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Patrik Laine really doesn’t look like his wrist hurts in training
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Patrik Laine really doesn’t look like his wrist hurts in training
Credit: Five players were missing from training this morning. Samuel Montembeault and Alexandre Carrier, unsurprisingly, are still injured. The former is day-to-day and the latter is still undergoing treatment following Sunday’s game. Otherwise, guys like Brendan Gallagher, Josh Anderson and David Savard were also conspicuous by their absence. But in their case, we can expect to […]

Five players were missing from training this morning.

Samuel Montembeault and Alexandre Carrier, unsurprisingly, are still injured. The former is day-to-day and the latter is still undergoing treatment following Sunday's game.

Otherwise, guys like Brendan Gallagher, Josh Anderson and David Savard were also conspicuous by their absence. But in their case, we can expect to see them play tomorrow – barring a surprise.

The surprise, however, was to see Patrik Laine on the ice with the others.

Colleague Marc-Olivier Cook reported the news, and what he told me was that Laine really didn't look like a guy with a bad wrist. So we have to conclude that it's better than Friday night, which is a good sign.

When he took shots, he was able to have velocity.

This is a good sign for the future for the man who lacked precision in the first two games of the series, since we know that the wrist is a factor against Laine at the moment. If he's feeling less wrist pain, that's only positive.

Does that mean he'll play tomorrow? We mustn't put the cart before the horse, because there's a difference between a match and a training session, we agree.

We also don't know if Martin St-Louis wants to give him ice time or if he's injured elsewhere, like his knee, for example. But it's something to keep an eye on.


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– Of note.

– Really?

– Hurricanes goalie is OUT tonight.

– Indeed.

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