If Montador is a defense, does this happen? We don't know. All we know is that he was cleared to play. Unfortunately, he might have suffered another concussion. Playing defenseman at forward is dumb in general. Remember when Hendry was a fourth line right winger for a few games?
We have to hope that shoulder/elbow to his head wasn't the cause of a new concussion. You may all recall Hjalmarsson's prior concussion situation. He left a game since his symtpoms came back. He didn't suffer another concussion. However, in this case, we appear to have seen contact to Monty's head. That is concerning.
It's a bit of a stretch to say playing him at forward caused this, but I find playing players severely out of position (forward to defense or vice versa) a poor thing to do even at the best of times, unless they've done it plenty in the past (say, Byfuglien). There is zero point in putting Montador - or SOD - in there while you have capable players rotting in the press box.
If Montador is a defense, does this happen? We don't know. All we know is that he was cleared to play. Unfortunately, he might have suffered another concussion. Playing defenseman at forward is dumb in general. Remember when Hendry was a fourth line right winger for a few games?
We have to hope that shoulder/elbow to his head wasn't the cause of a new concussion. You may all recall Hjalmarsson's prior concussion situation. He left a game since his symtpoms came back. He didn't suffer another concussion. However, in this case, we appear to have seen contact to Monty's head. That is concerning.
Really?
Montador likes playing forward. He's been doing it for years.
Playing him at forward to limit his minutes was actually a pretty smart move on Q's part.
Montador likes playing forward. He's been doing it for years.
Playing him at forward to limit his minutes was actually a pretty smart move on Q's part.
not really. he dressed john scott at d more than a few times and played him less than 6 minutes.
If you want to limit a player's minutes without hurting the team as much, try to put them in as a forward on the 4th line.
It may not have hurt the team but it seems to have hurt Montador plenty...
I'm just not a fan of it. If they can't play their real position, just don't play them. Is an iffy Montador going to be less effective than SOD? I don't see how that would even be possible.
It may not have hurt the team but it seems to have hurt Montador plenty...
I'm just not a fan of it. If they can't play their real position, just don't play them. Is an iffy Montador going to be less effective than SOD? I don't see how that would even be possible.
I'd be lying if I said I had complete faith in how this organization handles concussions, but if Monty said he was alright, had been practicing for two weeks, and the medical staff cleared him, what more was there to do? There was no reason to believe that yet another practice would have shown anything new.
At this point, it was either play him or bench him for the season. They made one choice, and unfortunately that forced them to have to make another.
It's a damn shame, but from the information I've seen, I think they handled the situation about as well as they could have.
It may not have hurt the team but it seems to have hurt Montador plenty...
I'm just not a fan of it. If they can't play their real position, just don't play them. Is an iffy Montador going to be less effective than SOD? I don't see how that would even be possible.
I'd be lying if I said I had complete faith in how this organization handles concussions, but if Monty said he was alright, had been practicing for two weeks, and the medical staff cleared him, what more was there to do? There was no reason to believe that yet another practice would have shown anything new.
At this point, it was either play him or bench him for the season. They made one choice, and unfortunately that forced them to have to make another.
It's a damn shame, but from the information I've seen, I think they handled the situation about as well as they could have.
Agreed, no fortune tellers with the Hawks, you make an educated decision, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
