Player Discussion Olen Zellweger

[Goose of Reason]

Fingers crossed this means the stretcher was mostly precautionary

 

[tomd]

Fingers crossed this means the stretcher was mostly precautionary

Best update that could be hoped for.

 

[All Mighty]

Fingers crossed this means the stretcher was mostly precautionary

Sounds like best case scenario. I’m guessing he was just instantly knocked out when his head hit the boards, then when he came to he was very dazed so they brought the stretcher out.

 

[FlyingV09]

its been seen before, players from the dub will go play in the BCHL for a year then commit and play D1 after being under "contract" in the chl the year prior to the BCHL. impossible w elc tho

That's not true. Once you've played in the CHL you cannot receive a scholarship to NCAA. There are rules against that.

 

[lwvs84]

Wow, not even kept overnight? I'm a little surprised considering he was stretchered off, but that has to be a good sign that he was back at the arena by the end of the game. Might be good to give him a game off (depending on when their next game is) just as a precaution, but hopefully he's back soon.

 

[Leonardo87]

That seems like good news if he was able to re-join the team later that night. Hoping for the best!

 

[Static]

Any suspected spinal trauma is treated with a board, so not surprised to see him stretchered off when he didn't get up on his own. Great news he was cleared and not even held for observation, that's best case scenario.

 

[AngelDuck]

Shut him down for the season regardless.

Good news though

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Shut him down for the season regardless.

Good news though

They're one of the best in the WHL and he's possibly/probably their best player, doesn't seem like this is trending in that direction.


Glad to see he's OK. I kind of figured it wasn't particularly serious given it seemed like only Ducks fans were talking about it on Twitter and Everett didn't even address it until now. An overabundance of caution with head and neck injuries is the norm now, as it should be.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

That's not true. Once you've played in the CHL you cannot receive a scholarship to NCAA. There are rules against that.

Happened recently with a forward named Austen Swankler, not exactly sure how it was approved by the NCAA BGSU receives commitment from Swankler

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Happened recently with a forward named Austen Swankler, not exactly sure how it was approved by the NCAA BGSU receives commitment from Swankler

In both of those cases the NCAA screwed up somehow and just decided not to take it away. I'm surprised they don't just change the rule, from what I recall it's a pretty dumb rule.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

In both of those cases the NCAA screwed up somehow and just decided not to take it away. I'm surprised they don't just change the rule, from what I recall it's a pretty dumb rule.

Yeah it's based on a pretty weak premise that CHL players are technically professional athletes due to receiving a weekly per diem. I don't know what the amount is today but for a long time I know that weekly per diem was $50, truly not more than making sure the kids have a bit of spending money on the road.

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Yeah it's based on a pretty weak premise that CHL players are technically professional athletes due to receiving a weekly per diem. I don't know what the amount is today but for a long time I know that weekly per diem was $50, truly not more than making sure the kids have a bit of spending money on the road.

I think its also/or that the CHL features guys who've signed professional contracts so they consider it a professional league. Either way it's dumb and they'd probably be very smart to end it, possibly for situations like these. Then again they might not want to change it out of fear it'll hurt recruiting efforts, which I get.

 

[Static]

 

[Static]

 

[bsu]

Apparently his nickname is Ziggy....

What a season for the kid, and what a freaking steal for the Ducks. If he was born 7 days later after the season he just had I'm curious where he would go in this years draft.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

He would be an interesting trade bait piece

 

[Hockey Duckie]

He would be an interesting trade bait piece

How about... no. Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

 

[bsu]

Twins

 

[EverTheCynic]

He would be an interesting trade bait piece

YES

Trade him to Vancouver. Cmon, you know you wanna.

 

[Kalv]

YES

Trade him to Vancouver. Cmon, you know you wanna.

Don't you already have Hughes for this type of a player?

 

[EverTheCynic]

Don't you already have Hughes for this type of a player?

I want another one. I’d have one on every line if I could

 

[Kalv]

I want another one. I’d have one on every line if I could

Cannot blame you.
Personally I am a bit scared of too many small defencemen in the playoffs but not like it's a Ducks problem next year

 

[bsu]

 

[bsu]