"I'll let you know when I'm back to normal," Andersson said when asked if he's at 100 percent. "I'm still not .. I felt great until the accident and then just my body has been hurting everyday since. It's tough.
"You want to get back to playing as quick as possible but looking back at it I probably rushed it with three, four games. My back is still pretty sore from the accident. It's been a battle the last two months. I'm definitely going to need some rest here."
As much of a toll it had physically, the mental aspect of it all is something that can't be taken lightly.
"I try to move on from stuff," he said. "It's tough every time you see a scooter or something you think of. It's one of those things that it's going to take some time for sure. But I think the body just being sore is the hardest thing, as I said I'm going to try and rest my body and get back to work.
"I don't need surgery, I honestly just need rest. It's been tough the last two months, it's been tough."
Despite all of this, Andersson still managed to personally have a strong end to the season and ended it just one point shy of his career-high of 50 set a year ago.
With the Flames cleaning up their stalls and heading home to mark an end of a disappointing campaign, it's also a time for reflection and for Andersson, this specific moment has much to take away from.
"You live and you learn," he said. "You try to see the positive in each and everything that happened. Honestly, I was just thankful I was alive when I woke up in the hospital. It was scary. I'm sure the last 20 games didn't feel the way it should feel. You try to battle through it.
"You learn from it and you try to find the positive in it."
