Oliver Kapanen is injured

Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Oliver Kapanen is injured
Credit: Cook

This morning, the Canadiens players took to the ice for one last practice before heading to Toronto.

The first piece of good news is that Ivan Demidov and Lane Hutson were there. Neither of them played in either of the two preseason games on September 26 against Ottawa.

So that's a step in the right direction.

That said, it quickly became apparent that someone was missing: Oliver Kapanen. The second-line center at camp has a lower-body injury, and the Canadiens announced that he is day-to-day.

It's off to a rough start.

Is that why Florian Xhekaj was sent down to the AHL? After all, if Oliver Kapanen can't play, the Canadiens have only 13 healthy forwards.

And on top of that, there's Ivan Demidov, who isn't at 100%.

Of course, we don't necessarily know the severity of Kapanen's injury yet. But what we do know is that the Canadiens had chosen him, right from the start of camp, to lead the second line. And now, he's not in top shape. #NotIdeal

We also note that defensively, the Canadiens put Adam Engstrom in the seventh defenseman spot this morning. That's likely why David Reinbacher didn't make the team… #IceTime

So practice has provided some answers to questions we were asking yesterday, following the Canadiens' wave of roster cuts with more than 24 hours to go before lineups are announced.

Details to follow…


In a nutshell

– Kaiden Guhle practiced in a no-contact jersey.

– Good question.

– Hehe.

– News from the Maple Leafs.

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