Huckleberry Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 A physician ultimately determined Robitaille had a permanent disability caused by his spinal injury, but not before the team tried to trade him while he was bed-ridden, ordered him to the arena for failed, embarrassing skating attempts and withheld paychecks. “He told me that my career was over, which should be the worst thing you ever want to hear,” Robitaille said, “but they had told me so many times that I was a con job and I was letting everybody down, that when they told me that I was actually happy to hear it. It gave me some credibility.” http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2016/06/17/former-sabre-mike-robitaille-and-103-other-former-hockey-players-sue-nhl/ I know these were other times and the knowledge of doctors wasn't the same as now, but reading this article there was some serious neglect being tolerated around the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 http://sabres.buffalonews.com/2016/06/17/former-sabre-mike-robitaille-and-103-other-former-hockey-players-sue-nhl/ I know these were other times and the knowledge of doctors wasn't the same as now, but reading this article there was some serious neglect being tolerated around the league. Rico was seriously disgruntled when he was traded from Buffalo because he'd recieved similar treatment regarding his knee. Shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_sauve28 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Last season I saw Bogo smash full speed into a forward as he was coming up ice and he looked out of it on the ice. He didn't miss a shift. I wonder if he was given any check up or anything. I'm sure the league will argue in the case that the players macho attitude and gun ho approach hurt any attempt to treat them or detect injury and that it's impossible to prove they were not hurt in juniors or even earlier. If the players win will this open up a flood of law suits by other players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matter2003 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 No idea why the league is not trying to settle...they are going to lose and lose badly just like the NFL did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/page/Mag15notsocrazynowami/former-hockey-player-eric-lindros-redefined-nhl-culture-playing-injuries-espn-magazine thought this was a nice read about Lindros on his concussions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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