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by Paul on 01/14/09 at 07:39 PM ET
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from Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out,
From The Gazette’s Herb Zurkowsky, who covered practice today in Brossard:
Growing weary of widespread rumours and gossip surrounding injured players, Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau on Wednesday said anyone sidelined indefinitely will now have the nature of their injuries released to the media.
No longer will the team report such players have upper- or lower-body injuries.
Carbonneau said the decision was reached following a meeting between himself, general manager Bob Gainey, vice-president (hockey operations) Julien BriseBois and the team’s communications department.
continued with an update on the Montreal injuries…
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Some teams have been more forthcoming than others, and it depends on the nature of the injury. If someone has a broken leg, there isn’t much point in hiding it because he will be out a while and can’t play until it’s better. If a player has a few dings and nicks, then the details are irrelevant - he’s sore but in the lineup.
Playoff injury rules are different for all teams. No way it holds then, and no one expects it to. Targeting an injury is more likely in a series - remember the head shots at Johan Franzen last year when it got out that he had missed games with a head injury of some sort? Let out that someone has a bad wrist and see how many whacks he gets across the hands.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 01/15/09 at 07:24 AM ET
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It’ll be interesting to see whether this policy remains in place come playoff time.
Posted by Stephen from UK on 01/15/09 at 04:11 AM ET