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Post by blny on Feb 15, 2015 12:25:37 GMT -5
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Post by seventeen on Feb 15, 2015 15:32:59 GMT -5
Sounds like another case of guys who did a lot of fighting in the league having problems dealing with the issues around it. I didn't read the article, so am guessing, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was depression related and involved pain killers or other substances. Thirty five. That's terrible.
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Post by blny on Feb 15, 2015 15:50:31 GMT -5
Sounds like another case of guys who did a lot of fighting in the league having problems dealing with the issues around it. I didn't read the article, so am guessing, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was depression related and involved pain killers or other substances. Thirty five. That's terrible. He apparently had to leave the KHL team he'd signed with last year as a result of post concussion issues. He'd been interviewed a couple of years ago, and it was implied that he was 'cured' of depression. One is never really cured of mental issues. Medication, professional help in applying tools to help, and time allow a person the chance to move on. Unfortunately one of the biggest issues for those suffering from mental illness is discontinuing treatment the moment they feel better. At that moment, they fall back down the rabbit hole. |
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Post by Rimmer on Feb 16, 2015 7:26:46 GMT -5
He apparently had to leave the KHL team he'd signed with last year as a result of post concussion issues. true. the word was it was a career-ending concussion and when it happened it was a big loss for our team. he played with passion and was well liked by the fans here in Zagreb. and he seemed to really enjoy playing hockey. I would never have guessed he had history of depression. rest in peace, Steve. you will be missed. r. |
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Feb 16, 2015 8:21:47 GMT -5
He apparently had to leave the KHL team he'd signed with last year as a result of post concussion issues. true. the word was it was a career-ending concussion and when it happened it was a big loss for our team. he played with passion and was well liked by the fans here in Zagreb. and he seemed to really enjoy playing hockey. I would never have guessed he had history of depression. rest in peace, Steve. you will be missed. r. Welcome back Rimmer ... good to see you checking in mate ... Cheers. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Feb 16, 2015 11:53:27 GMT -5
Far too young. Apparently he was a great mentor for the kids too in his various stops. A real shame.
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Post by blny on Feb 16, 2015 12:45:19 GMT -5
true. the word was it was a career-ending concussion and when it happened it was a big loss for our team. he played with passion and was well liked by the fans here in Zagreb. and he seemed to really enjoy playing hockey. I would never have guessed he had history of depression. rest in peace, Steve. you will be missed. r. Welcome back Rimmer ... good to see you checking in mate ... Cheers. Ditto! |
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Post by CentreHice on Feb 16, 2015 15:27:15 GMT -5
How many deaths does that make now as a direct result of depression and all its trappings from fighting-related concussions?
Anyone else find it odd that Cherry will glorify their fights in his Rock'em Sock'ems….and show at least a fight per week on Coach's Corner….but not talk about how the culture of accepting/promoting deliberate blows to the head results in CTE, depression, addiction, and death?
In fact, he just gets angry and resorts to name-calling (pukes, turncoats) when former fighters like Stu Grimson speak out.
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Post by seventeen on Feb 16, 2015 15:55:59 GMT -5
CH, his whole world revolves around fighting in the game. Who else lights votive candles to Stan Jonathan? If they took fighting out of hockey, it might kill Cherry. Hey, Win/win. (Inside voice). Seriously I don't wish him harm, I just wish him gone away to a retirement home.
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Post by CentreHice on Feb 16, 2015 20:51:33 GMT -5
CH, his whole world revolves around fighting in the game. Who else lights votive candles to Stan Jonathan? If they took fighting out of hockey, it might kill Cherry. Hey, Win/win. (Inside voice). Seriously I don't wish him harm, I just wish him gone away to a retirement home. I know. But he has a big voice. People (himself included) are touting him for the Order of Canada. He should be ridiculed for his stance on fighting. Instead, he's glorified. |
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Post by Rimmer on Feb 17, 2015 4:29:47 GMT -5
Welcome back Rimmer ... good to see you checking in mate ... Cheers. Ditto! thanks, guys. I've always been here, lurking in the shadows, reading game threads and post game threads. I just don't have the time to post anymore. what little time I have I spend it following KHL since my hometown is now a part of it. there's also the time difference, which makes it hard to be a part of any discussion. r. |
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Post by CentreHice on Sept 20, 2015 10:06:54 GMT -5
Considering the death of Todd Ewen…. I found an update about Steve Montador from May of this year. He donated his brain for research….and he definitely had CTE. Family planned to issue a lawsuit against the NHL at that time….but nothing further that I can find on-line. Typical NHL "not our fault" response. They want to keep the lid on that box closed….. Montador: CTENeurosurgeon Dr. Charles Tator, head of the project, said the analysis of Montador’s brain showed he had widespread deposits of a protein called hyperphosphorylated tau. The abnormal protein in brain cells is a marker for CTE.
