For what it's worth, I have never read a hip MRI for a hockey goalie (pro or amateur) that did not have a torn labrum. It's all about the degree of tearing, and even more importantly, the amount of associated cartilage loss and bone bruising.
I'm sure Rask's hip was hurt, and I'm sure his labrum is torn, but it's often a more complicated multi-factorial issue.
Perhaps Rask should not have played, but I wouldn't automatically assume that just because he was playing with a torn labrum.
That makes sense and is helpful background. But no one is doing that, right?
Tuukka’s inability to move was eye apparent. His play suffered because of it. His playing style changed to compensate for it. He barely practiced before Game 5 because of it. He was pulled in Game 5 at least partly because of it. Long before his diagnosis was made public, people were pointing that out and some were suggesting that he shouldn’t play Game 6 because of it. His status for Game 6 was in doubt because of it. His practice the morning of Game 6 was limited because of it. His mobility and play in Game 6 suffered because of it, to the extent that some of his biggest fans in RMPS were begging for him to get yanked because of it.
After Game 6, he was revealed not just to have a hip labrum tear, but a tear so bad that he needs surgery. A tear so bad that it caused him to miss substantial time this season (which had the second lowest save percentage of his career) with compensation injuries.
I think people are mostly concentrating on all the stuff in my long paragraph, and using the stuff in my short paragraph to point out that none of this was a surprise to the Bruins when they made the Game 6 lineup decision. If Tuukka were not noticeably hobbled and hadn’t gotten yanked because of the injury, I doubt anyone would care about the mere existence of an injury not severe enough to hamper his play.
To the extent that “with a hip labrum tear,” is being used unmodified and without further explanation (
and it is, you’re right to point that out), I think it’s just a shorthand.