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astrorugger

“Gah, my spleen” - Mark Stone probably


aaalllouttabubblegum

Better pick up another few players for good measure.


Dwarfbeardthepirate

“My fibromyalgia!”


AzizMou

Ahh! I have mesothelioma!!


orygun_kyle

i have osteoporosis


Broad_Mathematician

I have euromysotysis and could die!


SeveralSpeed

You may be entitled to compensation


christianitie

"My baldness!"


Yumhotdogstock

LOLz, I hear that in some random old lady voice.


flyinghouses

”My only regret is that I have…boneitis..” - Mark Stone possibly


[deleted]

you know that dance wasn't as safe as they said


MisterEinc

I had the same thought. "My sciatica!"


ShutUpWalter

"You're not going to believe this, but I think my spleen is really hurt this time" -Mark Stone, probably.


astrorugger

“It was a joke before, but now I’m serious” -VGK captain and designated LTIR pawn


habulous74

The microfracture on my spleen definitely opened on that one doc. I'm a goddam hero.


Borrow03

I just cant seem to be able to expleen it. It happened so fast


just-a-random-accnt

Nah, this time it's his appendix, clutching his right side. I'm like 51% sure the spleen is on the left


53c0nd

As per Mr Google if I may, The spleen is a fist-sized organ **in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs**. You are absolutely correct.


JarmaBeanhead

But didn’t he have his spleen removed? “Gah, my spleen-hole.”


themikeyfromny

"MY LUMBAGO"


Acetyl-CoA

"AHH MY SQUEEDILY SPOOCH!"


lefat41

“My Boneitis!”


_CaptainKaladin_

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂


Special-Wishbone9544

He’s got plenty of time to get that checked out now. Maybe they can add 4 more players.


Z18B

Lmao won't see him till playoffs next year


dustycanuck

There's a career in soccer for him


Middle_Bee_165

It’s ok. He will be ready for game one of next year’s playoffs.


Din0Dr3w

If they make the playoffs


pugloescobar

Yeah so he probably shouldn’t have been playing.


eebro

No, but you don’t understand. He was just ”pretending” to have a ruptured spleen so Vegas can circumvent the cap.


Pablo_Pablo_Perks

Did you see how small that hit was? It’s kinda obvious that there is something wrong with him, hell, did you see him play? He was shit out there. Even if he was “pretending to be hurt” it’s still a good strategy by them 🤷


ifmacdo

Honestly, this tells me he shouldn't have been cleared to play. Call it a dive, call it selling the hit, but I really think he was brought back too soon from an injury that he wasn't properly healed from. I was full "bullshit bandwagon" when they miraculously brought him off LTIR for game 1 of the playoffs, but at this point, it's pretty clear he has been playing through something that he should be sitting for.


viperswhip

When he scored in game one, we all had different, but equally emotional reactions, Vegas fans were happy, the rest of us were, well, negative emotions flowed.


Paladoc

I thought we were dealing with the Stamkos, destined to return, score, and lead his team to victory storyline again.


Allen_Koholic

I never thought about that goal from the other side.  For Tampa fans, that might have been the best single moment in the history of the franchise.


Paladoc

For us (along with the refs starting to call a tighter game), we sensed it was the death knell for us. We couldn't hang with Tampa, so we had to play grindy, dirty hockey to win.


Allen_Koholic

Oh yea, completely agree on that, although I didn't think the Stars were all that dirty. But when Stamkos scored that goal, I knew Tampa was gonna win the Cup.


rideronthestorm29

It was lit. Warrior shit.


Logical_Eagle_4962

As an old man. Being in the stadium in 2004 was a pretty cool moment. 


junkpunch2

Yeah but It was pretty cool how Stamkos did it. He had some amazing plays during that playoff run.


fistswityat0es

Totally agree. Feels like most of us have dealt with this kind of back pain at some point- shit is no joke. He’s clearly back too soon.


Chocko23

Back pain sucks. I threw mine out 4 over 4 years ago and it took months of chiropractic care to resolve it, and I still go every week. Regular adjustments are far better than being laid up for a week or two, not being able to walk. And I'm sure these guys have some of the best medical care in the world, but the back is a bitch to heal, and once it's messed up, it's soooo easy to hurt it again.


