Doctor gives input on what Thatcher Demko's injury may be: Worse then imagined
A doctor has given his input on what Thatcher Demko's injury may actually be.
This week, the unfortunate news came out that Thatcher Demko won't be ready for training camp or pre-season games and it's unclear if he'll be good to go for opening night in early October.
The reason for this is that Thatcher Demko reportedly still isn't 100 percent healthy after dealing with back-to-back knee injuries, the first which came in the latter stages of the regular season and then he suffered another in the first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Nashville Predators.
Other than it being classified as a 'knee injury' back in the spring, there aren't many details known as to the specifics of the injury. In a post on X on Friday, Dr. Harjas Grewal, family doctor in Canada who tweets about NHL injuries, gave his input on Thatcher Demko's situation.
Grewal mentioned that, while nobody has confirmed, some media reports said that Demko may have been dealing with a torn ACL, which if he had surgery on it this summer, would come with a five-month recovery period.
Once training camp gets underway next month and players start arriving in Vancouver for their medicals, we'll likely find out more information about Thatcher Demko's status. If Demko isn't ready to go for the start of the regular season, it'll no doubt put the Vancouver Canucks in a tough position, forcing Arturs Silovs back into the starting role, as was the case during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Canucks are also reportedly searching the goaltending market for help and one name that may be on their radar is Kevin Lankinen, who is currently an unrestricted free agent.
We'll have to wait and see what the coming weeks bring on the Thatcher Demko front. If the Canucks do end up signing a goaltender, such as Lankinen, it could suggest that Demko may be out for a longer period of time. But it's still too early to say.
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