nuck nit Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 In a recent interview with Team 1040 radio, Canucks GM Mike Gillis finally told Canucks' fans the truth about Cody Hodgson’s back injury. Originally diagnosed as a disc injury suffered in July 2009, Hodgson was expected to be fine by the time training camp rolled around that fall. However, that wasn’t the case and he tried playing through the pain before being cut and sent back to the Brampton Battalion of the OHL. Hodgson sought out other medical opinions, both from specialists in the US and also the medical staff of the Brampton Battalion. Everyone concurred with the original assessment from the Canucks' staff that it was a disc problem that should heal with rest. Skip ahead several months, and Hodgson was still plagued by back problems as he tried to compete for the Battalion in the OHL playoffs. Rather than join the AHL Manitoba Moose for their playoff run as expected, Hodgson instead returned to Vancouver for yet more testing. What Gillis revealed today is that this further testing in April 2010 determined that Hodgson’s back pain wasn’t due to the disc issue but rather from a torn muscle. This revelation by Gillis might put to rest part of the great Hodgson debate in Vancouver, but it does raise other questions. How did this important injury to the Canucks' top prospect go misdiagnosed by multiple sets of specialists over a 10 month period? Will Coach Vigneault apologize for his undiplomatic and characteristically blunt comments on Hodgson, now that the truth is known? Will stories still continue to circulate about Hodgson having a problem with the Canucks organization? Who knows? http://bleacherreport.com/articles/456093-cody-hodgson-mystery-back-injury-definitively-diagnosed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamspuzzum Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Cody was a boozer? That explains the trade, haha! I think you mean 'whiner'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamspuzzum Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I'd take the Sabres over the Canucks without a Sedin right now. They way they have been playing is impressive and outside of Pittsburgh the East is wide open. Miller stays hot and the Sabres could easily go on a long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinarama Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 sorry but ..... WE didn't trade nobody. MG & LG traded. they work at 800 griffiths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinarama Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 How did this important injury to the Canucks' top prospect go misdiagnosed by multiple sets of specialists over a 10 month period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamspuzzum Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 He was cleared by the Canuck medical staff to play in that camp. He was misdiagnosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslerian one Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It's like some people just can't get over that relationship which could've been great, but just didn't work out. Get over it. There are more important things for this hockey team than him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boards Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I've been thinking a lot about this, and I just want to know what our management team was thinking.... Why did we trade Cam Neely? ...oop. Sorry, this lame, navel-gazing and morose debate is giving me flashbacks... Coulda? Woulda? Shoulda? Pffft. Let's move on, people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamspuzzum Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Your argument is invalid because +/- isn't affected by powerplay goals foo , meaning if Hodgson scores on the PP his +/- stays the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I do think it is time for some folks here to start their own "WeLOveAndMissYouCody" Forum where you can all hang out and bemoan "our" loss and praise his every move in Buffalo .. then, when he signs with Toronto as a UFA, you can all become Leafs fans .. irony and poetic justice all in one neat package .. sometime I crack myself up .. I admit it .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Doctor Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I thought it was a great trade for us. I also will not miss the whinning on CDC about Cody's ice time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucksnihilist Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 We traded Hodgson so we could win the cup. that is obviously the thinking. WIN NOW, while we are in this window. Hodgson out Phalsson in We cannot win the cup playing a finesse game. Not with all the lines. Only line that really shone during last playoffs was Kessler's line, and that wasn't by playing finesse. 3rd line was good too actually, again, not finesse. Basically the team was built based on the NHL open-style rules. And we have a return to the clutch-and-grab dead-puck era. So Hodgson is a liability in a game like that, he doesn't hit, doesn't grind. Can't have more than a few finesse players on the team. with Hodgson: 1st line: finesse 2nd line: grind 3rd line: finesse 4th line: grind without Hodgson: 1st line: finesse 2nd line: grind 3rd line: grind 4th line: grind grind out the cup. all hail the new dead puck era! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It's true the Canucks organization cleared him to play when they misdiagnosed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It doesn't change the fact that all through camp and preseason Hodgson kept saying HIS BACK WAS FINE which led the staff to clear him. That misdiagnosis came to light 8/9 months later, AFTER Hodgson went home and had his own doctors misdiagnose it as well for the entire season. I hate to break it to you, but medical staff put a great deal of faith in what the patient is telling them. If you lie about how you're feeling there's a pretty good chance something will get missed. Hodgson had million$ of reason$ to want play and make the team. Hence being less than honest about how his back was. Which led to AV's comment about using his back as an excuse for not making the team. The kid had just spent 7 weeks saying his back was fine for God's sake. Had he been honest about his back in the first place and continued with the medical staff here (who found the problem when he returned after the season was over) it likely would have been fixed much sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 It doesn't change the fact that all through camp and preseason Hodgson kept saying HIS BACK WAS FINE which led the staff to clear him. That misdiagnosis came to light 8/9 months later, AFTER Hodgson went home and had his own doctors misdiagnose it as well for the entire season. Does not work that way,did not happen like that. Hodgson had million$ of reason$ to want play and make the team. Hence being less than HONEST about how his back was. Which led to AV's comment about using his back as an excuse for not making the team. The kid had just spent 7 weeks saying his back was fine for God's sake. Had he been HONEST about his back in the first place and continued with the medical staff here (who found the problem when he returned after the season was over) it likely would have been fixed much sooner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuck nit Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Pretty sad calling a kid a liar and money grubber -kind of like a thief-when he was told he was fine but the proper diagnosis and treatment came a full season later. What a load of nonesense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Word on the street is, he was gettin down with mcleans old lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edler Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I'm wondering if we could've used Cody right about now with Daniel out. We need a goal scorer and he sure did his part. If be would have played on the RW right now... he'd have a spot. I guess this is what happens when you have no patience. He's lucky Sabers might just squeeze by in the playoffs, but expect a 1st round exit for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I'm wondering if we could've used Cody right about now with Daniel out. We need a goal scorer and he sure did his part. If be would have played on the RW right now... he'd have a spot. I guess this is what happens when you have no patience. He's lucky Sabers might just squeeze by in the playoffs, but expect a 1st round exit for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edler Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 See if he was patient, right now he'd have that RW spot on Henrik's line.... thats why Cory has become a awesome goaltender. He know it was all about patience and not getting cocky or ahead of yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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