Negan4Coach
Fantastic and Stochastic
Yeah, you're screwed now lol. I made the same mistake being a young idiot and not taking care of my shoulders when my injuries originally happened.. Pretty sure I tore them up and just toughed it out like a fool.
If you tear your rotator you have about 6 weeks to reattach the tendon(s) for the best results and a high chance for a full or near full recovery. So as long as this is a fresh injury Tarasenko should be fine.
I think a rotator cuff injury shouldn't be a big deal. The tendons are used to lift your arm in different directions. Shooting is a pushing down motion and shouldn't effect shooting, passing or many hockey related motions.
I had a torn Labrum- rehabbed it, hurt it again, then had surgery. Surgery made it even more painful. Rehab didn't work. Had 2nd surgery, they had to cut a notch of bone out of my collar bone to make it work. Incredibly painful recovery. 2nd surgery and rehab was handled by the same crew who works on Hurricanes players.
Entire flash to bang time from initial injury to back to normal ~ 5 Years. Dreadful. I never went back to lifting heavy again. Can't go through that again, no way.