Leafs’ David Clarkson Does Not Like His Face Cage
David Clarkson is getting frustrated with his… ah, headgear.
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Welcome to the life of being a goaltender, David.
Since having his orbital bone fractured during a fight this preseason, Toronto Maple Leafs’ David Clarkson has been stuck wearing a full face cage- and although he’s taking a risk swapping it out for a half visor and half cage, Clarkson insisted that he couldn’t deal with the cage- or a full visor, either- any longer.
"“I’m not supposed to be in a visor yet, I’m still supposed to have the cage, because I haven’t healed all the bones yet,” Clarkson said on Wednesday morning, “but it’s just so hard to play with a cage or a full shield when the puck comes, it’s tough to pick things up so I switched to this last game and I feel a lot better.”"
It has been seven weeks since the initial injury- and although Clarkson has another two weeks to go before his next doctor’s checkup, he’s already talking about how he’ll be when he goes back to playing without a visor altogether.
He suggests the visor is limiting, and he’s never had to try and score- or fight, although he’s not doing any of that right now- with one on. As soon as his eye is better, the skater will be back to a bare-bones helmet.
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