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Patrik Laine confirms he broke his finger in the playoffs
Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Patrik Laine confirms he broke his finger in the playoffs
Credit: We suspected that Patrik Laine had something to do with an injury. And now the man himself has confirmed that, yes, he did break his finger in game #2. That’s the game in which he was benched by his coach, as we all remember. That’s what kept him out for the rest of the game. […]

We suspected that Patrik Laine had something to do with an injury.

And now the man himself has confirmed that, yes, he did break his finger in game #2. That's the game in which he was benched by his coach, as we all remember.

That's what kept him out for the rest of the game.

But hey. Laine was still on his team's bench (not in the locker room) during the third period of Game #2, and we know that guys play with injuries in the playoffs.

He was also wearing a jersey that allowed him to receive contact when he practiced with the group after his finger injury, which was his only one.

But hey. That's all behind him now, and as a human being, it's important to have rediscovered the pleasure of playing field hockey in Montreal. That was his goal at the start of the season.

It wasn't easy, but he achieved it.

It's also worth noting that Patrik Laine doesn't think he'll need knee surgery. His only injury is to his finger. And while that's important for a maverick, he's lucky not to be hurting anywhere else.

It was a good thing, he thinks, that he didn't have knee surgery.


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David Savard has received a lot of love from a lot of people in the NHL and he's not closing the door, one day, on continuing to work for the Montreal Canadiens.

Yes, he's the kind of guy who plants trees, but never really sits in their shade. Not as a player, anyway.

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