Jacob Silverberg, 32, suffered a blood clot in his leg for the second time in a short time.
But the career is not over yet.
– From a purely medical point of view, there should be no risk, he tells Geffel Dagblad.
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The first time Jacob Silverberg had a blood clot in his leg was in March last year.
Now it happened again.
In an interview with Gefle Dagblad, the NHL player said he was discovered after the WC and believed it was because he had been hit hard before the tournament.
– The doctors here at home said that there is an increased risk of getting hit again if you hit a big blow in the same place where you previously had a stroke and then you fly. And I said, “It’s kind of like my day-to-day life,” Silverberg says.
Stay in the NHL
The 32-year-old is on an expired contract with the Anaheim Ducks in the NHL and has repeatedly made his comeback at Brynäs.
But it will be late, even if there are rumors in the American media that the “ducks” want to buy him out of the contract already this summer.
– I have not heard anything else but that I shall finish my contract, and I know nothing more than what is written and have not crept into it either. I thought my agent would reach out to you if anything, but I haven’t heard a word, Silverberg says.
Go to medicine
A blood clot blocking blood flow can be life-threatening in the worst case, but it can usually be treated with blood-thinning medications.
Silfverberg told GD that he would be undergoing medical treatment until mid-September, but that there was no “medical risk” in continuing to play hockey.