Rick Dhaliwal gave a really important update on this subject earlier today when he stated that they were now up to 6 or 7 surgeries and that there still weren't any confirmation that he'd be ready to go next year:
It had already been stated that the NHLPA was going to be investigating this situation further, but Elliotte Friedman stated an even worse news on top of that:
It appears that the Canucks could be going to court over that situation. Pearson was limited to only 14 games season, managing 5 points along the way.
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11 AVRIL | 648 ANSWERS MAJOR | Update on Tanner Pearson and the Canucks are in TROUBLE Should the Canucks be responsible for the mismanagement of Pearson's injury? | ||
Yes | 390 | 60.2 % |
No | 258 | 39.8 % |
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