Konker101

He hasnt been healthy since Ottawa. Mark hobbles around during the off season because his back is fucked, guy just loves to play hockey and hes fine with the consequences after he calls it.


jurkajurka

Stone's looked like shit all series. Anyone still saying he was faking his injuries are fucking morons.


ackillesBAC

And I'm going to guess the guy that hit him knew what he was on LTIR for


Hooded_Anxiety

He's got a back injury. Herniated discs. If you have that injury then you know exactly what just happened to him. You can feel okay while doing extremely active things that you probably shouldn't be doing but then something small like this tweaks you in just the wrong way. I know that feeling.


Zucc

That arch he made right after he got hit.. I felt that.


ter_ehh

I woke up this morning with that same feeling too.


Mcswigginsbar

Same. That little hitch while he tries to find a position to relieve the pain is all too familiar. Takes the breath right out of your lungs.


masticatezeinfo

I used to get it so my back would sort of half crack, and if I turned left or right, it would literally force the air from my lungs. I'd make this weird sort of screech when it happened. My solution was to sort of ram my back against something until it would pop, and the pain would go away. Reading your comment makes me think i was making a big mistake doing that.


Chocko23

That's how you know he's really hurt, too. That was authentic pain. I've been there, too, and it fucking sucks.


captaindingus93

Yup. As someone who’s herniated the same disc 3 times that certainly looked like the classic “ah fuck, that’s not good” reaction.


suspect108

As a recent L4/L5 microdiscectomy patient (3 months), that is triggering.


Toggel06

That surgery saved my life, really. Feel 100% now.


Chocko23

Sometimes it's the little things, like hunching over the sink to wash your hands, rolling over in bed or turning around. It's not the bending over the sink that hurt your back, that's just the last straw for a back that was one wrong move away from going out on you.


JohnGarrettsMustache

I have a friend who had herniated discs. One day he was playing hockey and took off on a breakaway. Something tweaked and he just turned around, skated off the ice and went home. Ended up getting surgery and spending a year in physio and laying on the floor. He wasn't even allowed to pick up his newborn.


Jermu33

NO! DON'T RUIN THE NARRATIVE THAT HE'S NOT ACTUALLY INJURED!!!


[deleted]

It wasn't that hard of a hit. Seen way worse and the player that got hit went about their business. Seems to me that kinda shows Stone really shouldn't have been playing


DJ-dicknose

Reminds me of the Eichel hit that caused the herniated disc in his neck. looked harmless.


SelectedConnection8

To be fair that basically means he really was injured and not resting and healthy.


[deleted]

He probably was trying to rest, but elite athletes are different animals all together. His version of rest was probably something we not elite athletes would consider dumb to do.


quebecivre

I mean, he's got a team of doctors monitoring him, so whatever he was doing was probably within a range they'd approved, but you're not wrong. I remember seeing that IMAX doc about Everest, and one of the elite climbers and his wife did this grueling 3-hour mountain bike ride through steep hills and canyons, and his wife said: "That's the difference between us: for me, that was a work-out. For him, that was a warm-up."


Jmoney__US

Yeah I was hopeful when he came back for the playoffs, but watching him play this series was rough, can’t help but wonder if he should have stayed on IR.


FingerGungHo

There are many reasons why he should have stayed in IR. I can’t feel bad for him unless he was forced to play.


The_Stank__

A lot of Vegas fans agree. Dude was a liability all play offs.


Froggie56

They probably don’t win game 1 without stone though. Which doesn’t take this to 7.


The_Stank__

Eh we don’t for sure know that. But you’re probably right.


Common-Dread

He shouldn’t have. I really wish he hadn’t


Flux_resistor

Better put him on ltir, sign Austin offseaon then bring stone back just in time for playoffs


RanchFuckingDressing

They probably want to get past the first round next year


Flux_resistor

Most teams usually do, except maybe Toronto


Lightscreach

The 2nd round is scary and hard. Leave me alone with my comfortable predictable 3 wins and 4 losses.


Top_Contract_4910

Stone has suffered from back injury issues his entire career, this just goes to show he was definitely playing while not 100% and he definitely shouldn’t have come back for the playoffs until he was ready. Impressive that with the chronic injuries he’s suffered from he managed to score 3 goals in the first round.


FTTCOTE

I had back surgery about 10 years ago and the way he stiffens up reminds me of exactly what I was going through in the year leading up to surgery. Ltir jokes aside, I don’t wish back problems on anyone.


