CROSBY TO RETIRE?

[zachary 2]

Not a daily post, but check out the backhand at :40, poppin bottles

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/tc/comments/latest_crosby_practice_video/

I think that's the Pens Video guy in net but even so he had like no room. Wow, and check like 1:10. A lil Datsyuk-esqe inspired move.

[MrWizard 0]

There is a new video of him up on NHL.com, he breaks a water bottle with his backhander...

[RadioGaGa 162]

What I find weird about these videos is how quiet he is on the ice. Obviously there are people around him, but you didn't even hear a sigh or "that felt good" or "woo" or anything. I guess it is an illustration of his focus...but, I thought he'd at least be interacting with someone else on the ice.

[IniNew 53]

What I find weird about these videos is how quiet he is on the ice. Obviously there are people around him, but you didn't even hear a sigh or "that felt good" or "woo" or anything. I guess it is an illustration of his focus...but, I thought he'd at least be interacting with someone else on the ice.

These clips are of him specifically running drills, not just goofing around (save the first 2 seconds it shows him stepping on the ice). He does give a smile after the backhander that busted the bottle, but outside of that it was a practice for him; not stick and puck.

[zachary 2]

These clips are of him specifically running drills, not just goofing around (save the first 2 seconds it shows him stepping on the ice). He does give a smile after the backhander that busted the bottle, but outside of that it was a practice for him; not stick and puck.

While that's true you gotta have to be having a lil bit of fun when you're that good. I mean he makes it look so effortless.

[stevo_323 0]

Not a daily post, but check out the backhand at :40, poppin bottles

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/tc/comments/latest_crosby_practice_video/

Thats not an RBK bucket is it? whats he got on there?

[Speedz98 15]

[iammerson 19]

If I was the pens I would just shut this guy down for the rest of the season. The fact that he has been gone this long shows and obvious red flag that something is stiil wrong with this guy. As much as we want to read into these videos the real test will be the next time he is at game speed and getting drilled by the opposing teams big man.

[zachary 2]

Not tryin to get anyones hopes up but hearing the players feeling confident about his return this season makes me feel a little bit better. Any fan can speculate but his teammates would know more than we do.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/penguins/s_729432.html?source=rss&feed=8

[Trooper 8]

If I was the pens I would just shut this guy down for the rest of the season. The fact that he has been gone this long shows and obvious red flag that something is stiil wrong with this guy. As much as we want to read into these videos the real test will be the next time he is at game speed and getting drilled by the opposing teams big man.

Just like anything, we are not doctors. If there were red flags I'm sure they wouldn't risk bringing back Crosby when they've already held him out this long. They should be pretty good at evaluating them at this point, they had to have had at least four or five significant concussions already.

[MyBoxersSayJoe 133]

Head injuries are extremely tricky. I was a 3 on the glasgow coma scale and should for all intents and purposes be dead. I'm completely fine and intact mentally. My neurologist has had 13's who were in worse off shape mentally than I was.

[skyscrape 5]

Head injuries are extremely tricky. I was a 3 on the glasgow coma scale and should for all intents and purposes be dead. I'm completely fine and intact mentally. My neurologist has had 13's who were in worse off shape mentally than I was.

Under 8 intubate! If you don't mind me asking, what happened? Was it Hockey? That is amazing that you are alive and intact! I have never seen anyone in the field that was a 3 and not dead!

[Fire0nIce228 1]

9:38 AM:

A couple guys on the ice at CONSOL Energy Center right now working with strength & conditioning coach Mike Kadar. Sidney Crosby, Matt Cooke, Eric Tangradi and Nick Johnson are getting in some early morning work.

Also of note, goalie Brent Johnson skated without gear before those guys took the ice. He shot a few pucks and did a few laps.

Crosby, Tangradi, Johnson all making big strides back from concussion problems. Tangradi hasn't been in a game since Feb 11th after the Gilles hit.

[number21 3]

New update

_{it's the onion}

[camhockey16 5]

for those that like to watch him practicing here you go:

http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=105412

[goaliemanshark 6]

I wish i could be as skilled at anything as that man is at hockey. Hot Damn...

[jds 20]

for those that like to watch him practicing here you go:

http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=105412

Did you see him not manage to keep the puck bouncing on his blade beyond the hash marks? What a fail.....I wish I was that much of a failure. Christ!

