Oh, ich bin verletzt, hab gar nix gemerkt!
Ist natürlich ein schwerer Schlag für die Leafs, dann dürfte es mit dem Titel wohl wieder Essig sein!
Hier was von mapleleafs.com dazu:
Captain Mats latest Leafs loss
April 25, 2002
by John McCauley
mapleleafs.com
TORONTO – If the Toronto Maple Leafs thought suffering a debatable penalty shot call in the dying minutes of Game 4 was rough, then the latest injury news should feel a little worse than a kick to the groin.
Leafs captain Mats Sundin has a hairline fracture in his left wrist and is out indefinitely after he found it impossible to play in the Islanders 4-3 win on Wednesday night.
Sporting a removable cast Sundin spoke after the Leafs practice at Lake Shore Lions Arena on Thursday afternoon.
It's frustrating. It’s the time of the year (playoffs) you wait for," a low-key Sundin said. "I tried the warmup (in Game 4) and it didn't work out. There's no strength in the wrist and hand."
The severity of the injury caught most a little off guard but the Leafs management knew that it just wasn't a bruise.
"We knew he was having trouble during the day a little bit. (Wednesday night) it just wasn't bearable," Coach Pat Quinn said after making it clear Sundin wouldn't be trying to play for awhile.
The injury occurred way back in Game 1, making it more than two full games that the big Swede played through the pain.
It was originally suspected that Mike Peca had slashed Sundin to cause the injury, but according to Sundin the break happened when he tried to block a high point shot in front of the Leafs net.
Freezing and other treatments allowed Sundin to play through Game 2 without much problem but in Game 3 the break was re-aggravated. It's suspected that during a Steve Webb hit, Sundin caught both his hands awkwardly as he braced himself against the boards.
"After both Games 1 and 2 it was playable for sure," Sundin said but wouldn't attribute the injury to any one play.
Normally it takes four to six weeks for a normal person to heal from this type of injury but in the past Sundin has shown remarkable healing powers. He returned from a broken ankle in 1999 after missing just nine games or roughly three weeks. The wrist injury could make an early comeback harder simply because his ability to hold the stick hinges on the strength of that wrist.
There is no timetable for Sundin. The team is going to have to carry on and try to grind out enough wins so that they might get him back in these playoffs.
"We started out with an objective, it's still an objective we still have and we're going to do our best to make that happen with the guys we've got and we've got some good guys," Pat Quinn said. "The last three months we have certainly been bitten (by injuries). It does happen to teams. You get over it, there's nothing you can do."
Another important Leaf, Mikael Renberg, hasn't been able to get back in the lineup because of his nagging hamstring issue. Renberg will have an MRI on Friday to determine if any further damage has been caused. The training staff has said all along that the only way for Renberg to completely heal is rest. He will be a game-time decision.
The Leafs have called up Alexei Ponikarovsky so far but more reinforcements could come tomorrow if need be.
As to how the Leafs will respond to this crisis, there is a feeling amongst the players that this is just another bump in the road.
"It's going to take that much more of an effort," Garry Valk said. "This team has been through a lot over the last four years, a lot of things that people don't know about, and this is just another thing that we're going to have to battle through."
Mats
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