More surgery for Sakic

by James Mirtle on Jan 7, 2009 5:43 PM CST Comment 5 comments

The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that captain Joe Sakic underwent successful surgery for a herniated disc and is expected to be out approximately 10 weeks.

"After weeks of rehabilitation, it was determined that surgery was the safest path to a complete recovery," said Avalanche Team Physician Andrew Parker. "This was our best option and the surgery went as expected."

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It's been another very difficult year for Sakic, who may not be able to go out on his own terms given all of his injuries lately.

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:-(

As a Wings fan, Sakic is one of (the only?) the few Avs players I actually respected and liked. It’s sad to see it end for him like this.

by IAmJoe on Jan 7, 2009 6:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sakic doesn’t deserve to end his career like this. He’s one of the all-time greats and deserves to go out Bourque-like.

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by Tommelot on Jan 8, 2009 2:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately, “deserve” has nothing to do with it. Poor guy.

I just hope when he does recover, he recovers fully – and even if he can’t play anymore he can still be healthy and pain-free. Backs are a tricky body part.

"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams

by Baroque on Jan 8, 2009 5:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I kind of thought that he was trying to keep going to play one last time for the Canadian Olympic team in his hometown. At this rate, I don’t think he can do that anymore.

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by saskhab on Jan 8, 2009 9:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

10 weeks from now places him roughly at the end of March. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him come back for the last week of the season or so, to wave goodbye.

by IAmJoe on Jan 8, 2009 11:13 AM CST reply actions 0 recs