Blood clots are a genuine medical issue, so much so that they kept Vancouver Canucks forward Brock Boeser out of a critical home game seven against the Edmonton Oilers, one his team would go on to lose 3-2. Now, the young forward has revealed what caused the clotting that forced him to miss game seven.
Boeser revealed that the blood clot came as a result of blocking a shot early in game one, with the medical issue taking a few days to become present, which just shows how much risk there is when putting your body on the line in the playoffs.
This is a brutal break for Boeser, who was having a fantastic run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and it's clear that he was very emotional about missing a major game in his first playoff run.
Thankfully it appears Boeser will be okay moving forward, with a long summer ahead to recover and get set for the 2024-25 campaign, but it was an unfortunate ending to such a promising season for Boeser and the Canucks. B
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MAI 23 | 149 ANSWERS Brock Boeser breaks the silence on his blood clot Would the Canucks have won game seven with a healthy Brock Boeser? | ||
Yes | 75 | 50.3 % |
No | 74 | 49.7 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
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Evan Rodrigues | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Eetu Luostarinen | - | 4 | 4 | |
Mackie Samoskevich | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Patrick Kane | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Jeff Petry | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Mikhail Sergachev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard | 2 | - | 2 | |
Dylan Larkin | 2 | - | 2 | |
Adam Gaudette | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Dylan Guenther | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Clayton Keller | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Michael Pezzetta | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Otto Stenberg | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Robert Thomas | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Tyler Toffoli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Uvis Balinskis | - | 2 | 2 | |
J.T. Compher | - | 2 | 2 | |
Simon Edvinsson | - | 2 | 2 | |
Logan Mailloux | - | 2 | 2 | |
Shakir Mukhamadullin | - | 2 | 2 | |
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STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 82 | 56 | 22 | 4 | 116 | |
Capitals | 82 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 111 | |
Golden Knights | 82 | 50 | 22 | 10 | 110 | |
Maple Leafs | 82 | 52 | 26 | 4 | 108 | |
Stars | 82 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 106 | |
Kings | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 105 | |
Avalanche | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 102 | |
Lightning | 82 | 47 | 27 | 8 | 102 | |
Oilers | 82 | 48 | 29 | 5 | 101 | |
Hurricanes | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 99 | |
Conference | Cumulative |