All "Flash" and no substance?
by zandar on Dec 27, 2011 3:24 PM MST
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PrintI'm not sure if it has been mentioned and cleared up these past few months, as I have been way too busy with work and travel to do anything more than pop in here and there but I wanted to share some quick info on Fleischmann (Flash).
To put it plainly, there was little to no chance that Flash could have signed with the Avs. As most (if not all) know that the high altitude and excessive travel for the Avalanche elevates the pulmonary embolism risk. What many may not know is that he is CURRENTLY taking a medication that helps manage that risk. The medication is managed by him and the Panthers so that it is taken in coordination with games so that his blood is not thinned out during game time. Living and playing constantly at the high altitudes in Colorado would have potentially required a stronger dose to manage his situation (or possibly limited it's effects at the current amount). So the likelihood of him remaining with the Avs was slim at best as it more than likely would have been hard to manage the blood clotting living and playing in Colorado.
As nice as it would have been to have kept him, the Avs did the smart thing to let him move on and not risk the money, nor Flash's life. Hopefully this clears up any continued talk about the Avs being stupid/cheap and letting Fleischmann walk this past summer.
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Thanks for this quite informational tidbit. Obviously his health is number one, the situation just sucks though… I’m glad he’s having a fairly successful season in Florida!
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I was under the impression that living at altitude would actually thin his blood too much, causing other problems. My dad had similar issues and was always super sick when he visited from CA. Could be something diff of course.
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While I am not in the medical field nor do we know the exact situation Flash was dealing with (I was informed there are variations), I wanted to share the fact that Flash is on medication that thins his blood to fight the clotting. From the Information I have gathered, the high altitude and excessive travel caused the lung specific clotting. Otherwise he may have just had clotting issues elsewhere. From what I gathered (And understood), it seems that he was at danger of continued clotting in his lungs or worse yet near his heart and it may have been related due to living in Colorado.
Languishing for Landeskog
He had a clotting issue in his leg while playing with the Caps. He missed the first 11 games of the 2009-10 season. Caps fans speculated that he tailed off at the end of that season because of the being unable to prepare at the beginning of the season. He was really bad in the playoffs against Montreal, lots of floating and no physical play and eventually got sat in game 7 for Scott Walker.
I’m glad that things have worked out for Flash, he seemed like a nice guy and was well liked by Caps players and fans (other than his floating ways an allergy to defense).
by vtcapsfan99 on Dec 30, 2011 11:30 PM MST up reply actions
The stupid/cheap talk will continue. Not regarding Flash, however.
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by Bob in Boulder on Dec 27, 2011 10:08 PM MST reply actions
They could have attempted to trade his rights to a team like Florida if they knew this though. Who knows maybe they did but..
I think he was already a UFA, so they didn’t have any rights to him.
We see a wonderful sun-soaked city nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Enos sees nickels and dimes.
by Bob in Boulder on Dec 28, 2011 2:34 AM MST up reply actions
lol
who would give anything up to acquire the trade rights of a player who just got a pulmonary embolism. Maybe Sherman could have gotten a dollar.
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by ProfessorOak on Dec 28, 2011 10:52 AM MST up reply actions
Whatever the reason was not to bring Flash back doesn’t change the fact that his production still needed to be replaced. The best possible replacements in Mueller and Hishon were still concussed and not even skating. So who did Sherman bet on to replace Flash’s output? He chose to go with Jones, Lindstrom, Kobasew or Landeskog to replace a veteran player who was close to PPG status. With all due respect to those players, I think its quite a stretch to think that any of those players could adequately replace the lost output.
Umm, bullshit.
Banking on any of Jones, Lindstrom, Kobasew, Landeskog or even Mueller to replace Flash’s production was unwise. None of those guys (with the possible exception of Mueller) had shown the capacity to perform at the roughly PPG level that Flash did – most of them with years and years of opportunity to have done so.
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