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Sidney Crosby, Conor Sheary Diagnosed With Concussions

May 2, 2017 at 12:55 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 12 Comments

After being hit in the face with Matt Niskanen’s stick last night—for which the Washington defender received a penalty and game misconduct, but no further discipline—Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion and is out indefinitely. Crosby’s linemate Conor Sheary has also been diagnosed with a concussion, and both will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.

Crosby has now suffered at least four concussions during his career, with several other head, jaw and neck injuries that have been related. His last one came in October of last year in practice, while his first (that we know of) happening in 2011 at the Winter Classic against these same Capitals. It was coming back too early from that first concussion that stole almost an entire year of his career, a lesson that should be remembered this time around.

Should the Penguins re-insert him during the playoffs, hopefully the risks are understood completely. Earlier this year, Aaron Ekblad was put back into the lineup for the Florida Panthers only to shut down his season after one game and a decision Tom Rowe blamed himself for. While that seemed to also have connections to the neck injury Ekblad suffered in the World Cup, it is a similar timeline for Crosby and one that should be considered. For a player who was just announced as a Hart finalist, his future, and not just the immediate opportunity the Penguins find themselves in, should be paramount.

Sheary is almost as big of a loss for the Penguins, though he’d been held in check for the playoffs so far. In just his second year, Sheary scored 53 points in 61 games and was a big part of Pittsburgh’s Stanley Cup run last season. The team will now have to rely even more on Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel to provide offense against the Capitals for the rest of the series, something that proved difficult last night against Braden Holtby and the Capitals stifling defense.

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  1. slshelton2

    6 years ago

    Haha!! Too bad crosby is only indefinitely! Hopefully it will be “permanently ” soon! He’s a cheap shot artist who got what was coming to him!

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    • sportsguy_473

      6 years ago

      You should never wish injury upon anyone!

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    • 0-3

      6 years ago

      Do you even hockey?

      Reply
    • jdgoat

      6 years ago

      While he is dirty, this is an awful take

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    • jd396

      6 years ago

      slshelton2 appears to have some firsthand experience with debilitating brain injuries

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    • TJECK109

      6 years ago

      Watch Ovechkin play. Just as cheap

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      • JT19

        6 years ago

        I mean I won’t disagree about Ovechkin, but Crosby is known for playing dirty/cheap and then hiding behind his teammates when confronted. That’s why people don’t like him.

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    • tylerall5

      6 years ago

      Crosby barely throws hits, how is he a cheap shot artist? Watch him play and he’s playing with skill and finesse.

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  2. metseventually 2

    6 years ago

    But Crosby gets nothing for his hit that took off a guy’s finger? Cool.

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    • TJECK109

      6 years ago

      He got slashed across the hands last night before the cross check to the face. I guess it doesn’t count since he didn’t lose the tip of a finger

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    • tylerall5

      6 years ago

      1) it was a slash. 2) if you watch the slash it doesn’t look bad. People slash guys all the time on back checks, it could have been a hard slash but if I recall correctly, it was a one handed slash. Watch the playoffs and count how many times people are slashed.

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  3. TJECK109

    6 years ago

    Everyone wants to say we wouldn’t be talking about this if it wasn’t Crosby but it cuts both ways. You wouldn’t be talking about things he does that you don’t like if it wasn’t Crosby

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