To start, Aaron received a blow in the summer during the World Cup of Hockey tournament. It came off a play from Leo Komarov, who in my opinion is a dirty player. Say what you want, but the hit was clearly a dirty hit. Aaron was forced to miss the remainder of the tournament.
The hit came of scare to all us Panther fans as we knew the history Aaron had with concussions. This is not what you want happening to your young star defenseman. The blow was labeled as a “whiplash” according to Ekblad, and he’d proceed to start the season cleared.