russian striker “Vancouver” Ilya Mikheev said he had decided to play with an injury as long as it did not harm his health, noting that if he had continued to play he would not have had time to recover by the start of camp. training before the start of next season.
Earlier, Canucks general manager Patrick Allvin said the Russian won’t be playing again this season due to an injury suffered in the fall. We’re talking about cruciate knee ligament surgery – the club hope Mikheev will return to training camp before the start of next season.
— I understand that there is a lot of controversy about my decision to play with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Here are the facts: when I got injured during pre-season, I took some tests and realized that I could play without causing more damage. That’s what I wanted.
Twice a week we checked in with the team doctors to find out how things were going. I never felt any pressure, the situation did not get worse. It was my decision. It finally got to the point where I wanted to be ready in time for next year.
If I had kept playing, I wouldn’t have had time to get back in line for training camp. I appreciate everyone’s concern, but I have no complaints about how everything was done,” Mikheev wrote on Twitter.
This season, 28-year-old Mikheev has scored 28 points (13+15) in 46 games. On Friday, the hockey player played 17 minutes in the next NHL regular season game against Columbus (5:2) and scored a goal.
Source : MatchTV
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