I really hate the “you obviously never played sports” card, but this is one of several similar comments in this thread.
No, as a professional athlete, he’s not just going to sit in the locker room and miss time if he’s already walked off the pain and there’s no reason to think there was any ongoing damage to the joint or muscle. The entire purpose of getting checked is to determine the extent of injury… if the extent is “it hurt at first but I’m good now”, the player gets right back in the game. This is common from like… 5 years old when athletes are taught to distinguish between pain (fear) and actual injury.
So no, they’re not just going to make him sit in the locker room and miss time for no reason. Especially not if he’s actively pushing to get back on the ice ASAP.
Again, you can plainly see in both these incidents why he went down in pain. In the older clip you can see Amadio fall on his foot causing his ankle to twist sideways. In the recent hit, you can see his leg torquing completely sideways.
The fact that you think a player should pop up instantly from that sort of thing, or that they otherwise should miss an extended amount of time… again, the “you obviously never played a sport” card sucks but it’s the only explanation here. Anyone who’s played a contact sport has experienced injuries like these and run the gamut between actual injury and 2 minutes of pain and fear recovery before you jump back in to play.