While there’s really not much to worry about in terms of Erik Karlsson’s on-ice recovery from torn foot tendons, the Ottawa Senators captain is still unsure of when he’ll start playing again.
Erik Karlsson’s splitting foot skin sounds very gross and could keep him out until November
Karlsson’s recovery from foot surgery is really going well, guys.
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Just days after the defenseman was in “good spirits” about his recovery time, Karlsson told reporters at the Senators’ charity golf tournament that he’s looking at “October or November” as a possible return window. It will now be a two-to-three week timetable before Karlsson starts skating again with the Senators, certainly knocking him out of Ottawa’s opening day lineup.
Where things get really nasty for Karlsson is why the recovery time is taking so long. Thanks to The Athletic, we now know the gross reason behind Karlsson’s long recovery time, and it’s all about settling foot tendons.
Karlsson is still waiting for a new tendon, surgically inserted in June, to “settle into” his body. He can’t get his foot into a skate boot until his skin stops splitting open, which, evidently, keeps happening. Yes, for all the glamour of professional hockey, it can be fairly gruesome as well.
If all you can imagine after reading that paragraph is that famous scene from “Alien,” I don’t blame you. Skin splitting open due to a new tendon settling into a foot is up there with the most disgusting hockey-related injuries of all time. Please keep your foot wrapped up and away from any hockey skates for the time being, Karlsson. We’ll all be a happier bunch if you do.
But hey, now you know why Karlsson hasn’t been skating! Isn’t it great to have that knowledge stuck in your brain forever?
(We’re sorry.)
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