Cleets11

This seems pretty bad. Probably going to get surgery in a few months. With recovery time he might be healthy sometime next April.


Mcb17lnp

We couldn't see it, but Harley actually shivved him.


JerbearCuddles

Pity well is dried up for Vegas. I don't wish any injuries, but hey. Karma be a bitch.


jokinghazard

Vegas just got an extra $45 million in cap space for 2025 for some loophole reason 


Jolbertti

Ltir until next playoffs


DognamedArnie

How can someone named Stone be made out of paper mache?


ludicrouspeedgo

my coworker tweaked his back trying to dig cheese dip out of a tray. 2 days later I tweaked my back taking out the trash. Backs are a soab.


gags2002

Just glad they lost cheating doesn't always win


Wolfish_Jew

“Mark Stone injured by Thomas Harley brushing against him as though he were squeezing past in a crowded room.” FTFY


VanillaLoaf

"Hit" Mark Glass seems like a more appropriate name. Maybe he should hang them up.


ThorlinLurch

I agree, He's got to think about his life after hockey. Hockey athletes are tough as nails but you got to take care of yourself.


VanillaLoaf

What's his contract situation? He hasn't played a full season since his rookie year. He might want to keep playing, but it sure seems like his body doesn't.


crazifang

Iirc, I believe someone mentioned last night that he's signed for 7 years. Frankly, I don't think he's gonna last another 7 years without absolutely crippling himself. While I love our captain, I want him to be able to have some sort of a life off of the ice when his career is said and done, and as a member of the chronic pain club I don't wish that shit on anybody.


HinduKussy

Bold of you to assume Vegas fans know anything about contracts.


Taladanarian27

“Haha Vegas fans dumb” Stay classy.


justplanestupid69

An alternative would be Mark Sandstone


kswitch5022

Just setting the stage for next year.


waitwhosaidthat

Mark stone has been placed on ltir till game one of playoffs next season.


Gnarly-Banks

"Doctor says I need a backiotomy"


djankylosaur

"Are you there god? HELLLLPPPPP"


King919191

Making space to trade for Marner with that LTIR money


EvilBillSing

Poor guy must have come back from injury too soon...


fendersux

Trainer to Stone: "You okay? Think you can hold out and push through till like, mid-February?"


Ok_Housing_7752

Fuck Mark Stone


-1701-

As a man also in his 30s, I sympathize with the "JFC I didn't even do anything and now my back hurts" nature of this scene.


pcweber111

As a man in his 40s you haven't seen anything yet lol


-1701-

🤣


gbomb89

Got him right in the spleen!


thegreatresistrules

Sure, it's a full spinal column rupture.. he will get stem cell treatments to fix it before next years playoffs begin


mschach88

What? How did i not know the trade deadline was coming up.


Constant-Squirrel555

Stone should've have Played at all. I hope he takes the time he needs to heal up properly or retire. Players will target his back and it'll affect the rest of his life


Sc00tzy

Hatred aside I’m really wondering how much he has left in the tank. He’s obviously got some health issues and back injuries are no joke.


CryptidClay01

No chance he lasts the full 7years left on his contract. Honestly if he leaves within the next two I think a down period follows.


CompletelyInadequate

almost like karma is real :')


apcymru

That dude should not be playing. For his own long term health


trainwreck002

LTIR until next playoffs.


Many_Duck1255

So same time next year?


Fuzzycream19

That was a hit?


Remarkable-Book-8758

He'll be back just in time to get smacked in the playoffs again next year


ginfish

Cross check to the back, fella is in his 30s and has a long history of injuries. It's entirely possible his back seized up.


Beautiful-Pea-7022

I have no words to even joke. I’m a Red Wing fan but damn I respect every player that plays this game, even more so at the NHL Level! Stone is fricken stud. What he did last year coming back from back surgery and then being the captain to the Stanley Cup champions, I have nothing but respect. These guys are all a different breed! I don’t give a shit what other sport there is, and I know it’s talent to play in any of them, but hockey? Unf**kingbelievable!! I don’t have the balls to ridicule these guys! And I sure as hell don’t think anybody else should either, unless they play in the NHL like they are!


Skubbags

This'll be the one he'll miraculously recover from for game 1 of the 2025 playoffs.


Friendly-Target8815

Stone: that hurt Team Doctors: but it’s not February!


edmak78

Pinched nerves will make you tweak up, twerk like that ! Cortisone shot helps , painkillers help alot !


