Devil reveal injuries after the playoffs | Injury update

Dillon fell on the back in the second season 1 in Carolina.

“It was a scary incident on the ice. I have never had a concussion, a neck, back, really something bad, ever in my career,” he said. “I suffered a neck injury in the play. I actually felt great, had my helmet and scatter, ready for the third (period).”

However, the training staff decided to keep Dillon away. In retrospect it was the right call. At the moment he was not so enthusiastic.

“A few broken sticks. Some selected words,” he said. “If you are emotional and want to be in battle for the best time of the year, it is difficult to withdraw.”

Dillon, which was released from a concussion, now has the entire low season to recover from the injury.

“Come on (training) camp, it seems very optimistic that I can go well to be able to be myself, to work on things, to get better this summer,” he said. “In the last 7 to 10 days I was talking a lot with players in the league who had similar injuries with doctors and surgeons. The resounding answer was good for September and October.”

For Dillon, who played all 82 games in the regular season, the timing could not have been the worst. But he is grateful for the care he received.

“It was the right decision not to return,” he said. “I am very grateful and loans to our employees and trainers.”

Kovacevic's knee injury is much more difficult. Operation can require and its availability for the beginning of the next season is unknown.

“It looks as if I get an operation and will be on the road for a decent time,” he said. “I don't expect me to be ready for the beginning of next year.”

Kovacevic suffered the injury in the first layer of game 3, even though he ended the opening time before he was pulled out of the game.

“Things happen quickly,” he said. “I went into a hit and my knee felt a little. I played the rest of the time, but during the break I checked it out and the doc said I couldn't get out again.”

For Kovacevic like Dillon, the sadistic irony is that he also performed in all 82 games of the regular season.

“It's disappointing,” he said. “Often the good and the bad in life come together. I want to concentrate on the positive. I will be back next year, stronger and a better athlete. I will take more attention to myself. I will be a lot through learning and better for the other side.

Although he did not miss a game, PESCE dealt with a shoulder problem that took place in game 1 of the series.

“Shoulder just beaten a little,” he said. “They are the playoffs, so you play through everything you can.”

For Siegenthaler, although he returned from an injury to the lower body, which he suffered in Pittsburgh on February 4, he was still not 100 percent. The bone was completely healed from a health point of view. But his strength and conditioning were far from finished.

“I'm still in rehab,” he said. “I'm just trying to bring my strength back into the leg that was injured. That is the main focus for summer.”

Without the bad circumstances of the Blue line of the devils, Siegenthaler would have granted more time. However, this was not the case.

“We were a few D-Men, so I just got in and tried to play my game,” he said. “Play hard, skate and just keep it, especially in this first game.”

Little did not know that Siegenthaler did not know that this first game went to a double overtime and would require him more than 27 minutes of ice.

“It was somehow obvious that once (Kovacevic) was injured that I would play more than expected,” he said. “I was mentally ready for it. I had a few days to prepare myself when they told me that I would probably play. When the game started, I was right at the moment.