Yzerman recovering from knee surgery
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Associated Press
DETROIT -- Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman, using crutches as he recovers from knee surgery,
says he won't return to the NHL if he's unable to overcome the intense pain from the injury.
Yzerman, 37, underwent knee surgery last Friday. The operation to correct the alignment of the right knee, performed by Dr. Peter Fowler of London, Ont., was said to be a success.
Yzerman chose the realignment procedure rather than reconstruction of the knee. He led the Red Wings to the Stanley Cup title despite the injury.
"The approach I have is, take the steps, do the rehab, see how it feels,'' Yzerman told the Detroit News.
Yzerman acknowledged that it was possible he had played his last NHL game but remains committed to making a comeback.
"I'm concerned, but I'm not spending a lot of time worrying about it,'' he said. "We did this with the idea of skating and not hurting any more, and there's a chance that won't happen. We really don't know how I'm going to feel, but I'm not going to sit around and think negatively.''
Yzerman first injured the knee 14 years ago.
In the operation, Fowler sawed one of the two long bones in Yzerman's lower right leg, the tibia, nearly in half. The doctor then realigned the joint by wedging in donor bone.
Asked who donated the bone filler, Yzerman joked that it came from famed racehorse Affirmed.
"So I guess I'll be eating hay in the locker-room from now on,'' he said.
It was the third knee operation for Yzerman in two years.
"I know (the surgery) doesn't guarantee me anything,'' he said. "But I had to do something, whether I wanted to play or not. I couldn't run or swim or even start training.
"I want to play, but I accept the fact that if it hurts too much, you get to the point where it doesn't make sense. If I get to that point, I won't play. Common sense would take over.''
The team has said Yzerman would not be expected to return before November.
from:http://www.espn.com
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Asked who donated the bone filler, Yzerman joked that it came from famed racehorse Affirmed.
"So I guess I'll be eating hay in the locker-room from now on,'' he said.
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