Chicago Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews Still Recovering from Concussion -NHL Update
The Chicago Blackhawks suffered greatly due to not having captain Jonathan Toews around during the later part of the 2011-2012 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season, but attempted at returning during the playoffs.
But now, Toews has made a surprising revelation that he is still feeling symptoms of the severe concussion he suffered earlier last season and is thankful of the lockout in that regard so that when the time does come to start playing again, he will be able
to do so fully recovered.
This past week has been crucial for Toews as he underwent the final series of tests to determine where he stood in terms of facing concussion related symptoms and luckily, all looks good to go now.
"Even if you don't feel something and you think you're symptom-free, there's probably still something there that's kind of hindering you and affecting the way your brain works," Toews told the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday. "It was just a lot of eye-movement
things. My eyes didn't track very well. They didn't look from one target to the next very well. My balance with my eyes closed and my head turned a certain way was terrible. (There were) little things that I would think were normal because I didn't feel something
in my head.”
The 24-year-old continues to practice and is doing all that is possible to avoid going down for a whole season or two like Pittsburgh Penguins captain, Sidney Crosby. Drafted as the third overall back in round-one of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago
Blackhawks, Toews has established himself as one of the best in the league.
He led Chicago to their first Stanley Cup championship in 40 years in 2010 and has accumulated a total of 324 points recorded (144 goals, 180 assists) in 361 games played with 196 minutes of penalty time.
Toews is now looking good and hopes that the concussion will not be interfering in his career any more.
"It's always on my mind, especially now since I got that out of the way and I know I'm 100 percent," Toews added.
It will be interesting to see how the players development goes over the next couple of weeks.
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