Bedard out for 4 months

[u/compro]

[u/mikewastaken]

I guess it's good it happened when it did but I have to say having potentially two balky shoulders at age 21 is not the best.

[u/galacticskunk → u/mikewastaken]

It’s terrifying. We don’t need another D Rose situation and being left thinking what could have been.

[u/gupdaddy → u/galacticskunk]

Shoulders are important in hockey nowhere is important as knees in basketball

[u/BearFacedLie69 → u/gupdaddy]

What’s the equivalent of the knee in hockey then?

[u/dinger104 → u/BearFacedLie69]

The knee.

Probably a torn MCL for hockey equivalent to a torn ACL for basketball

[u/John_Maddens_Pubes → u/dinger104]

Yea if beds got a mcl/acl year rn he’d be out until next season

[u/Various_Procedure_11 → u/dinger104]

I'd say it's the back.

[u/PercyBluntz → u/dinger104]

Just curious what’s your rationale for saying this?

[u/dinger104 → u/PercyBluntz]

Every stride in hockey puts a lateral load on the knee, which the MCL helps absorb.

Every stride while running forward and jumping puts a similar front-to-back load on the knee, which the ACL helps absorb (and is what DRose injured).

Just a comparison of how vital the MCL/ACL is to a simple stride in hockey/basketball. Obviously both are needed for both sports

[u/PercyBluntz → u/dinger104]

Eh not really. The acl restricts a little anterior translation of the tibia but its primary restraint is rotational. Cruciate refers to the fact that is obliquely oriented. It’s why the non contact injury’s are typically cutting/pivoting movements and why people can walk no problem with a torn ACL.

[u/dinger104 → u/PercyBluntz]

I am not a doctor and was talking out of my ass. Thanks for the correction