Philadelphia Flyers
Rasmus Ristolainen Injury Revealed; Flyers Made a Mistake?
The Philadelphia Flyers announced on Thursday afternoon that defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen underwent surgery to repair a torn triceps tendon, two months after the injury initially occurred.
In addition, the Flyers also shared that the surgery was performed by Dr. Keith Meister, who is the head orthopedic surgeon of the MLB’s Texas Rangers. Ristolainen is expected to be out for three months for rehab and recovery and is expected to be ready for the start of training camp.
But, why did the Flyers wait two months for Ristolainen to have the surgery, and why were no updates provided until now?
You have to imagine that if Ristolainen had the surgery the week he got injured, he would have an outside chance of returning to the Flyers if they made a playoff run. Three months from Feb. 10 would be May 10, which is around the time the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is running.
Personally, it doesn’t make much sense that the Flyers did not cover their bases in this regard. In addition, the expectation is now that Ristolainen is healthy enough to return by the start of August, which virtually eliminates an entire offseason of training or relaxing.
Instead, it will all be dedicated to rehab and recovery, which could have been almost entirely completed by now.
If the Flyers had hoped Ristolainen could rest and be healthy enough to play if they had made the playoffs, their wishes were misguided. They traded Sean Walker at the trade deadline while Jamie Drysdale was injured; the Flyers needed Ristolainen in the few weeks that followed more than they ever have.
Plus, there was no transparency. Ristolainen was first listed as day-to-day, and then a few days later, week-to-week. A week after that, Ristolainen was placed on injured reserve, and no updates were given aside from the transaction.
If the Flyers had simply addressed the injury head-on in a timely matter, there would be no past, present, or (immediate) future concerns about Ristolainen’s health.
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why I think the flyers did that was not rush him back like they did with both Ellis and Couturier prior to this season. (2020-21 & 2021-22)
The lack of transparency with injuries is ridiculous. Other pro leagues report the injuries, but here everything has to be a big secret. It shows a lack of consideration for the fans.
Yeah….upper body injury….lower body injury,
….like listening to the weatherman…..tomorrow there will be an upper level low….WTF.
Danny and Jones are hockey players nobody thinks they are that smart. The circus is back at the WFC.
Risto saw the hand writingon the wall…..does not want to be moved…..he probably vetoed the surgery and went with the rehab….which did not work it appears…..Flyers are now over-loaded with defensemen come October. And his career plus/minus of over negative 150 will make it difficult moving him next fall along with the fact he turns 30….which is not too old…but he has a few more years left on his annual $5.5M cap hit.
17-9-5 record with Risto in the lineup this year trump’s his overall plus/minus. When are you ever going to accept that the team was better this year within he played? The record proves it without a doubt.
Has anyone considered that surgery isn’t some guaranteed procedure that will allow you to be as healthy, after, that you can be if you (or anybody) recover from an “on the fence” injury, naturally ?!