Gaborik Has a Concussion

I don’t undertand how they diagnose a concussion. Is there a way to tell for sure that’s what it is? I can’t think of any headshots he took recently, but other teams do play him physically because they know it works.

Sorry to hear this, feel better Gabby.

kind of messed up if this occurred a few games ago. He actually has looked pretty good on the ice.

This could be what this team needs right now. No Gabby so everybody realizes they have to step up their game to get some goals.

On the flip side, this could lead to even more offensive struggles and more Ls. Only time will tell

I’ve had more than I care to or maybe can remember. no way to tell on a timetable as he could be back this week or having linger like Crosby. Key is to be honest about symptoms and not rush back.

well this sucks. hopefully he gets better soon.

back to grinding again now boys.

I wouldn’t do a a damn thing at the dead line. Let this team play out the season the way they look now and see how they do. I think they’ll play better than what most people are thinking. The Rangers played their best hockey when Drury and Gaborik were both out. Guys like Boyle, Callahan, and Dubinsky stepped up their own game and led this team and I think they’ll do it again.

this makes even more sense than the pulled groin explanation. It really looks to me like he’s been playing with a concussion and afraid to risk going into the boards. Not only that, but when a player has concussion symptoms it often hurts to walk…the heels hitting the ground jangle the brain and make a person nauseous. This explains why he’s been drifting. I couldn’t really figure out what was up with him at all…if anything this shows his character.

Is it time to pull the trigger on a deal? If we’re going to do anything this year we need a hardcore veteran blue liner and a scoring threat. Either that or we just stick with this core and see what happens the first quarter of 2011-2012 before making a move.

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Grachev?

I thought he was playing better recently
its a huge loss
im nervous now, I think we might miss the playoffs
were still a few pieces away
next year I think is the year we put it all together
this is looking like a typical Rangers late season meltdown yet again

Horrible timing, but if the guy has a concussion he cannot try to play through it. His personal health and well-being is more important than the game. Rangers may just want to focus on developing younger guys from this point on in the season because they aren’t going ver far in the playoffs playing like this anyway.

Saying Slats has 2 teams bidding for Gaborik & that one of the deals is quote “in his back pocket”

Also, if we trade Gabby then we’re def gonna have another Free Agency summer bonanza, which doesn’t always work out so well for us

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Wade Redden is the forgotten man on Broadway this season, banished to the AHL in the preseason to delete his $6.5 million salary-cap charge from the Rangers’ ledger.

Saturday night, the 33-year-old defenseman got to enjoy a special occasion in his year in the wilderness, playing in Whale Bowl, an outdoor game at the University of Connecticut’s football stadium. Redden notched an assist in the Connecticut Whale’s 5-4 shootout loss to the Providence Bruins.

After the game, Redden told the Daily News that when this season ends, and he tries to chart a course back to the NHL, he will consider walking away from the remaining three years and $16.5 million on his Rangers contract.

“That’s one of the options,” Redden said. “There’s that, there’s coming back here, there’s going to Europe. I don’t know. It’s a lot of money, but at the same time, I don’t want to – it’s only a short time that you have a career, so you want to be at the highest level as long as you can. Obviously, the money isn’t the No. 1 thing.”

Redden had the option to walk away when the Rangers assigned him to the minors after he cleared waivers in September. He knew then that accepting the demotion would mean a full season in the AHL, as the Rangers would risk being stuck with half of his salary charged to their cap for the life of the contract were he to be claimed on re-entry waivers.

“That’s the reality, I guess,” Redden said. "Obviously, you’d rather be in the NHL and have an opportunity there. Things didn’t work out in New York, but we’ll see. When I came down, and talked with my agent and other people that I respect and get advice or whatever from, coming here for a year was kind of my mind-set and I didn’t ever really expect to get called up or picked up on waivers. So it isn’t like I’m disappointed that it hasn’t happened….

To people calling Gaborik soft, your not soft because you get injured a lot, and your not soft if you play hockey. Gaborik could beat your ass in a fight any day.

This explains a lot.
I wonder how long he’s been playing with it.

But Gabby takes the cake, he’s officialy the softest player in NHL history

Think twice…after what happened to marc savard and gabys already shaky injury record there will be a lot of GMs passing on him. “Concussion” is now a red flag word that teams,will not want to sell for, and even if it is one concussion, it makes the second, third, and fourth concussions all that easier to get. So even if Gaborik is traded in the offseason his value has taken a significant hit today

I chide Gabby for a number of things, but head injuries are serious. Rangers need to play this smart to protect Gabby’s health and value to this team or another down the road. I had a very bad drunken slip and fall in college; concussion, fractured skull with some bleeding on the brain, it was a nightmare. I would get headaches and nausea if I was in a car that moved too fast, got up too quickly out of a chair, lights/sound all threw me off… I was miserable for about three months. Not to mention almost 90 days of sobriety during my junior year of college, lots of Mary Jane during that time. Let’s all hope that a few weeks from now we can be back to debating his playing style and jam level when he’s back on the ice.

Meningial Vaginitis …………j/k. Hope he gets well.