Should Maple Leafs Be Worried About Hakanpaa's Knee Issues? | SDP

Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss the report made by Steve Simmons that recently signed defencemen Jani Hakanpaa may never be able to play hockey again.
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[@Phantus00]

Dallas: "I can't believe they took Klingberg; see if they'll take Hakanpaa."

[@Droz75]

Why would Dallas care? They were both FA's.

[@Zharghar08]

Also Dallas didn't let Klinger go to FA cuz of any worries about his physical condition or play, he was just too expensive. His play was regressing, but not by a huge margin and it was during a very Klinger-style unfriendly Bones term. It wasn't until he went to the Ducks that he became bad, and he didn't break until he went to Toronto.

[@korbendallas7181]

​@@Zharghar08 Bad defensively and hard to watch without frustration a lot of times. Klinger and his agent turned down 8 years, at roughly 7 million a year, with the Stars. Then fired his agent and took a year with the Ducks after no one wanted to give him a longterm/expensive contract. Good riddance.

[@Zharghar08]

That was my point...Stars were willing to keep him because they valued his strengths that much over his weaknesses still, but he/his agent got greedy. It wasn't till the next season in Anaheim where his play regressed to a point where it was surprising that anyone wanted to take a flyer on him. Toronto gambled and were rewarded with his body breaking. Classic Leafs.

[@Droz75]

@@Zharghar08 The Leafs have nothing but money so they took a risk, it didn't workout and Klingberg went on ltir. Nothing classic about it.

[@Steveriknows]

Treliving is going to make Benning look good.

[@alexrowdyrodrigues9716]

I wonder if even if Hakanpaa sits out for a bit and the Leafs bring back Klingberg on league min. If Murray came back then Klingberg possibly could

[@korbendallas7181]

hahahahahahahaha leafs folks deserve so much better than the moves they've been making "to win."

[@RichardArchibald-jk7ms]

It's possible Trev is insane 😳

[@davidjohnson-fw5co]

Leaf pay 27mil for a 34+ defenseman, now Hakanpaa in question? Just another day in leaf land

[@korbendallas7181]

LOL Stars fan here... good luck, he isn't a difference maker. I mean, not the kind that the leafs need. They keep appeasing the lowest common denominator with their moves... every year! And Tanev hahaha ... needed that contract 3-5 years ago...

[@andrewwilkins3014]

They have no choice, they completely fucked themselves, well dubas did

[@RichardArchibald-jk7ms]

@korbendallas7181 Nobody seems to want to play in their prime here. Kinda weird. As far as I'm concerned players should go where the team wants...unless you reach the level of a Crosby where you earned those demands.

[@jamesnewman48]

how do they do this twice. seems strange

[@user-xg8ig6zx5r]

Gee its not twice it was a hip for Klingberg lol , Shanahan has to go away fast!

[@paulsheppard21]

He goes on LTIR. Poof!!!

[@wizzerwiser2056]

@@paulsheppard21 Three of their signings will be on LITR within 2 years.

[@ratedRblazin420]

As a 35 year old living with psoriatic arthritis, I will be getting the cartridge in both knees replaced to see if that helps take away the joint pain; if not it's double knee replacement for me, yay!

[@johnfive2440]

Good thing you don't know the difference between cartridge and cartilage😂😂😂 not to mention the inaccuracies of you thinking you can replace cartilage

[@tntrocketeer3478]

​@@johnfive2440The first thing is a spelling mistake. Second, you can (based on my very short search) replace/repair knee cartilage.

[@johnfive2440]

@@tntrocketeer3478 there's a difference between repairing and replacing it. You certainly can't grow cartilage back and put it in between the two joints

[@tntrocketeer3478]

@@johnfive2440 One surgery takes cartilage from a non-weight-bearing part and replaces the weight-bearing part. There's another procedure that takes healthy cartilage from the damaged area, and cultivates it in a lab.

[@Ove08]

It's hilarious to think we know what goes on behind the scenes. Anything to hate on the team. We aren't doctors, we aren't gms, we are not the player. I read a Dallas reporter state Haankanpa was supposed to start in the finals if they made it through.

[@RichardArchibald-jk7ms]

So we should never ever question an expert.

[@user-tr4jj9pt7x]

@@RichardArchibald-jk7ms Exactly. Du(m)bas(s) was a genius. "I have an idea! Let's try and win without D, a grade 'A' (or B) goalie or guys who can grind in the playoffs." Shanahan: "I love it!"

