"It would make sense, of course.

When a guy's medical records from a 13-month period look like Sidney Crosby's do, making a few adjustments might seem prudent.

Might seem, for example, like a good time to spend some more time out on the perimeter.

There's more time and space available there, usually, and for good reason: The farther most players get from the net, the less likely they are to be seriously involved in scoring plays.

That means opponents have fewer opportunities, and less incentive, to administer the kind of hits -- be they delivered by a shoulder, a stick, an elbow of a forearm -- that can lead to a guy consulting specialists in disciplines he didn't know existed a day earlier.

You know, like neurological surgeons, clinical psychologists, otoneurologists and chiropractic neurologists."