Grapefruits Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Never good to see. Hopefully he makes a full recovery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VANCOUVER - The list of Toronto Maple Leaf injuries grew Saturday when centre Dave Bolland was taken to hospital for surgery after suffering a cut on his left leg. Bolland was hurt early in the second period of Toronto's 4-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks when he was taken into the boards by Zack Kassian. Kassian's skate appeared to hit the back of Bolland's leg. The 27-year-old from Mimico, Ont., instantly crumpled to the ice. He was attempting to get back on his feet when Kassian scored the game's second goal. Bolland had to be helped to the bench by teammates. Toronto coach Randy Carlyle could offer few details but compared Bolland's injury to the one suffered last year by Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators. Karlsson missed 10 weeks when his Achilles tendon was partially sliced while being checked into the boards by Matt Cooke of the Pittsburgh Penguins. "He suffered a cut similar to the Karlsson injury," said Carlyle. "I don't know the severity or which tendon, but he did suffer a cut into that area." Moments after Carlyle spoke to reporters Bolland hobbled out of the Toronto dressing room on crutches. He was loaded onto a stretcher to be taken to hospital. "I haven't really saw it," Carlyle said of the play. "I know Kassian went into finish his check. I can't comment other than that." Kassian said it was a clean hit. "I haven't seen it again, or really looked," he said. "I just went in to finish my hit. I am not sure what even happened to him. "I went in there hard to finish my hit, I don't know what happened but it was a clean hit. I know it was clean so no talking about that." The Leafs are already without top centre Tyler Bozak and defenceman Mark Fraser. Goaltender James Reimer said Bolland's injury will hurt the team. "Losing a guy like that, he's been real solid for us, probably one of our best players for the last couple of games," said Reimer, who faced 47 shots in the loss. "It's real tough to lose him but having said that, as a team we have to find a way to rally around him and play well for him and try to win one for him." Bolland came to the Leafs this year in a trade from Chicago. In 15 games he has six goals and four assists. http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/Leafs+centre+Dave+Bolland+hospitalized+needs+surgery/9118169/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Never good to see. Hopefully he makes a full recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Never good to see a player hurt, hoping for a quick recover. Trash talkers come in every sport, if Canucks fan can't handle it or get mad about it then they aren't real hockey fans. I would love him if he was on my team like Burrows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Hopefully he's okay. No matter how much you hate a player, wishing injuries on anyone is low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 bolland's actually a pretty effective player when you look passed his antics. tough loss for the leafs for sure. just a freak accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHawkSniper Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Hope he makes a quick recovery for the Leafs' sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Hope he recovers soon, He's going to need a lot of bunk-bed rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEGCanuck Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Agree, Bolland does his job well, hope he is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merci Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Canucks confirmed upon winning Hodgson trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Unfortunate accident, hope he has a speedy recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychees Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I don't see how anyone can think that his leg getting cut was premeditated by Kassian. Sucks big time for the Leafs since he's a great player to be honest, stupid antics aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpcurtly Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I wonder if Nonis will hire a private investigator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Leafs are the only other team I cheer for lol. I hope the surgery is a complete success and he is back on his skates fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I thought he was missing a skate blade at first because he couldn't stand up. Kassian didn't intentionally do this anyway. That's absurd. If he meant to do it then it would be so obvious and so vicious looking -- chopping at the back of someone's leg. You can't do something like this secretively, lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Crappy injury. We all remember when it happened to Bieksa twice. He might be out awhile. And I'm pretty sure they misquoted Kassian. I don't think he said "no talking about it", I think he said "I know they're talking about that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 unfortunate play. leafs are gonna miss him but hey, injuries happen to every team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Leafs are the only other team I cheer for lol. I hope the surgery is a complete success and he is back on his skates fast. WHAT!? Nooooooo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 WHAT!? Nooooooo.... We all have our demons lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Anyway, you have NO protection back there. People shouldn't be surprised that this happens. Same with getting a skate blade on your throat. Extremely rare but you have no protection so there's always the possibility.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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