[@wizzerwiser2056]

Remember when Idiot Friedman said the Leafs will go hard for 2 major defencemen.

[@FrankDuPont-pe1ub]

Who’s the expert idiot.?? The Leafs doctors are the best in the the League just ask Matt Murray as the Leafs Doctors said they studied Hakanpaa and he Will BE FINE SO STFU YOU NON LEAFS FANS THAT ARE JEALOUS THAT WE ARE THE BEST AND THE OILERS LOSE DRAISATL TO THE BRUINS AS HE SAID HE WANTS TO BE A BRUIN AS EVERYONE IN THE HOCKEY UNIVERSE KNOWS DRAISATL IS GONE THATS WHY THEY TRADED FOR SAVOIE.!!!!!

[@RichardArchibald-jk7ms]

@wizzerwiser2056 I would go hard for that...make it happen.

[@ksteele8388]

My son just had that surgery..they used part of his quad muscle to replace his acl

[@bolsymasa7042]

Hope your kid's doing okay

[@user-xg8ig6zx5r]

If DAL would not sign him and would rather have Dumba and Lyubushkin , kinda makes you go hmmmmm!

[@wizzerwiser2056]

It wasn't just Dallas that didn't want to sign him. It was the rest of the league.

[@SevenCostanza]

Heaps of people get the cartilage in the knees replaced . My dad had it

[@scottbaron121]

Hmmm...your dad play on razor-shoes in the NHL? Might be a slight upgrade in knee-stress differential. I'm no doctor but I'm just sayin'. This might not be the best test of equivalency.

[@johnfive2440]

What a dumb comment, you can't replace cartilage.... I went to school to read idiotic comments like this who have no clue about how medical procedures work. What about your dad??? He certainly didn't have his cartilage replaced

[@korbendallas7181]

@@scottbaron121 Hakanpaa is HUGE too. Think its going to effect him big time. He was already slow on the Stars

[@glimmo43]

Wouldn’t surprise me if he is out for a good portion of the year or even the whole year.

[@lukesaki1211]

Keep that seat warm for me, Mr Wylde.

[@vipeholmskolan6052]

He probably went to Toronto because of the miracle medical crew.

[@chriswannamaker7930]

Trelevin will have them in 20th in 3 years..just like Calgary

[@rbrucerye]

I'd be more worried about the Tanev contract coming back to bite Toronto in a year or two

[@Droz75]

Duke University made a breakthrough in knee cartilage research in 2022. It should be in human trials by now.

[@dq6661]

Would the contract not have a medical clause in it? That if he's not medically cleared, the contract is void

[@HockeyTruther]

Sid for marner at the deadline

[@ThePalisky]

Steve Simmons and noone else huh...that's a no. Even if he doesn't play this year it's a 2 year deal.

[@atarileaf]

Hey lets waste money on a player who can't play! Sure! We're the Leafs! We're utterly stupid!

[@xtrickster6556]

I agree

[@BunnEFartz]

@atarileaf Buffalo drafted a dead guy, so stop crying and get as life.

[@liveforthedeal398]

Throw him on LTIR. Possible addition when there’s no cap for playoffs.

[@dellstrike]

I’ve had cartilage replacement in my knee. Almost as good as it was before the injury.

[@robertstacey63]

Try New Genixs

[@jeffsframe9927]

Of course they should. Signing an injury prone player is a classic Toronto move 😅😅😅 So much winning 😅😅😅😅😅

[@johnq2068]

lol sounds about right for the leafs 😂😂😂😂

[@poorlydunbarvideos1472]

Im a nobody...Ive got aftermarket tendons in my severed finger and my knee. Physio is the most exquisitely painful process you could ever imagine

[@BiGPeanutGaming]

Honestly the leafs may have signed him just to put him on ltir and give give him the best medical help there is

[@ifedero3762]

Steve Simmons is a trash reporter. Take what he says with a grain of salt.

[@xtrickster6556]

Who? 😅😅😅. The guy is useless anyway. Same old leafs as always. They'll never win a Stanley cup ever

[@DaveGendron-xx9gl]

Singh you can take your costume off its not Halloween yet.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Fake sellout.🙏

[@Mike-hl3gm]

Who cares, hakanpaa is a low ridk high reward signing, if he can play we will get an amazing defender for cheap if he cant his 1.5m contract goes to our long term injury and we look to sign or trade for a new defender or opens a spot for a young guy to come in

[@edkrstic6423]

Talking in circles.