I am hearing from very reliable sources, that Lowell Lockmonster Defenseman, Mitch Love, is trying to get clearance from the Colorado Avalanche to have season ending hip surgery. From what I am hearing, they want to do the surgery as early as this week. If this is true, Love will be out for the season, but could possibly return for the playoffs. Although, the way Lowell is playing right now, I bet they are out of the playoffs come March.
I wonder if it is the pain in his hip that has caused his fight numbers to come way down. I watched him turn down Trevor Gillies and Kip Brennan last night on a couple of occasions. He’s probably better off not fighting either one of those AHL Heavies, but in the situations when he was asked, I feel he should have dropped em. I know Love has turned down Gillies before. Maybe he just wants no part of him, bad hip or no. Anyway, as I get more news, I’ll keep you posted.
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I don’t see anything confirming this on your site, but yes, Mitch came back to Everett last week, and is planning to stick around here for a bit. He’s having hip surgery after Christmas.
I had noticed he was out of the line up the last few games. I sort of figured that’s where he had gone. If you see him, best wishes for a speedy recovery from Goonblog.
talked to him the other night…just waiting to see if he heads to denver to have the surgery or has it done in lowell/boston..he’ll be back….and have you seen the size of gilles?….hahaha
Thanks Condo! Gillies is a monster. I don’t blame Love for not wanting to go with him!