“And he had a lot of it,” said Tator.
In the wake of the announcement, Montador’s family said they plan to launch a lawsuit against the NHL, saying in a statement on their lawyer’s website that “the finding of widespread CTE in Steven’s brain helps us all better understand that his brain was ravaged by disease and he was unable to control it.”
William Gibbs, an attorney at the Chicago-based firm Corboy & Demetrio, said on the website that the neuropathological analysis confirmed the family’s suspicions that Montador’s brain was “decaying due to the head hits he endured during his NHL career.”
“CTE has afflicted yet another young athlete and his family. It is heartbreaking that such a vibrant young man sustained such monumental brain damage while playing a professional sport,” said Gibbs.
The league reacted to the potential lawsuit in an emailed statement: “The NHL family shares in the sorrow of one of our own losing his life prematurely, and our thoughts, condolences and prayers remain with Steve’s family and friends. However, we do not agree that the reports and allegations made today establish any link between Steve’s death and his NHL career.” |
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Post by CentreHice on Dec 10, 2015 21:09:42 GMT -5
The LAWSUIT has been filed. It would seem his son's mother isn't in the good books…. We'll see how the NHL squirms its way out….and it will. The NHL's acceptance/allowance/glamourization (e.g. Don Cherry) of fighting in the game is at issue. The only way out for them, really, is to have each player sign a waiver exempting the NHL from any and all responsibility for immediate or long-term health problems resulting from fighting or other head trauma… But that would mean admitting guilt in a way….i.e. that fighting does contribute significantly to CTE…..so who knows? The family of the late Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Steve Montador sued the NHL on Tuesday, accusing the league of failing to keep him reasonably safe and not providing him with crucial medical information on the permanent ramifications of brain trauma.
Montador, who played for six NHL teams, died in February at age 35 of an undisclosed cause at his home in Mississauga, Ontario.
His brain was donated to the Canadian Sports Concussion Project and an autopsy showed widespread chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
CTE has been found in the brains of dozens of former NFL and NHL players. Linked to repeated brain trauma, it is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, impaired judgment, depression and progressive dementia.
The 37-page lawsuit alleges the NHL gratuitously conducted scientific research and engaged in the discussion of about head injuries to give players "the false impression that it was working on their behalf to keep them informed and up-to-date on all medical and scientific advancements related to repetitive head trauma." Instead, the suit says, the NHL failed to inform players about the long-term dangers of repeated brain trauma, and demonstrated a conscious disregard of players' long-term health.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for Monatdor's son, parents and brother and sister. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said in an email the "claims made in the lawsuit are without factual or legal merit."
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who was at the Board of Governors meeting in Pebble Beach, California, declined comment and said the league wasn't going to litigate the case publicly. He previously has said that a link between concussions and CTE hasn't been established, a position ridiculed by some doctors and brain trauma experts.
Thomas Demetrio, an attorney for the Montador family, said the NHL, like the NFL, is in denial.
"The NHL still refuses to accept the fact that its game creates permanent, progressive brain damage," he said. "Instead, the NHL disingenuously gives its players a false sense of security by leading them to believe that repetitive head trauma in the NHL will not cause brain damage or resulting addiction or depression issues."
The NHL is facing a federal class-action lawsuit filed by former players seeking unspecified damages over concussion-related injuries. The plaintiffs make arguments similar to those of Montador's family and say the league promoted violent play that led to their injuries. The suit, a combination of several lawsuits by more than 200 former NHL players, was filed in Minnesota in October 2014.
Montador, who played in 641 games with Calgary, Florida, Anaheim, Boston, Buffalo and Chicago, and was involved in 69 fights, sustained "thousands of sub-concussive brain traumas and multiple concussions, many of which were undiagnosed and/or undocumented," the lawsuit says.
He sustained at least three concussions in six months in 2003, at least four in nine months in 2010 and at least four in a three-month span in 2012, according to the suit. It says repetitive brain trauma led to significant memory issues, sleep disturbances, chronic pain, a substance abuse problem, photosensitivity, mood and behavioral changes, anxiety and depression.
The lawsuit alleges the NHL has long known that its players involved in fights were susceptible to brain damage, depression or substance abuse because of the extreme physical and emotional toll fighting puts on them but failed to put an end to the problem. |
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