Quoting: ON3M4N
He missed one game in the Olympics and came out the next game to help win the Bronze
When did he tap out of the playoffs a few years ago?
Game 7 when the team scored 1 goal after it was already over. Weird no one calls Marchand out for his poor line change. Then again he wasn't called out for posting all of zero points in the 2013 cup finals either. Just easier for fans to blame Rask
Olympics:
"Goalie Tuukka Rask didn't play in Finland's Olympic men's hockey semifinal against Sweden because of an unspecified illness.
The Finns lost, 2-1. Sweden will play Sunday for the gold medal."
Glad he helped them win Bronze. They could have won Gold or silver. Oh well, must have been so bad he wasn't able to play 27 hours later, oh wait he shut out team USA for the bronze.
Tapping out in playoffs was wrong. Tapping out in 2016 while desperately trying to make the playoffs is accurate - almost worse. 2015-16
"A prime example of Rask folding, is last years season finale vs Ottawa. The Bruins and Senators were both fighting for the final playoff spot in the Eastern conference. Rask was scratched from the game due to an ‘illness’…the guy had diarrhea".
"The Bruins are battling with the Detroit Red Wings and the Philadelphia Flyers for the remaining playoff spots in the Eastern Conference, with 93 points and one game remaining.
If they win Saturday, they would give themselves a much better chance at clinching a wild card spot at least, while a loss would mean they have to wait and see what the Flyers do in their final two games".
Game 7 wasn't on Rask alone. He was however outplayed in the most important game of the series. Marchand messed up, no doubt. Binnington makes that save though, and he is not as good as Rask. I think Marchand gets a pass because you can tell he feels it. Rask is like "oh well, I got sick at the wrong time, darn!" Marchand is like "that stays with you and eats at your soul, and he comes back better. Also injuries, often times clearly playing through things. If Marchand's injury was diarrhea, I 100% believe that dude is strapping a diaper on going for it. You have access to Dr's normal people don't - get something to block you up and get an IV.
Bubble - Family always comes first. I was a little annoyed there wasn't an attempt to come back. I don't think all the details are known so I will reserve judgement, but it seemed like we were hearing the emergency aspect had passed within days of his exit from the bubble. Again, that could have been only a band aid for a bigger issue. I would do the same thing 100/100 times.