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  • Is the Wild's Medical Team In More Hot Water?

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    Thomas Williams

    By Thomas Williams -

    That's Wild

    We already saw that the Boston Bruins took issue with the Minnesota Wild's medical staff that was part of Team USA at the 4 Nations Face-Off last week, but there has been more lasting effects because of that tournament.

    Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk could be out for a significant amount of time because of an injury he suffered at the tournament. Panthers coach Paul Maurice said that the forward will get more testing done, but recent reports elsewhere are saying that he could be out until the end of the season. And all of this is now getting more fingers pointed towards the Wild's medical team.

    They already suffered some backlash for mishandling Charlie McAvoy last week; the Bruins also reportedly took issue with the reports they received about Pat Maroon after the trade to Boston from Minnesota recently. And now, on top of the weird internal handling of Kirill Kaprizov's surgery as the team awaits his return, Tkachuk is out because of something that happened at that tournament.

    It could all be coincidence, but the timing is suspect.

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    Imyourhuckleberry
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    Florida Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk could be out for a significant amount of time because of an injury he suffered at the tournament. Panthers coach Paul Maurice said that the forward will get more testing done, but recent reports elsewhere are saying that he could be out until the end of the season. And all of this is now getting more fingers pointed towards the Wild's medical team.

    I notice that it doesn't say he could be out for the postseason. Could this be a LTIR don't rush to come back scenario?

    With and additional $9.5M in salary cap to work with, Florida could load up with another player like Boeser themselves, or any type of player they prefer.

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    Citizen Strife

    Let them.  

    They are in a different conference, so what they say or do about the Wild's medical staff is their own BS agenda.  Players are going to supercede doctors and their diagnoses anyway.  That's how pro athletes tend to roll.  Sure, Kap and others have been hurt, but that's on the Wild.  Other players choosing to value the 4-Nations was on them.

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