Marc Savard Post-Concussion Symptoms Still Lingering

[RGM81]

Not good news.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=359766

According to an ESPN report, Bruins centre Marc Savard's concussion problems are not going away.
The story has an anonymous source saying that Savard is having "real memory problems and he's quite worried about it."
Savard last played in a game on January 22 in Colorado when he was concussed on a hit by Avalanche defenceman and ex-teammate Matt Hunwick which sent him crashing into the boards head-first. He was placed on long term injury reserve shortly after.
At that time, Savard was not sure when he would be able to return.
"I'm not going to make any decision about my future until I get some more medical stuff done. I've just got to be patient going forward," he said in the ESPN report. "My agent talked to me a lot, and he gave me time to think about a lot of things. It's going to be tough, especially watching them play."
The 33-year-old has suffered two concussions in less than a year. Savard also sustained a Grade 2 concussion on a blind-side hit by Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke on March 7, 2010. He missed the final 18 regular season games and didn't return from that injury until Game 1 of the second round of the playoffs. He missed the first 23 games of this season dealing with post concussion symptoms.
Savard said his symptoms include being sleepy all the time, and explaining that things seem to move slower now. He has two goals and eight assists in 25 games this season for the Bruins.

[duwal]

He should just face it, his career is over. Everyone saw when he came back he was nowhere near the type of player he was before the hit. Like he said himself, his energy is down and things seem to move slower, he won't have that fast reaction time you need in hockey. He's just 5'10", 190 lbs, going to be 34 next year and will be having the elevated chances of concussions every time he gets a good hit put on him, goes down to block a shot, gets highsticked, etc.

[centrehice]

He will have problems until he dies. Let's hope it is not like Probies situation.

Fingers crossed and hope for him to keep on getting the very best medical attention. Thank goodness for the NHLPA and it's funds to take care of things such as this.

Alan Eagleson, go to H.E. Double Hockey Sticks, you piece of trash.

[HOCKEY68]

Hey Rechhi,whats the diagnosis on this one??
Thank you very much Cooke for causing savard's life struggle now,bet your kids are proud of you!:fighting0049:

[gatesnapper]

I instantly thought his career was over when I saw the Hunwick hit in Colorado.

[JHEYKID]

I instantly thought his career was over when I saw the Hunwick hit in Colorado.

Same, also had same feeling when Markov got reinjured.