- WOW..
- GROSSE NOUVELLE dans le dossier Paul Byron!!!
- Sa hanche prend du mieux..
- Mais surtout..
- Son contrat pourrait être TRANSIGÉ d'ici la date limite des transactions...selon THE ATHLETIC...
- Pour permettre à une équipe de placer son salaire sur la liste des blessés à long terme..
- Et ainsi avoir plus de LATITUDE au niveau de la masse salariale...
- À suivre...
Paul Byron still regularly attends Canadiens games. He was at the Bell Centre over the weekend, bringing his kids along for the afternoon games, and was in the dressing room after the overtime win against the Islanders on Saturday with some good news to share.
Byron says his situation with his hip is slowly improving, and he’s encouraged by it. The pain he felt playing with his kids is no longer as prevalent, and he’s taken a step on his road back to possibly playing again.
“I’ve started skating,” he said with a smile. “Nothing too serious, but I’m skating.”
It’s been an extremely frustrating time for Byron since having surgery on his left hip in June of 2021. He returned to play 27 games last season, but finished the year on the injured list and in October it was determined he would not be ready to play this season either and would be placed on long-term injured reserve.
He remains hopeful to resume playing at some point, but Byron’s contract with the Canadiens is up this season and he’ll turn 34 on April 27. There’s even a slight possibility his contract gets traded before the deadline to allow a team to do some cap maneuvering.
In short, Byron’s playing future is blurry right now. But his future as a father and as a person is looking up, because the pain he's lived with for years appears to be subsiding. Whether he ever plays again or not seems secondary to that very important development.