Roope Hintz has played with a fractured foot in the last two games against the Oilers

Basically, we agree that the hit didn’t seem to be super dangerous and that the Stars player’s reaction was perhaps a bit over the top.

But…

But Hintz confirmed after his club’s elimination that the blow in question fractured his foot.

That’s why it was so difficult for him to get off the ice:

What’s special about all this is that the Finn found the courage to return to action in games #4 and #5.

He played the last two games of the series with a fractured foot, and we hear it’s pretty intense.

Especially since the Oilers players welcomed him back in their own way in the fourth duel of the series…

It just goes to show – once again – that hockey players are different.

They hurt, they’re injured… but they do everything in their power to try and help their respective clubs on the ice.

The Stars’ doctors had to work hard, too, to allow him to play, but it’s still a pretty remarkable feat.

And hats off to Hintz, even if his club wasn’t able to beat the Oilers in the end.

He gave it his all… even if it wasn’t the result he would have liked at the end of the day.

Overtime

– That would be different.

– Another one…

– Montreal CF practice news: