Cam Ward Back on the Ice Today

He seems real young for this. I was thirty-two before i learned about sleeping funny. I hope this what all the goalie training with barasso will help to alleviate. Maybe he just didn’t like the hotel room bed.

Ok Ward plays the Pitt playoff series with an injured back from the end of the Boston Series which was reported by John Forslund after the home games on 99.9 The Fan. Now Ward has “back discomfort” just when he is starting to get back on the ice for the Olympic camp. I’m a surgical nurse and do surgery everyday with Orthopedic and Neurosurgeons and we’re all in agreement this is from the same back injury from the playoff series being re-aggravated. We all better be prepared to see a # 2 goalie on the ice in October. Back injuries don’t always go away with rest and Ward has had the summer to rest his back and now it’s “sore”. Sorry I don’t see this as a coincidence.

I’m with Cory get Manny Fernandez on the phone…Help!!!

C

Wouldn’t it show up in the MRI if something was structurally wrong? I guess they could be lying to us – doubt it though. If Cam’s back were that bad off, I doubt he would’ve worked out the next day. And having a former goalie as your GM, you’d think JR would have either signed a goalie before yelle, alberts, kost, or would have strongly discouraged him from attending the Olympic workouts.

I’m not saying he’s 100% healthy, but I wouldn’t be too concerned just yet. Not being 100% at this point in the offseason isn’t that unusual after a long playoff run, and that grueling stretch Cam played the last third of the season.

That’s the only thing right now that worries me. Will cam be the 70 start guy we thought he could be??? With Letnemin backing him up I sure hope so. Does cause some concern. We will have to wait and see. I do agree that it is doubtful the org would have alowed him to go forward with this if it where a problem. ( They could have “strongly discouraged” it ;).

I doubt anyone knew or anticipated this happening including Ward, but after getting back on the ice and assuming the goalie position it hit him by surprise. I’m thinking he was probably on the ice a few days before the 1st official practice for the Olympic camp to warm up and re-aggravated his back. He’s probably in denial right now. The worst injury a goalie can have is a back injury, there is no quick fix even with surgery. It’s months of physical therapy before you can resume regular activities. I’m not saying Ward needs surgery, but just coming home and resting for 2 weeks probably is not going to mend his back problem.

We have to remember Friesen just like any mouth piece for the Canes is under NHL rules not to disclose info on players injuries. Their not going to come out and give us a full report of what they may or may not have found. The Olympic committee and Olympic hockey teams are not governed by NHL rules and can disclose anything they want about a players injury when it happens in their world. We will find out more through them than we will with the Canes organization. I doubt JR has slept well the last 2 nights.

I’m just afraid with the Canes training camp starting on Sept 12th (2 1/2 weeks from now)
that Ward’s “sore back” may not be ready for some grueling practicies. I hope my that raw knot in my gut is just indigestion.

We just need to be prepared mentally that it is a possibility that Ward may not be 100% in October.

C