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GMs Discuss Injury Disclosure Policy
The biggest topic at the GM meetings in Detroit was how much information teams should be required to release to the media about injured players, according to this report. For years, the customary disclosure of injuries -- especially around playoff time -- was either upper or lower-body injury. The thinking was that if the extent or the location of an injury was revealed, then that player would be at risk once he returned to the...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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Do fans have a right to know specifics about player injuries?
Puck Daddy — ... Not that League management needed some approval to stonewall the media on injuries. Tarik El-Bashir of the Washington Post deals with General Manager George McPhee and crew throughout the season, and they're a rather tight-lipped management group when it comes to injuries: ...

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