Kariya Will Not Play This Season According to His Agent

by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 5:36 PM PDT in **This Just In**

Paul Kariya's agent announces he will not play this season.24 minutes ago via UberTwitterJames Mirtle
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Per James Mirtle's Twitter, Paul Kariya's agent, Don Baizley, announced that the forward will not play the 2010-11 campaign due to post-concussion syndrome. Many teams were rumored to be interested in the left wing, most notably the Ducks, who made their interest public after Teemu Selanne announced that he had discussions with both Kariya and the team regarding the possibility.

Kariya suffered major concussions while playing for Anaheim, often on late and questionable hits, but he took another one this past season with the Blues when Buffalo's Patrick Kaleta delivered an elbow to the side of Kariya's head. Though he noted that it was his first concussion in over a decade, this announcement would seem to imply that the effects remain.

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I, personally, thought the calculus after the Stevens hit (which Paul doesn’t count as a concussion, by the way), was that he didn’t have much longer to go at this without risking becoming a vegetable. He might be at the point where he’s happy to have survived Kaleta.

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 5:47 PM PDT reply actions

FOWL!!!

Can’t help, but fell sorry for the guy. He sure took his fair share of hits to the head when he was with us.

We need more Boyntons.

by yankeeken on Aug 27, 2010 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

Bummer. Would have been really neat to see him play with Selanne. Not as inclined to seeing him around next year if Selanne’s not. Makes you wonder wheather or not this was discovered while he was taking a physical.

by JD54 on Aug 27, 2010 6:33 PM PDT reply actions

Doubt it. Rumor was he was considering this all offseason. Murray even said Paul hadn’t made the decision to play. For a guy who hadn’t suffered a concussion since he left the ducks, I’m sure PCS is really scary to go through again. If there was a physical that was determinative, it probably happened in March

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 6:45 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

I know the facts

say he chose not to play for health reasons, but I think we can all agree that it was daniel’s “when Paul Kariya eventually signs” evil-ass bad magumbo that made this decision. Daniel, killyaself, seriously.

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 7:08 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

Yes it was and Daniel owes all Ducks fans an appology. Bad magumbo Daniel.

by Newport Rebel on Aug 27, 2010 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

does that bad magumbo only work against the ducks?

If not, I demand two articles about when the Kings and Sharks win the Stanley Cup

by tohon on Aug 27, 2010 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually, it was Arthur’s refusal to think positively that ultimately doomed Kariya to this season of post-concussion suffering. I know I’m the default scapegoat, but you’ll need a different one for this mess.

by Daniel AC on Aug 27, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, sure. For anyone who’s never knocked on wood for talking about something like it was inevitable, I’m sure that makes sense. Just stop jinxing things, you jinx. And stop trying to snitch on me, when you brought on conventional bad magumbo

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 11:20 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Poor Paul used to take a beating playing with the Bobby Dollase’s of the world on our mighty ducks, remember when his front teeth were all knocked out ??

If practice makes perfect....
Yet nobodies perfect.....
Then why practice ???

by peteyweestro on Aug 27, 2010 7:42 PM PDT reply actions

Haha, that was a high stick on a collision as I recall. I remember his family was concerned after the Suter concussion because he had a concussion on a cheapshot a year or two before. The Suter hit was a pretty serious indictment of Severyn’s abilities. Paul’s earlier concussions weren’t as peculiarly the fault of any one dude. And I still can’t believe he says that Stevens hit in 03 wasn’t a concussion! Crazy

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 7:52 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

One of my professors was an Assistant Athletic trainer that worked with the ducks for several seasons including that one. He said Paul was knocked unconscious by the hit from Stevens, which is a grade three concussion.

by tohon on Aug 27, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions

And I remember the ducks reported it as a concussion after the finals, one of many Kariya injuries that post season. But afterthe Kaleta concussion, he said 12 years since his last. No matter what, it’s the first time he was knocked out while not in a ducks uniform, so I could see why he’s feeling particularly careful. It’s been a long while and he’s so much older now.

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by Arthur from Anaheim Calling on Aug 27, 2010 9:33 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions

There's nothing to see here. And nothing gazes back at me.

by Natesaduck on Aug 27, 2010 9:33 PM PDT reply actions

devastation

by kvd123 on Aug 28, 2010 12:06 AM PDT reply actions

That’s too bad. Kariya was a great player. If this spells the end of his career, he’ll still definitely be a Hall of Famer.

by njdss4 on Aug 28, 2010 4:55 AM PDT reply actions

i dnt think kariya is really a hall of fame guarentee i thnk he will benefit from a weak class nd mayb get in. the guy has nvr really won anything in the nhl and has not been the a great nhl player since he left the ducks in 03. so for 7 years he was just a good top 6 foward not 1 to build the team around. if kariya gets in thn so will guys like lindros nd bure who were superstars for a time but were never stanley cup champs.

by Joe Holub on Aug 28, 2010 9:26 AM PDT reply actions