The Severe Implications of a Concussion for Clarke MacArthur

Brutal. Just brutal. The Senators have not even played a pre-season game yet, and they have two players out with a concussion. For Mark Stone, it doesn’t seem that concerning, especially because GM Pierre Dorion believes that he might be able to make the opening game lineup.

But for Clarke MacArthur, who has suffered his third concussion in the last year and a half, it is much more serious. It’s pretty incredible/unfortunate that all three of those concussions have been caused by his own teammates.

The first one involved a collision with Robin Lehner near the end of the 2014-15 season. Then last year Mark Fraser essentially put him out for the entire season. And this time around, it was…