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On Friday afternoon, it was revealed that Chris Pronger was going to be paying a visit to Drs. Joe Maroon and Mickey Collins, what for that concussion-like thing he’s been experiencing.*It was, in a curiously roundabout way, a tacit admission that the Philadelphia Flyers‘ defenseman is suffering from, y’know, a concussion.

After missing a handful of games with a suspicious, “concussion-y” virus, the announcement raised some questions: Did these latest symptoms only recently manifest themselves, or is it possible that the Flyers have known for quite some time that Chris Pronger is concussed, and only just recently stopped trying to hide it?

I’m aiming towards the latter, especially since,*as Broad Street Hockey notes, the Flyers are rarely forthcoming when it comes to injuries. Additionally, it seems to be in keeping with a recent theme in the NHL this season when it comes to concussion disclosure, which is: Don’t do it unless you have to.

It’s not a new thing for teams to play coy with injuries. Every year, around playoff time, shoulder strains become upper-body injuries, pulled groins become lower-body injuries, and pretty much everything else becomes the flu.

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