Giroux has concussion
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Giroux has concussion
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Claude Giroux, who leads the NHL with 39 points, will be sidelined indefinitely with a concussion, the Flyers announced.
"Claude reported not feeling very good today. Over the past few days, his symptoms have gradually gotten worse," GM Paul Holmgren said in a statement.
Holmgren contradicted the statement he realeased Monday, saying Giroux was "continuing to feel better."
Giroux was accidentally kneed to the back of the head by teammate Wayne Simmonds in Saturday's 5-2 win over Tampa Bay.
With Giroux sidelined, 19-year-old rookie Sean Couturier will get a chance to dispaly his offensive skills on the top line, centering Jaromir Jar and Scott Hartnell.
Giroux is the second Flyer with a concussion; Brayden Schenn also has one, and Chris Pronger is experiencing concussion-like symptoms. Pronger will be evaluated by two concussion doctors in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
Schenn was scheduled to skate after the regulars had a workout Tuesday morning at the Verizon Center. There is not timetable for his return.
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The injury-plagued Flyers' five-game winning streak will be in severe jeopardy when they face Washington on Tuesday night at the Verizon Center.
The Flyers will be without their top offensive player, Giroux (39 points, best in NHL) and their best defender, Pronger.
Washington's Alex Ovechkin has 37 points (22 goals, 15 assist) in career 23 games against the Flyers. The Caps have won two straight.
This is the first meeting between the Eastern Conference rivals in D.C. this season. The Caps won at the WFC, 5-2, on Oct. 20. In that game, Ovechkin scored a pair of goals, and three of the Caps' goals deflected off a Flyer.
Goalie Ilya Bryzgalov will start for the Flyers and face Tomas Vokoun. Bryz left Saturday's win over Tampa Bay with a lower-body injury, but practiced Monday.
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Saw the replay lots of times, played college hockey, there was time for him to go around Giroux. Simmonds could have given up on the play assuring Giroux's safety, after all, he wouldn't have caught them anyway. Protect your assets of which Simmonds is way down the line...— ppetersen- You guys keep saying what a lousy reporter this guy is...but you are all idiots... Read it again... I know it's at a 5th grade level, which is tough for some of you bone heads... but he says..."This is the first meeting between the Eastern Conference rivals in D.C. this season". FIRST MEETING IN D.C. THIS SEASON! Not the first meeting between the two teams. He then goes on to say..."The Caps won at the WFC, 5-2, on Oct. 20. In that game, Ovechkin scored a pair of goals, and three of the Caps' goals deflected off a Flyer." You guys may even have some valid points, but when you make comments like that, you all look like dopes !
— saxman1210 - Hey tough guy, check the time of the comments you object to. The article ORIGINALLY said it was the first meeting of the season, and then was changed after several people pointed out that Sam was incorrect. That whole paragraph about Ovi's performance in the earlier game was not in the original posting of the article. The only real dope here is Sam and the "editors" or lack thereof at Philly.com. Sadly, this same pattern of incorrect information corrected by readers happens frequently. Maybe you want to retract calling the astute flyers fans on here idiots and dopes?
Since the concussion issue has taken on more visibility, I wonder if the NHL is going to revise the checking and penalty rules even more over the blind side rule from last year? I sure hope that in 10 years from now, we do not have a sport that is non checking. I wonder if owners/coaches are being way more conservative or are there really more concussion injuries lately and why was it not a big deal 25 years ago?- Players are bigger,the game is faster, the equipement much more harder,these players are wearing body armor literally,go to your local sports store,pick up an elbow pad
and tap yourself on the head with it, now imagine NHL speed,
size and lack of respect to the mixture,disastrous recipe
indeed...— mean mean pride,mean mean pride. - They can change the rules all they want but it doesn't protect a player from his own teammate. I saw it happen first hand and Simmonds had time to divert his path. There was no reason for him to jump over Giroux.
— Herdman - No Giroux, no Pronger, Richards gone for Simmonds and Schenn. If these guys can pull it off, it would be the greatest Cup victory ever.
Giroux is why we completely changed our team, Simmonds may have ruined our entire year, unexceptable at any level for a life long Flyer's fan.— ppetersen - Kiss the scoring title goodbye.— brio
- What's really weird is the descriptions from players like Pronger that he NEVER felt that bad before. So Giroux takes one knee to the back of the head and all of a sudden he feels terrible? Doesn't make sense. The impact of Simmonds knee could in no way be that much greater than tons of other hits people take. Sure, he is big and fast. But we're not talking about an MMA fighter or Kickboxer who has drilled kneeing techniques over and over. Are NHL players skaters that much harder? The math doesn't add up to produce players who feel so dizzy, lethargic, sick, and have headaches.— MichaelZoe
- It's not so much how hard a person is hit as to HOW he is hit. Simmonds hit Giroux from the back which caused his head to be snapped forward. The brain is jarred in the skull which caused the concussion. — Herdman
- Always great to be a Flyers fan, going back to the days of losing Parent to an eye injury and going with a backup goalie in the 76 finals, Kerr/Howe injuries in the 80s finals, Lindros concussions in the 90s, etc. Now Giroux and Pronger, our two best players, lost indefinitely. Truly, this franchise has bad karma.— eagle1971
- And, of course, Pelle.— eagle1971
- what a shame, to see a superstar in the making have his career just stopped and now it's done— flyfightinbullies
- He's done, trade Giroux asap, he is damaged goods! Trade Pronger as well
same thing. Go after Shea Weber NOW!— larryv - All you morons blaming simmonds for this don't have a f'n clue. giroux fell right in front of him. it was an ACCIDENT!— Old German