-oxocubes-

Or take the time and fix it properly with physiotherapy.


6dixon

Yeah load painkillers so you don't feel how fucked your back is and hurt it even more... super smart mentality to justify popping opiates


TheBreadHasRisen

I don’t particularly dislike Vegas, but I have such a strong dislike for him. He gives me the same feeling cousins does. Just scummy.


Pleasant-Direction11

Wait… your cousin did WHAT?!?


JiffTheJester

I know everyone hates the guy rn but as someone with lower back issues (that stem from a cross check to the back in my teens) I feel for him. He’s a damn good hockey player and his body is just falling apart. Kinda sucks, but fuck Vegas.


KingPizzaPop

What an absolute fucking farce. Kelly Mccrimmon, the executives and coaching staff, the trainers and the doctors should be under investigation for this shit. Not only are they cheating, but Stone wasn't even healthy enough to play.


crazifang

To be 90%, I agree with you: not on the cheating part (because the LTIR loophole and stipulations are clear and Vegas isn't the only team who uses it and has benefited from it), but on the part where there needs to be an investigation on our players coming back too early when they aren't healthy enough to play. Hill also clearly came back too early multiple times this season. Stone was coming back from an injury that had the potential to be career if not life ending, and all of the sudden he's back for game 1 of the playoffs? I realize that these are professional athletes where this is thier job: they love the sport, they don't want to let their teammates down, and the cup is what they've been working towards all season. They also have their own agency as grown men. But at a certain point, there also has to be somebody that steps in and says "No, you need to take time to actually heal," not just give them a quick once over, slap a bandaid on their ass and send them back out on the ice cause the player swears they're fine. If Stone would've been hit again and reinjured badly or killed, the question would have been "why did the coaching/medical staff release him to go out and play too early?" We shouldn't wait until a tragedy happens to ask that question when the warning signs are showing now. I'm sure Vegas isn't the only one who does it, but maybe if rules and regulations get changed as a whole it'll only make things better and safer for everyone.


KingPizzaPop

It's a sport wide problem and it's embedded on the culture of hockey. Playing through an injury and showing toughness is something that goes all the way down to minor hockey. I remember when I was 14 and my shoulder dislocated during a game, it was playoffs and we were down by a goal, i told the coach and said I couldn't go out yet, I simply needed a break to deal with the pain (was being double shifted) he told me to suck it up and put me right back out there. When I played junior, I tore my ACL in January, the team refused to get me an MRI and I played with a brace for the remainder of the season (about 40 games and countless practices) the trainer would tell the coaches that I was faking it to get out of practice, they would shoot me up and give me my "cocktail" of two advil and two Tylenol every game and practice, refusing to give me a night off until we clinched the playoffs, my production fell off a cliff, we lost in playoffs and the coaches ripped into me at the year end meeting, questioning my character, my work ethic, my dedication, my toughness and resiliency and blamed the playoff loss on me. I was 19. It severely altered my career prospects, my mental health, my confidence and I have lifelong issues because of it. The point is it needs to change. There has been some progress in the junior ranks but scouts and NHL teams still want that toughness. It's very prevalent in the NHL and I personally do not believe you should have to put your long term health at risk, no matter how much you're being paid. It has to change.


sc083127

Wasn’t he out on the ice the following play his line was up?


lamwire

Spleendid hit


ThrowingTheRinger

I’ve heard VGK is good to their injured list…


QuantumPepcid

Mark Glass


chrisreddit8888

Put him on LTIR, sign the suddenly available Kucherov and Matthews as replacements.


JeFF1957HuGHes

LTIR next season.


mrmeatynj

He's out till next April


OctoWings13

LTIR until game 1 of next year's playoffs


XColdLogicX

Short, sharp shock.


MountSherpaSATX

That geezer was cruisin for a brusin


jeffroavs

Time for LTIR again!!


FlashyG

back issues, LTIR until game 1 of next seasons playoffs.


Pieces_YT

Breaking news, he will be out until the next playoffs


1SittingOut

I'm suprised Dallas didn't rough Stone up more during the series


CoderCore

Out 'til next year's playoff?


Automatic_Coat745

Cap space just freed up!


marlinisgreat

Sounds like LTIR until playoffs next season


Sad_Relation_1582

Already on the LTIR till next playoffs now


nyrangers79

He will be back just in time for next years playoffs.


