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Anaheim Ducks: Physical Therapy Corner, Corey Perry

By Chris Bushell

ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 14: Corey Perry #10 of the Anaheim Ducks looks on during the third period in Game Two of the Western Conference First Round against the San Jose Sharks during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center on April 14, 2018 in Anaheim, California. THe San Jose Sharks defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 14: Corey Perry #10 of the Anaheim Ducks looks on during the third period in Game Two of the Western Conference First Round against the San Jose Sharks during the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center on April 14, 2018 in Anaheim, California. THe San Jose Sharks defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /
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SAN JOSE, CA – APRIL 16: Corey Perry #10 of the Anaheim Ducks skates with the puck against the San Jose Sharks. (Photo by Rocky W. Widner/NHL/Getty Images) /

Franchise Cornerstone

The Ducks are currently in second place in the Pacific Division. 3 points behind the Calgary Flames and 2 points clear of the third-place San Jose Sharks. They have done it with a suspect coach and a myriad of injuries to key players.

One of these being Corey Perry. Yes, it is true his productions has dipped over the last few seasons but there could be a reason for it. Following Perry’s injury, this pre-season Bob Murray was asked to questions about it. He had this to say courtesy of SI.com:

"“He was doing the normal things he does at the end [of the warmup] and he pushed off hard on the right leg and it popped. Obviously, that’s because the MCL wasn’t tight. He’d been fighting that even though he wears braces on both knees. Maybe, as I tried to say to him [Tuesday], in this dark cloud maybe the silver lining is he gets it corrected. Let’s face it, Corey is a competitor and he wouldn’t come out of the lineup. He just keeps coming back. Maybe we should have fixed it a long time ago. Hindsight is easy.” -Bob Murray, Interview with the Orange Country Register"

Wearing braces on both knees? Is it precautionary or has he been dealing with a bad knee or knees for a while now? I understand the competitive nature and to some degree, it’s nice to see a player with that a high a level. But when management could have pulled him out to have it fixed years ago I wonder why they didn’t. As much as it would have been tough to see Perry out of the line-up it would have been better to do it earlier rather than later. Who knows how long Perry was playing on at the very least a tweaked MCL and at the most a sprain.

And the meniscus injury is nothing to scoff at. That could have been torn for years and Perry was playing through it. At some point, toughness turns to stubbornness and worse from there. If he had it fixed earlier who know how he could look today. Instead, they wait until it finally tears and have no choice but to repair it. However, as Murray said hindsight is easy. What isn’t easy is what Corey Perry must do to return to the ice.

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