[Green]

why do I get the feeling he is going to return in a month and a 1/2 and pull a Stamkos

 

[Transplanted Caper]

Awful hit. Seeing Tavares try and get up and fall back was nauseating. Hope he's okay. Rogers continuing to show the replay is gross.

 

[frog]

Perry is at as much fault as the guy backchecking behind him, blame the guy hitting him instead. Freak accident

 

[Magic Mittens]

Damn so scary. Hope JT is ok and doesn’t miss much time

Nice to see Perry tap and say something to JT when he was on the stretcher. That was completely accidental

 

[Scorlov]

Way to read the room Foligno

 

[The Expert]

Hope it's not as bad as it looks for Johnny T.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

It's been a long time I don't see a scene like that, him falling on his back was a very impactful image.
I hope he takes all the time needed to recover from this and hope it doesn't go any further than a temporary injury.

 

[The National]

Foligno fighting him is as much to send a message to his teammates as it is to the Habs and Perry

What’s the message, don’t accidentally knee our Captain or else?

 

[robertmac43]

Still can't believe how big of babies the leafs are to go after Perry for that

Still can't believe people don't see that fight as a reset. It has nothing to do with going after Perry and is more about giving each team a reset. How do you just go out and play after seeing that.