A broken hand puts you out for an entire season? Must be something more than 'just' a break, right? I mean, I've always heard 6, maybe 8 weeks to fully heal a broken bone. Is there something else going on that isn't widely known? It's been, what, 4 weeks already. How many players in the past have played with a cast - several that I can recall. If there's nerve damage or they had to insert multiple pins, then, okay, it could be that serious. But, there hasn't been, up until now, any hint that this was anything other than a run-of-the-mill break.