stick flex

I heard on the radio this morning that Brett Hull uses a composite stick with a flex of less than 70 (apparently he said this on HNIC on Saturday)... Ballistic offers a 70 flex, so put me down for one of them... left hand, heel curve... odd that when you go to a hockey shop you can only find composite shafts and sticks with a minimum of 85 flex... same deal with golf club shaft flex... the majority of us are talked into shafts that are far to stiff for our own good... not that there's anything wrong with a stiff shaft, in some cases...

the machine's surgery report

Well, I had my surgery Feb 18. I went in in the morning at about 9:30 waited around for 3.5 hours, they worked on me for about 2.5 to 3 hours then they booted me out a little over an hour after I woke up which was about 1 hour after the surgery. At the time I couldn't breath right, swallow right or talk above a whisper. Apparently the "freezing" they put in my shoulder also affected my oesophagus. It went back to normal by 7:30 that night (about an hour and a half after I left the hospital).

Aside from that, so far the surgery has seems to have gone well. It is way better than what they did 12 years ago. I've got three little holes (about 1/2" long each) and much less pain. Although my doctor says that it is the same surgery underneath so I still have to be very careful for about 6 weeks afterwards. I'll start some basic physio this Wednesday, however, I'm not allowed to move my arm out away from my body further than straight out in front of me until the six weeks are up.

I'm really looking forward to using my left arm properly again as by back keeps spasming out and knotting up on me on account of my holding my arm differently now.

As long as everything goes well with the rehabilitation I hope to be back in the lineup in September.

Hope to see you all then,

Richard

graeme gone for next two weeks

He's off to Portugal for a vacation. Ola!

Or whatever the Portuguese might say. Why he doesn't post this information here is the question. What am I? His secretary? I guess this means he'll miss just next week, as we don't have hockey during the March break.

disabling email notifications

Because this beotch keeps spamming us, I'm disabling the notification feature. If you want to read Todd's weekly inspirational message, book yourself a reminder in Outlook or something.