Sounds like Faksa suffered a severe concussion in game 4 of Kitchener's playoff series against Owen Sound. According to a guy in the prospects forum, "after 48 hours he's not responding well."
Wonder how that will impact his draft standing. He was a fringe top 10, probably 11-20 guy. With how great fears can be about concussions, if we pick a defenseman with our first I'd like maybe move up from our 2nd to grab him late 1st/early 2nd if he's there.
Sounds like Faksa suffered a severe concussion in game 4 of Kitchener's playoff series against Owen Sound. According to a guy in the prospects forum, "after 48 hours he's not responding well."
Wonder how that will impact his draft standing. He was a fringe top 10, probably 11-20 guy. With how great fears can be about concussions, if we pick a defenseman with our first I'd like maybe move up from our 2nd to grab him late 1st/early 2nd if he's there.
it might be just me, but i would avoid anyone with a concussion, if he is there in rd 3 then sure.
Fairly sure Trouba was born in Minnesota. Not sure how much time he actually spent here. As for others, not widely accepted but of course there's always a chance that a team out there will view a player differently and draft a MN player in that range.
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I think Fletcher would be crazy not to take him if he's there with our WSH 2nd. But he won't be, so no worries.
joey hishon suffered a concussion last year he's been out all year, it just too much of a damn risk if you ask me, if we are picking/trading up and a guy like ludvig bystrom is there we don't touch faksa
fairly sure trouba was born in minnesota. Not sure how much time he actually spent here. As for others, not widely accepted but of course there's always a chance that a team out there will view a player differently and draft a mn player in that range.
joey hishon suffered a concussion last year he's been out all year, it just too much of a damn risk if you ask me, if we are picking/trading up and a guy like ludvig bystrom is there we don't touch faksa
Bystrom won't be, and Faksa is (or at least nearly is) a top 10 talent. If he falls to the 2nd, you take a flier on him because every player in the 2nd has more issues or less talent than that.
I haven't heard/seen much this year regarding players that are eligiable for the draft that are either born OR playing in MN.. Usually there are some articles or posts regarding highly rated MN High Schooler's-Junior's-Shattuck player's. Maybe were just seeing a down turn here the last couple year's? Seems like last year there wasn't much hype either. Hmmm. What do ya'll think?
I haven't heard/seen much this year regarding players that are eligiable for the draft that are either born OR playing in MN.. Usually there are some articles or posts regarding highly rated MN High Schooler's-Junior's-Shattuck player's. Maybe were just seeing a down turn here the last couple year's? Seems like last year there wasn't much hype either. Hmmm. What do ya'll think?
This is a pretty dead year for Minnesota players. It seems that with the glut from two years ago (what, was it 3 or 4 Minnesotans in 2010's first round?) there's a bit of a shortage lately. I'll have to dig it up again, but it seems the highest HIGH-MN ranked players were 4th rounders at best, although there were a few Shattuck players projected slightly higher.
Edit: Found the CSS rankings. Last ranking it looks like Zach Stepan (Shattuck) is 44th NA Skater, which probably projects to an early 3rd rounder. Theodor Blueger (Shattuck) is ranked 69. John Draeger (Shattuck) is 71. Samuel Fajas (Shattuck) is 111. The first regular HS player is Jake Bischoff (Grand Rapids) at 132 (probably 6th round, late rounds are hard to predict).
Edit 2: Should have just found and posted this link
I haven't heard/seen much this year regarding players that are eligiable for the draft that are either born OR playing in MN.. Usually there are some articles or posts regarding highly rated MN High Schooler's-Junior's-Shattuck player's. Maybe were just seeing a down turn here the last couple year's? Seems like last year there wasn't much hype either. Hmmm. What do ya'll think?
This is a pretty dead year for Minnesota players. It seems that with the glut from two years ago (what, was it 3 or 4 Minnesotans in 2010's first round?) there's a bit of a shortage lately. I'll have to dig it up again, but it seems the highest HIGH-MN ranked players were 4th rounders at best, although there were a few Shattuck players projected slightly higher.
I've seen Dom Toninato (sp?) in the 3rd round on some mocks, but that's about it. There aren't any Leddy's, Gardiner's or McDonaugh's this year, that's for sure.
Too add to the Minnesotan discussion: I know there's one player TP was excited about who is a 2013 eligible (but I forget the name). Also Nathan "The Next One" MacKinnon played Shattuck U-16 and is currently the #1 guy for next year. He's playing in the Q right now though.
The '13 kid is Fasching, Gopher commit. He's legit. No idea where he stands in terms of draft grades for that year, though. Based on everything I've seen of him, I wouldn't hesitate to draft him pretty much where ever the Wild may end up in the draft in that year.
I am not doubting faksa's skill just saying his concussion scares the **** out of me, he could miss a year or more before he gets back to playing hockey. Even then he is one hit away from reinjury. I would rather roll the dice on a dman such as damon seaverson or trade up and nab someone else in the first.
I am not doubting faksa's skill just saying his concussion scares the **** out of me, he could miss a year or more before he gets back to playing hockey. Even then he is one hit away from reinjury. I would rather roll the dice on a dman such as damon seaverson or trade up and nab someone else in the first.
Too much risk for me.
You know the majority of hockey players have had multiple concussions, right?
It's practically impossible to not sustain at least one concussion when you're playing contact sports at such high levels.
Outside of the "multiple" part of it, I've seen that speculated many times. However, there's no hard data to support that claim (namely because gathering that data would be pretty much impossible considering the current state of diagnosis and reporting upon head injuries).
I don't doubt that pretty much every hockey player has had a concussion at some point. Anytime you're seeing stars, that's technically a concussion.
I've had everything ranging from stars, to a few missing weeks. But its only the latter that are of any real concern. Those, however, are significantly more rare.
You know the majority of hockey players have had multiple concussions, right?
It's practically impossible to not sustain at least one concussion when you're playing contact sports at such high levels.
Even if true, i still think there is too much risk on faksa for us. Kid is going to miss a good amount of time tho, just dont feel comfortqble gambling on him.
I think Trouba was born in Rochester, and Brady Skjei is from Lakeville. Those are really the only two concensus Top 50 guys I can think of w/ MN ties.
Not a particularly strong year for MNHS kids, but there could be a good number drafted since there is a "lack of value" late, meaning some teams will take chances.
Concussions aren't an on/off switch. It's having multiple concussions before the brain is fully healed that causes issues.
My guess is concussions can be healed (unless there's serious, permanent, physical damage to the brain), but it might take a lot longer than we think, and/or there might be more therapy necessary. Like that spatial therapy Crosby was doing (and Lats is going to do).
