Rumor: Brent Seabrook could be out for the long term.

Bad news for the Blackhawks.

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Rumor: Brent Seabrook could be out for the long term.
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There is no question that veteran defenseman Brent Seabrook is one of the toughest customers in the entire National Hockey League. Seabrook has a reputation for playing through some pretty significant injuries and has often pushed himself beyond what you would consider reasonable limits, as have many other players in the NHL, however now it sounds like Seabrook may be learning that even he has his physical limits.

On Saturday night Sportsnet National Hockey League insider Elliotte Friedman revealed that Seabrook has been suffering from what sounds like a multitude of injuries and is currently being evaluated by medical staff to judge what the next step of his career is going to be. By the sound of Friedman's comments it sounds like the Blackhawks are leaning towards shutting him down for the foreseeable future in the hopes of getting him healthy again and getting his career back on the right track in the process. It is hard to tell how long that might be though given that Seabrook does not appear to have been very forthcoming regarding the nature of his injuries. 

"They are saying that he is getting some things looked at," said Friedman on Saturday night's Headlines segment. "Here is what we can kind of tell, Brent Seabrook is one tough guy and he has played through a lot of things and there has been a few nagging injuries I understand that he just hasn't really even gotten looked at. So what they are doing right now is they are going through the process and they are trying to determine exactly how much time he needs. Now this is something that could potentially depending on the results mean he could miss quite a bit of time, but they don't know yet, but that's kind of the situation where it stands. I think they are preparing for the possibility that he could be out for a while but I think that everyone feels this is a guy who needs to get healthy for the sake of his own career."

This is somewhat cryptic but it certainly sounds like it is quite serious as well. We do not have any additional details to share on this developing story at this time but we will continue to provide you with the relevant updates as they come.

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