Patrik Laine’s upper body injury is not as bad as was feared at worst.
In Monday’s Columbus Blue Jackets match, after the opening set, he was sidelined due to an upper body injury Patrick Laine has flown with the Montreal Canadiens to Florida, where the Canadian team will face the reigning NHL champion Panthers on Saturday evening starting at 20:00.
On Friday, Laine participated in the Canadiens’ ice practice as usual.
The media people who followed Montreal’s trainings recently reported that the tempo was fast in the trainings and there were some great game patterns. Above all, it was pleasant for Finns to hear that Laine was in a strong mood in the training session preparing for Saturday’s NHL game.
Laine, who made a splash in the NHL with his power-play goals, caused quite a stir in Ohio earlier this week when he criticized the opponent of the evening before the Blue Jackets match.
The Columbus players took the Finn as an eye candy and did not spare the tackles against Laine.
Laine’s return to training and to the rink also ends the speculations that have been raging for a few days that Laine might have hurt his shoulder in the Columbus game – the same one that had been operated on earlier.
In the ten NHL games he has played, the man from Tampere has scored 8+1=9.