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Steven Stamkos is better than you in every conceivable way [UPDATED]

Steven Stamkos is indeed better than the rest of us…including healing from a broken leg.

He’s with the team on the road trip to continue his rehab (and because they’ve lost every game he hasn’t been to since the injury, apparently). And I guess when you’re made out of stardust you get to skate whenever the hell you feel like it, despite what mere mortals might think about it.

Videos are from:

The team


Damian Cristodero (Tampa Bay Times). This video would be awesome even if he didn’t have a not-completely-healed broken leg.


And Erik Erlendsson (Tampa Tribune) [Note: this instagram video won’t embed.]

This is, according to Cristodero, Stamkos’s first time skating since the injury. And it’s definitely a great way to start your Saturday. Enjoy!

In other injury news, Victor Hedman (lower body injury) is also rehabbing with the team in New Jersey, but he didn’t break anything in a publicly excruciating way, so who cares about him, right? He skated, but didn’t participate in drills. It’s unknown when he’ll be available again. Get well soon, Victor. Seriously. The team needs you, too.

[UPDATE:]

Stamkos also spoke with media after his skate. Thanks again to Damian Cristodero for the video.


Highlights:

  • “This is the first time you guys have seen me skate.”/

Still no timetable for return, but things are on track. He just had his four-week X-ray and could see progress in the bone healing.
He insists he’s not pushing things to the point of pain. This was more “for his hands” than for the leg.

Steven Stamkos back on skates 33 days after breaking his tibia is….

Not human 134
Rushing it 26
…Still not going to get him back to healthy in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics 24

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