Patrik Laine (again) absent from practice today

The Canadian is in Vancouver for their match tomorrow, facing the Canucks.

There was a training session planned for today… And from the start, it’s worth noting that Patrik Laine was not there.

The forward had to miss the training session because he is still dealing with flu-like symptoms. This was announced by the CH, on X.

Let’s recall that Laine has already missed a game since he’s been sick.

He didn’t play on Saturday, when the Canadian was in Calgary to face the Flames.

Will he be in uniform tomorrow against the Canucks? We’ll have more details on that tomorrow, probably.

Let’s also recall that Laine had to miss a period at the beginning of January, precisely because he was sick.

At that time, the CH said he was affected by flu-like symptoms, just like now…

The CH has recalled Joshua Roy, this morning, from the Rocket de Laval.

Everything indicates that he will take Owen Beck’s place in the lineup tomorrow.

And if Laine can’t participate in the game because he’s still too sick, we can expect Michael Pezzetta to be in uniform.

After all, the Canadian can’t play with 11 forwards because they only brought six defensemen with them for their western trip.

There’s no replacement at the blue line right now, to put it another way.

We’ll still have to wait to find out the identity of the starting goalie.

But given the context where the CH will play two games in two days (Tuesday in Vancouver and Wednesday in Seattle), we will likely see both CH goalies get a start each – unless there’s a surprise.

It remains to be seen who will be chosen to play tomorrow between Dobes and Monty.

Extension

Let’s note that there was an “impostor” at the Canadian’s training session today.

Carey Price was spotted in the stands, chatting with Dany Dubé: