Q: Would you mind maybe opening up and telling us what it's like dealing with a concussion? How has it affected your season and also, is it different for a goalie than for a skater?

Miller: My issue is that every time it happens it affects your focus and concentration. You feel like you have ADD. You feel like you have extreme ADD when you have the headaches and the uncomfortable off feeling. I think history can kind of show that I'm a very intense, focused person. And when I can't even get through like a 10-to-15 minute task at home, which I can usually sit down and do, something's wrong.

Q: What kind of tasks?

Miller: Anything. Like, if I tell myself I'm going to sit down and just watch a movie, read a book, whatever, 10 or 15 minutes and then I'm just like, spacing out. That's one of the symptoms. It's frustrating and it's something that I think is misunderstood about concussions, especially in sports. It's like, "Oh, you got your bell run." And when you're cleared to play, it's like, "It's been seven days. You're fine. You're clear and you should be fine." Well, your brain controls everything in your body, even emotions. Like ... you feel depressed. You feel like you can't focus and obviously if you go on the ice and try to play hockey at the highest level, as a goaltender with pucks coming at you and trying to maintain awareness and read the plays, it's definitely not a great situation.

Q: Would you mind maybe opening up and telling us what it's like dealing with a concussion? How has it affected your season and also, is it different for a goalie than for a skater?

Miller: My issue is that every time it happens it affects your focus and concentration. You feel like you have ADD. You feel like you have extreme ADD when you have the headaches and the uncomfortable off feeling. I think history can kind of show that I'm a very intense, focused person. And when I can't even get through like a 10-to-15 minute task at home, which I can usually sit down and do, something's wrong.

Q: What kind of tasks?

Miller: Anything. Like, if I tell myself I'm going to sit down and just watch a movie, read a book, whatever, 10 or 15 minutes and then I'm just like, spacing out. That's one of the symptoms. It's frustrating and it's something that I think is misunderstood about concussions, especially in sports. It's like, "Oh, you got your bell run." And when you're cleared to play, it's like, "It's been seven days. You're fine. You're clear and you should be fine." Well, your brain controls everything in your body, even emotions. Like ... you feel depressed. You feel like you can't focus and obviously if you go on the ice and try to play hockey at the highest level, as a goaltender with pucks coming at you and trying to maintain awareness and read the plays, it's definitely not a great situation.

I like winning but a players long term health and wellness after leaving the game is more important to me. I like him as a person and as a player. If his personality is being affected because of this then he is obviously not in any position to be playing. This is not a pulled muscle or twisted ankle you can suck up and play through. No one is manly for playing with PCS.

I like winning but a players long term health and wellness after leaving the game is more important to me. I like him as a person and as a player. If his personality is being affected because of this then he is obviously not in any position to be playing. This is not a pulled muscle or twisted ankle you can suck up and play through. No one is manly for playing with PCS.

Well, we're really not winning with him in either.

I agree on resting him now for the sake of his career's longevity. I think every athlete with concussions should look at Sidney Crosby and see how serious he is taking it. Concussions aren't something to fuck with.

Concussions are a weird thing though. You'll see them knock a player out for a month, a year, or just a week.

Crosby got rung pretty badly and his was a serious concussion. Giroux got rung badly and ended up with one this year but was only out for about 5 games and he's fine now.

They affect the individuals differently. Honestly it looks like it is affecting Miller in more ways than we want it to.

I'm all in for sitting him and letting him just train and work with it until he feels 100% confident in returning to a high level of play.