SAN JOSE – The Sharks were dealt an unfortunate hand Thursday with news rookie defenseman Radim Simek will require surgery on his right knee following a mid-game injury he sustained on Tuesday against the Winnipeg Jets.
If anyone knows how tough it is to sustain an injury like that, it’s Simek’s fellow countryman Tomas Hertl.
“It’s tough to see,” Hertl told the media Thursday morning, recalling being on the ice with Simek during Tuesday’s game when he had to be helped off. “He was in (a lot of) pain.”
As Sharks fans will recall – and likely would rather forget – Hertl also sustained a knee injury during his rookie season after a knee-on-knee collision with LA Kings’ forward Dustin Brown.