Кстати, по поводу Линдроса. Походу, легенда о его предрасположенности к сотрясениям - полная чепуха. Его доконали врачи практически полным игнорированием серьезности проблемы и отсутствием лечения. Вот хронология его сотрясений, приведших к уходу из Филадельфии:
March 7, 1998: First concussion: Hit by Penguins defenceman Darius Kasparaitis sidelines Lindros for 18 games.
Обратите внимание, всего 18 матчей. Через полтора месяца он уже играл в плейофф.
April 1, 1999: During an April 1, 1999 game against the Nashville Predators, Lindros suffered what was diagnosed as a rib injury. Later that night, the teammate he was sharing a hotel room with, Keith Jones, discovered Lindros lying in a tub, pale and cold. In a call to the Flyers, the trainer was told to put Lindros on a plane that was returning to Philadelphia with injured teammate Mark Recchi. But Jones insisted that Lindros be taken to a nearby hospital and it was discovered Lindros had a collapsed lung caused by internal bleeding of his chest wall. Lindros' father wrote the Flyers a letter in which he stated that if the trainer had followed team orders, Eric would be dead, a statement supported by the doctors who treated him in Nashville.
Это не имеет отношения к сотрясениям, но ярко демонстрирует тогдашнюю обстановку в клубе. А вот дальше начинается полная жесть.
Цитата:
Dec. 27, 1999: Second concussion: Calgary Flame forward Jason Wiemer's hit forces Lindros to miss two games.
Jan. 14, 2000: Third concussion: Lindros is hit twice in the same shift in a game against the Atlanta Thrashers. He misses four games.
March 4, 2000: Fourth concussion: Boston defenceman Hall Gill hits Lindros. Doctors misdiagnose his condition, and Lindros plays a few games before pulling himself out of the lineup. He misses the rest of the regular season and says the team's medical staff didn't treat his injury seriously enough.
May 4, 2000: Fifth concussion: While practising with Philadelphia's farm team, Lindros crashes into Francis Lessard.
May 26, 2000: Sixth concussion: In just his second game back, a crushing Scott Stevens hit in the Eastern Conference finals puts Lindros out of commission.
Пять сотрясений в течение пяти месяцев! Причем, времени на восстановление ему не давали вообще. Можешь стоять на коньках - давай, arbeiten. Вот так вот, буквально за один сезон, угробили такого игрока.
P.S. Прошу пардону за оффтоп.
