Stamkos to play tonight?

[havanablast21]

As per TSN from yesterday afternoon:

Stamkos, 26, has remained on injectable blood thinning medication Lovenox since the surgery, which removed his top right rib to alleviate pressure on the vein where the clot was found.
The NHL does not permit players to participate in games while taking blood thinners. Stamkos said last week his team of doctors is trying to find a consensus on whether it is safe for him to return to action. They’ve examined the possibility of staggering his dosage so he wouldn’t be on the medication for a short period of time during a game.

Since I think that he is still on the blood thinners as of yesterday afternoon, I doubt he goes off the meds without an adaptation period...

http://www.tsn.ca/lightning-not-expe...ame-7-1.495658

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like it will be up to the New Look Boltz (very much the same as the 2016/2017 boltz) to make or break it tonight!

Go Tampa!

[tomastop]

It's the first time Steven Stamkos arrived that early for a game in the playoffs. Chances are very high he'll play tonight. #lightning

https://twitter.com/iancmclaren/stat...53967281213441

[Shake]

He's back. He's playing tonight. Well, he's at least taking warm ups. Assume he's playing.

[pmorrow]

He's in!

[Godin]

Don't hurt Toronto's next Captain!

LOL Funny stuff there.

[rataylor22]

Joe Smith ‏@TBTimes_JSmith 23m

Illig said he cleared Stamkos a while ago, issue was blood thinners. Stamkos received several opinions and made decision to return tonight

Obviously it was medical clearance keeping Stamkos out of the lineup. Obviously.....

Yeah I look foolish.

If anyone thinks Stamkos is medically cleared to play and Tampa Bay is REFUSING to let him play, they are the foolish ones.

OBVIOUSLY he's not medically cleared.

That is obvious.

Did I say that was obvious?

[2014olympicgold]

Last game as a Bolt. 11:55TOI and a -1. Prolly not how he wanted to go out.

[rataylor22]

Last game as a Bolt. 11:55TOI and a -1. Prolly not how he wanted to go out.

Probably would have been around 15 minutes except that second period.

Although lots of people saying him paying last night is a positive indicator towards him resigning. He wouldn't risk his health like that for an organization he wasn't planning to be with long term.

[JagrBomb]

He wouldn't risk his health like that for an organization he wasn't planning to be with long term.

Sure he would. Hypothetically, if he was deemed ineligible to have his name on the cup this year, do you think for a second he would have played last night?

He wants a cup, whether or not he was going to re-sign with them is irrelevant as to why he played last night.

[Mr. Guru]

Yeah, so he was cleared. Obviously. Or else he wouldn't have played.