[Fire0nIce228 1]

Just throwin it out there,

Crosby experienced a setback.

http://twitter.com/#!/kdpomp

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=364064

The Penguins' captain revealed Friday he experienced a setback during his lengthy recovery from the concussion that has sidelined him since early January. Because he did, it now seems unlikely he could have played during any round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Crosby stopped skating during the Penguins' off-day and game day practices more than a week ago after experiencing concussion-related symptoms, including headaches. Such symptoms are not uncommon, even for an athlete who hasn't played for months.

but some good news

There was more -- former NHL scoring champion Evgeni Malkin, out since Feb. 5 after tearing two knee ligaments, appears to be making a full and speedy recovery.

Malkin resumed skating last week, although he wasn't close to being ready to practice. He also should be ready for the start of camp.

Penguins conditioning coach Mike Kadar will travel to Russia this summer to help monitor the 2009 Conn Smythe Trophy winner's recovery.

"They gave me a plan for the whole summer, and every day I have to work with my knee," Malkin said. "When I skated, it didn't feel bad. It felt pretty strong and I think I could have played this year."

The twitter link is to Bob Pompeani a local reporter, it says Sid believes he had 2 concussions back to back.. Hope he recovers and we can see all these guys with concussion issues playing again next season

[hunterphfr 12]

Head injuries are extremely tricky. I was a 3 on the glasgow coma scale and should for all intents and purposes be dead. I'm completely fine and intact mentally. My neurologist has had 13's who were in worse off shape mentally than I was.

3's a bitch. The lamp in the corner of the room is a 3. Just finished a firefighter tournament and we were talking about Gagne. I'm not even sure I'd have given him a 3.

[MyBoxersSayJoe 133]

Under 8 intubate! If you don't mind me asking, what happened? Was it Hockey? That is amazing that you are alive and intact! I have never seen anyone in the field that was a 3 and not dead!

Thanks! My doctors can't believe it. I sent you a PM. It wasn't hockey-related.

3's a bitch. The lamp in the corner of the room is a 3. Just finished a firefighter tournament and we were talking about Gagne. I'm not even sure I'd have given him a 3.

lol tell me about it...had to take a year off from hockey.

[Katzenjammer 1]

Thanks! My doctors can't believe it. I sent you a PM. It wasn't hockey-related.

lol tell me about it...had to take a year off from hockey.

How did you assess whether to return to hockey? That must have been a tough decision, no?

[MyBoxersSayJoe 133]

Set up an appointment with my neurologist. When he said, "You're good to go as long as you don't get hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat," I got back to playing. For a 6-month period they wouldn't let me skate, lift weights, do any type of strenuous workout. Hell, my mother would freak out if I so much as jumped. At one year they cleared me to play again. The incident was August, I got out of the ICU that September and went to full-time in-patient rehab for a few more weeks. I had a goal of learning to walk, skate and play again in my high school alumni game that November. Getting back to hockey was pretty much what motivated me and why I pushed so hard to recover. Obviously, I wasn't cleared to play so I took up coaching in the meantime. Now I'm coaching a few teams at different levels and playing for two as well.

My point is, it's such a case-by-case situation. A 3 on the glasgow coma scale essentially means I was dead, unresponsive to any stimulation. I was told by multiple neurologists that I was in better shape than people who had much less severe head trauma/concussions. You just really can't compare one situation or a person to another. I had a friend in college who was a 3 on the GSC and he died. Very similar injuries to what happened to me.

I'm sure Crosby's receiving just as good, if not, better (if that's possible) care and advice from top neurologists. He'll come back if and when it's safe.

[Chadd 916]

My point is, it's such a case-by-case situation.

And you can never be too cautious

[MyBoxersSayJoe 133]

And you can never be too cautious

Pretty much. When it comes to your health and your livelihood, you can NEVER be too cautious.

I'm glad concussions are getting some light. Back in high school I got a really bad concussion and flew off to British Columbia for a two week hockey camp the next day. We didn't really think much of them, and that was 10 years ago.

Today, they have our high schoolers do baseline tests at the beginning of the season so they can attempt to benchmark concussions and performance.

[freestyla 0]

Crosby is back tomorrow against the Islanders. So big that CBC has picked up the rights and will show the game.