#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Hockey Media

[(Anonymous)]

There's a nice article on Olli Maatta on Sportsnet:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/resilient-maatta-embodies-penguins/

I have a question, though.

I think that pales in comparison to having cancer, to blowing out both your shoulders, to almost having a lacerated kidney when he went head-first into the boards there (in November),” said Cole.

I thought Maatta injured the same shoulder twice? I thought it was generally thought that the Pens brought him back too soon in fall 2015 and he re-injured it. Have I just been confused all this time? (Speaking of, does anyone have any idea when in 2014 he was supposed to have injured that first shoulder?)

Re: Hockey Media

[(Anonymous)]

sa

Relatedly, Sharks nonnies, I hope you're getting some nice player profiles and stuff out of the SCF like we have been. I've learned more about some of the guys on my roster in the last two weeks than I had in the past year before this. So I hope you also are getting lots of goodies.

Re: Hockey Media

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure it was the same shoulder, but I've also heard that he didn't come back too soon and it really was just a freak accident. He got injured on December 6th 2014 and didn't play another game that season, so it doesn't sound like he rushed back (unless I forgot another injury in-between?)

Sidenote to that nonnie who was asking about Olli's friends on the team, there were several articles recently where Ian Cole was gushing about how great Olli is.

Re: Hockey Media

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Ha ha, that nonnie was me. And yes, I definitely was *eyeball emoji* over all these quotes from Cole about Olli. There was a line somewhere that specifically said they were good friends.

By "rushed back" I mean from the first surgery - he had it in May of 2014 and wasn't expected to be back until a few weeks into the 2014-2015 season, but instead he was there for the opening game.

Re: Hockey Media

[(Anonymous)]

Alex Prewitt from SI wrote a good article about Olli too. But the outtake quotes on his Twitter (@alex_prewitt) are the real gold. Including this gem:

Cole also described Maatta's quiet personality like this:

"Well, he's not a..."

[makes finger guns]

[says pew-pew]

"...kind of guy."

He's also the one who wrote about Hagelin's Mich teammates calling him "hot Carl." He's pretty much a hero.

Re: Hockey Media

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, Cole is mistaken. He injured the same shoulder. Some corners of Pens Twitter who have ~sources~ strongly hinted that his original surgery was botched and that was why it got re-injured.