Jump to content

Former Sabre Steve Montador Dead at 35


LastPommerFan

Recommended Posts

This is being discussed in the Around the NHL thread, but seems to be worthy of a dedicated thread.

http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/5340184-former-nhl-player-steve-montador-found-dead-at-his-mississauga-home/

I think we'd be hard pressed to find a Sabres Fan who didn't like Steve. 

 

RIP.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

@mirtle: Steve Montador's death believed to be a suicide. He suffered from concussions and depression. Difficult financial situation too I'd heard.

Disgusting by Mirtle to publicize this. And it's an assumption. The report from doctors is that it appears to be of natural causes, not suicide.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'm sad and angry all at the same time. Sad, of course, because 35 is way too freakin' young. Angry because whether natural causes or suicide, I'd be fairly surprised if concussions didn't play a role...and the NHL continues to think 2 games here or there is actually a punishment.

I've been trying to find out what caused the concussion in February 2012 that kept him out of the lineup for seven weeks. He returned for one game and went out again and never really came back. There were no fights in that February 2012 game against Colorado.

It was the guy's game.  We can't change what he was.  

Fair enough.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'm sad and angry all at the same time. Sad, of course, because 35 is way too freakin' young. Angry because whether natural causes or suicide, I'd be fairly surprised if concussions didn't play a role...and the NHL continues to think 2 games here or there is actually a punishment.

Unfortunately concussions don't always come from dirty hits. Concussions are far too common in many sports and I don't know if they are something that can ever be eliminated.

 

Poor bastard, 35 is way too young. RIP!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This topic is OLD. A NEW topic should be started unless there is a VERY SPECIFIC REASON to revive this one.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...