http://bit.ly/uY4v53 Pronger faces career-threatening crisis The NHL’s concussion epidemic claimed another superstar. Flyers captain Chris Pronger will be sidelined until next season, at least, due to severe post-concussion syndrome. That bleak prognosis should give Pronger pause about returning to war. He has fought his way back from all manner of serious injuries in his career, but this now he is dealing with a brain issue. Pronger's demise a huge blow to the Flyers, a Stanley Cup contender. This team is also dealing with the loss top scorer Claude Giroux and young center Brayden Schenn to concussions. “Certainly, the news is not what we wanted,” Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. “It's hard to replace a guy like that. He plays 26, 27 minutes a night, and there's not one person in the organization we can find somewhere to replace him. “In saying that, we've been moving forward here for a while now without Chris and recently without Claude . . . Those injuries are tough to take, and our team has responded very well. That's evident in the fact we continue to win hockey games.” How did it come to this? The Flyers are a bit mystified. Maple Leafs forward Mikail Grabvoski inadvertently struck Pronger in the right eye with his stick back on Oct. 24. Initially the team only expressed concern was for his vision. Pronger missed six games, then returned to play five games. Then he bowed out with what the team termed a virus. The Flyers later announced that he was suffering from a concussion. Then came Thursday’s bombshell about his long-term disability. “He’s a presence,” Flyers winger Scott Hartnell told CSNPhilly.com. “That ’s the best I can say about him. He’s a presence in the room, a presence on the ice and he was a big factor in our run a couple years ago. When he’s in the lineup, he brings a lot of intangibles other guys can’t bring.” Flyers were 8-3-2 with Pronger in the lineup this season. Without him, they are 12-4-1. “He's an all-star defenseman, and I think he's the best defenseman on the back end, [but] we've played well without him, winger Wayne Simmons told the Philadelphia Inquirer. “We have good leaders on this team. Obviously Prongs is our captain and one of our great leaders, and we have other guys like Kimmo (Timonen) and Cobes (Braydon Coburn) and Harts (Hartnell) and Jags (Jaromir Jagr). Those guys are awesome, and we just follow.” With Pronger on the long-term injured reserve, look for the Flyers to bolster their blue line with a veteran or two. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 讓大家又愛又恨的 Pronger, 10/24 被楓葉的Grabvoski撞下去之後 本來以為只有視覺影響, 現在被診斷出有嚴重腦震盪現象 至少本季沒了, 不過生涯也有可能就此結束 在球隊已經有兩個人腦震盪的同時 ( Giroux, Schenn ) 無疑是雪上加霜 只能祝福他了。 --

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