Patrick Laine of Columbus will not come to the Lions team for the World Cup. Iltalehti tells about it.
5.5. 19:11 • Updated 5.5. 19:33
Columbus Blue Jackets NHL player Patrik Laine will not be going to this spring’s World Hockey Championships. Iltalehti says (you move to another service)that Laine informed its Lions GM on Thursday of its decision To Jere Lehtinen.
– The injury is the reason I am not going to the races this spring, Laine told Iltalehti.
Laine has said he suffered an upper body injury and did not play in the final rounds of the NHL regular season. Laine played 56 matches in the NHL with 56 points (26 + 30).
In addition, the situation is complicated by the fact that Laine’s contract with Columbus is severed. However, Laine told Iltalehti that his contract situation did not really affect the decision to leave the World Cup.
The World Hockey Championships will start in Tampere and Helsinki on May 13. Lions’ matches and medal matches are played in Tampere.