Rangers Braden Schneider underwent surgery to fix the injury bothering him for two years
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It’s an issue that popped up during the 2022-23 season and has progressively gotten worse, which is why he opted to take care of it now.“It was sore for the first season,” he said.“Last year, I knew there was a tear in it.
And then this year, they said it was pretty bad.”Schneider will be in a sling for the next four weeks.Once he hits the three-month mark, he can begin skating again.He said he is very confident he’ll be ready to go by the start of training camp next season.While the injury is something he could technically play with for the rest of his career, Schneider opted to play through it this season because he wanted to be part of the 2024-25 campaign, given how successful they were just a year ago.It would have, however, put him at more risk for other issues down the road in his life if he continued to let it go untreated.“It’s something that I obviously was able to play through,” said Schneider, who set a career high with 21 points (6 goals, 15 assists) in 80 games this season.
“There were times where it would hurt and it would be tougher than other days.It’s something that, just given the circumstances of the way this year went and having the time we have now, it’s something I wanted to get fixed to help prolong my career and play at a level that I know I can bring a bit more physicality to our team and things like that.
“It’s more something that I wanted to get done to make sure that I’m better for next year and the rest of my time.”As a player who...