Pronger?s Career Could Be Over

from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, Thanks to all those suspensions over all those years, and his willingness to fence ? physically and otherwise ? with anyone who would come near, Chris Pronger has always been a polarizing figure for the almost two decades that he?s played in the NHL.

Nobody sums up the term ?old school? better than Pronger, someone who hasn?t been involved much in the NHL?s concussion discussion. Not until Thursday night, anyway, when his boss, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren, took the unprecedented step of announcing that Pronger?s concussion symptoms are so severe that he has been ruled out for the rest of the regular season and playoffs.

Think about that.

This is mid-December. NHL playoffs generally stretch until nearly the end of June. So in the opinion of the two specialists who examined Pronger this week ? and diagnosed him with ?severe? post-concussion symptoms ? they do not believe his condition will appreciably improve enough in the next six months to permit him to play again this season.

And given Pronger?s age (37), the truculent nature of his play, and the wear and tear on his body, it isn?t outside the realm of possibility to think that his distinguished career could be over.

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