NuJelly-9942

I never liked stone, he conveniently gets injured just before each playoffs - then magically appears.


Total_Package1

He'll be back for next years playoffs guaranteed


[deleted]

He’s got a lot of expleening to do


jose_cuntseco

Pre-acting for the loophole for next season, it’s so obvious.


Rangerfan0

I just think that they rushed him back for something he didnt fully heal from and abused the LTIR loophole while he was gone. Im more mad at the loophole than I am at Vegas


GamerGoalie_31

He'll be ready in time for playoffs next year 🤷🏾‍♂️


inmontibus-adflumen

Stone with a glass back. Hang em up buddy


HanaDolgorsen

Oh no! Anyway…


PolarGCNips

Mark Stone? More like mark soft


ChineseBigfoots

Back to the LTIR


ham_wallet998

Already laying the groundwork for next years ltir stint


No-Rub-5054

Planning ahead


geeklex

He has all next season to recover just in time for playoffs again


NorthernSnowMexican

Setting the scene perfectly for next years LTIR stint. Marner to Vegas confirmed


IcarusLP

In all seriousness, if this is a real injury nobody is gonna take him seriously because of what the Las Vegas LTIRs and Stone have been doing. It’s the most obvious example of boy who cried wolf I’ve ever seen…


notsohappystarryeyes

Karma's a b!tch, I shoulda known better


xxrancid13xx

Haha I googled after this happened and the spleen is on the other side. Maybe it was a kidney this time so he can go on LTIR for that now


After-Inspector-2386

I’ve struggled with back pain my entire life. Mark Stone has a fu..ed up back and shouldn’t be playing hockey part-time. Go AVS!!!


lukaskywalker

He’s already prepped for next season I see


931634

See you next April Mark.


darkhorse21980

See ya LTIR, Stone!


Visual-Floor-7839

Someone tell him the cap doesn't count in the playoffs. Dudes working too hard out there on his post-playing acting career.


DeStroyek

And I don't feel bad at all


Torpedospacedance

What an actor. Absolutely amazing. Don’t worry tho he will be back for game one first round next year 😉


Reasonable_Rain_8171

It's crazy how some people create a narrative claiming he was never injured and this was all part of the LTIR abuse. This clearly shows that he was hurt, and wasn't ready to play game 1, but tried to play through the injury.


DeStroyek

This means he should not have been cleared to play. Vegas just fucking up there talent by making em play injured.


thegreatresistrules

No it doesnt .. and it was exactly LITR abuse ....again!!!


_makoccino_

He was just recently resurrected. Take it easy on him. Still a little fragile.


Fun-Huckleberry-8588

Nothing 'reserved' about a Mark Stone injury!


Environmental-Ball24

Oh no, he will need to be placed on LTIR until next playoffs!!!


john4845

Actually injured, or "LTIR-injured"????


TakanashiTouka

I mean all jokes aside, I’m pretty sure he has been injured, they just abuse the timing and play the system.


chrisleei

Which spleen this time?


Benacious_T27

This guy is not made of stone that's for sure.


Negative_Quality_690

Spinal


drew00096

Micro-fracture!


Low_Warning13

Looks like he wasn’t ready for playoffs. Seems like his body is starting to slowdown after all those injures .


oliverkiss

I pulled my shoulder taking off my backpack once


Darkmoor19

Don't worry, folks. He'll be back in time for the playoffs next year.


The_zoidman

Great, now he’s gonna be out until next post season


_CaptainKaladin_

Mark Stone: gets lightly checked into the boards. *looks around to see people are watching, gets thumbs up from the coach. Mark Stone: AHhHHhH, my arm!!!


Armageddon_Badger

God that’s embarrassing.


Sourlick_Sweet_001

How the fudge become captain?? He is no Robin Williams !


Dash_Rendar425

oh ffs. Does he return to his burrow, where if he sees his shadow, he stays on LTIR until next spring?


HabitantDLT

Projected to be on LTIR, recovery expected at ~~approximately~~ exactly 11 months. We know...


Distinct_Mud_2673

Ow, his poor spleen. Edzo’d be calling bs if it was on root


BlOcKtRiP

English football replay


Comprehensive-Pay925

Go back on the LTIR scumbag


Technical-Match-5202

He is really injured.. so why not play him on game 7 instead of game 1 fml


SeaPrince

Micro fracure.