.MapleLeafs' GM Kyle Dubas not only spent much of three days keeping Ilya Mikheyev company in hospital, but also bought him clothes and other personal effects. 'Kyle went above and beyond his duty,' said Mikheyev's agent. (Via reporterchris)
The sheer panic and terror that would come with having an artery and tendons in your right wrist severed by a skate blade. But also the fear and loneliness that would set in after surgery when you woke up in hospital, in a foreign country, several thousand kilometres from your closest family and friends.general manager Kyle Dubas handled his freak accident last Friday night in New Jersey.
So the second-year Leafs GM cancelled a scouting trip, cleared his calendar and joined assistant athletic trainer Jon Geller at the New Jersey hospital two nights after Christmas. Mikheyev was delivered back into their care Monday after being discharged from hospital and flying back with Dubas and Geller. The Leafs maintained regular communication with the family throughout the surgery and everything that came afterwards.
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