Fort Lauderdale, Florida – While the Toronto Maple Leafs approach a possible point halfway in their second round series against the Florida Panthers, the probability that their starting goalkeeper returns this series still seems low.
There is a crucial obstacle that Anthony Stolarz has not succeeded in its recovery of a possible concussion.
“(Stolarz) has not yet patinated,” said Leafs coach Craig Berube in the morning after the Leafs lost 5-4 in match 3 against the panthers.
Berube said that Stolarz “progresses in the right direction”. He had already left the door open for the return of Stolarz, saying “we will see”, before match 2.
But the update on Saturday was much more realistic.
The fact that Stolarz did not even start to skate launches a doubt about his return this series. Match 4 is Sunday evening. The leafs remain up 2-1 in the series.
If the series progresses to match 6, the Leafs should return to Florida. It should be wondered if the Leafs would even have made Stolarz fly so shortly after his injury, since he did not make the original trip with the team for matches 3 and 4.
Stolarz left match 1 after being poured into the head by the center of the Panthers Sam Bennett. While Stolarz stayed in the match for about two minutes of playing action, he then patinated the Leafs bench and vomited in the middle of a televised expiration time.
Berube has since confirmed that Stolarz had been assessed at the hospital but refused to say specifically if he suffered a concussion.
If Stolarz suffers from a concussion, there is a calendar to consider. The progress of return to the game for NHL players dealing with head injuries usually lasts at least seven days. The league brain evaluation and management protocol describes an evaluation process in six stages in which exercise, intensity and contact are regularly increased by 24 hours increase to assess whether post-collaboration symptoms are still present.
Team doctors are responsible for determining when a player has released the protocol and returned to its neurological basic line, which opens the way to a return to live play action.
In the absence of Stolarz, Joseph Woll won two victories, but also has trouble putting his stamp on the series. Thanks to two and a half games, Woll granted 11 goals and has a percentage of stops of 0.869. Although he made timely stops, especially in match 2, there was a notable drop in Woll’s game with the washer compared to Stolarz.
“(Les Panthers) arrive hard. We know it,” said Berube about Woll’s washer game on Saturday. “(Woll) will have to move it quickly, make a decision quickly and move it. This is the net profit. “
Chris Johnston of athletics contributed to this report.
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