Sharks’ Logan Couture has career cut short by condition also faced by Oilers’ Kevin Lowe

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San Jose Sharks Captain Logan Couture announced that he had withdrawn from the NHL due to osteoporitis, which was the same disease as former Edmonton Oilers defender Kevin Lowe, who attacked the 1987 Canadian Cup – a painful, sad ending for the Sharks leader.

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Couture’s last NHL game was in Anaheim on January 31, 2024, playing only six games in the 2023-24 season. He has not officially retired because he has eight years of $64 million left in his contract, but he will be injured for a long time until the contract runs out.

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After the Oilers’ third Stanley Cup championship, Lowe was part of the ’87 Canadian Cup training camp but couldn’t compete in the fantastic game. However, he recovered from medical problems and played for another 10 years. Haute couture isn’t that lucky.

When teammate Joe Pavelski signed as a free agent with Dallas Stars, Couture, 36, was appointed Captain of the Sharks, who had undergone a lot of medical treatments for the issue, but his rest and recovery was unable to skate normally, but inflammation in the joints on the left and right public bones could not skate normally. It can cause pain and swelling in the groin and abdomen.

Couture ended with 701 points in 933 regular season games, but did score in the playoffs. He scored 101 points (48 goals) in 116 playoff games.

“Great players. I remember those great San Jose teams, he was one of those teams,” said Oilers captain Connor McDavid. “Obviously, you hate seeing this. He’s been dealing with it for a long time. I feel for him. I have wonderful memories of him, great fights.”

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“It’s really good. I remember London’s Mac (Craig Mactavish) partner told me before the draft year that he liked Couture better than Sam Gagner. Neither of them were great skaters, but Couture was a little bigger,” said former GM Lowe, who chose Gagner.

Gagner played a junior in London and ranked sixth in the 2007 draft. The high-end fashion playing football in Ottawa entered the Sharks. A few months ago, smart, hockey distributor Gagner, who had not announced his retirement, stopped playing after a professional trial on Ottawa’s Farmy Team, played 1,043 NHL games with 529 points, scoring eight points against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Lowe remembers trying to solve the pubic problem during the glorious period of the Oiler.

“To me, it’s like a groin pull. The feeling of burning constantly,” he said.

“I took anti-inflammatory drugs every game, which helped relieve the pain. I was forced to stop running during the offseason, which was strictly aerobic bike. It disappeared after that. At the time they told me it was a common condition for long-distance runners and pregnant women.”

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Oilers draft pick Tyler Benson, who played for Modo in Sweden last season, suffered from osteoporitis as a junior with the Vancouver Giants. Marc-Antoine Pouliot, 39, owned it at a young age. Pouliot is still playing in Geneva, Switzerland. He played 168 games for oil workers.

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He shrugged when asked about the comments from Kings Center’s Phil Danault’s TV station on Monday that the Oiler was “trying to hurt our Squad B.”

“Many people in the playoff series will play in the game,” McDavid said, who did not play with a 5-0 loss. “I’m not sure where he got the concept. I have nothing to add.”

In fact, the only oiler player crossing the line was Nurse Darnell, who crossed the check on Quinton Field after slamming him into the ice. He has a professional, game misconduct and a hearing with the NHL to conduct a suspension. Last time we looked, the Nurse was an A-lister, the best defender of the Oilers this season, earning $9.25 million per season.

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Welcome to the NHL, young people

McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, college signer Quinn Hutson and defensive John Klingberg recovered from foot problems as part of Tuesday’s slim skaters before the Oilers headed to San Jose.

McDavid has nine assists in three games after his injury, while Draisaitl has played only three games since his injury last month (next year) and he’s all flying around. Winter Hutson has a very good role model, making his debut in 14.5 minutes in a free throw game against Los Angeles, without PP or PK time. He may be in the second NHL game against the Sharks.

What did Hutson learn from two great oilers on an optional skateboard?

“I probably don’t know. You might have to ask him. Hopefully he’ll notice. He sees us working hard. He’s from a great program from BU (Boston University) and a great family (his Montreal Canadian defender/brother Ryan might win Calder’s top rookie),” McDavavid said.

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Hutson can’t play oilers in the playoffs because he’s a free agent and isn’t on the 50-man reserve list for the trade deadline. He can’t play in Bakersfield, either.

This “n”

With the high fashion exiting, they will be vacant for the captain next season. GM Mike Grier will be rookie Macklin Celebrini with 63 points in 69 games and will be one of the three finalists for Rookie of the Year and possibly compete with Hutson and possibly Calgary goalkeeper Dustin Wolf? Will Grier be as young as the young people in C and C like Jonathan Toews here? Both won captains before their second NHL season. McDavid is 19 and 20 years old. Celebrating June 19. Or will the Sharks be equal to the 2025-2026 season?

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Hutson ranked 20th in his first NHL game. The last player to the Oilers team with that number is Slater Koekkoek. Hutson’s figures in Boston (U. Jari Kurri) have 17 people hanging on the after-slave in Rogers Place. Now, the Oiler is burning the first year of Hutson’s two-year contract. His base NHL salary is $788,000 and his signing bonus is $88,000. His minor league salary is $85,000.

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