Canadiens’ Patrik Laine out 2 to 3 months with knee injury, won’t need surgery

The Montreal Canadiens person suffered immoderate pugnacious quality arsenic the squad has announced that Patrik Laine volition beryllium sidelined by a near genu wounded for up to 3 months.

However, connected the positive side, the squad announced precocious Tuesday Laine won’t necessitate country and his clip array to instrumentality from a sprained genu is 2 to 3 months, meaning helium should beryllium successful the lineup successful January.

The Finnish guardant was injured connected Saturday nighttime successful the archetypal play of Montreal pre-season contention with the Toronto aft a knee-on-knee collision with Maple Leafs imaginable Cédric Paré.

The Habs prima needed assistance to get disconnected the crystal aft his genu bent successful an unnatural mode during the collision with Paré.

Canadiens fans were near with a bitter sensation successful their mouths arsenic the Laine wounded occurred minutes aft antiaircraft imaginable David Reinbacher was besides forced from the contention pursuing an open-ice hit.

The squad announced Tuesday greeting that the Austrian defenceman had undergone country connected his near genu and would beryllium retired of enactment for 5 to 6 months.

Laine was seen by reporters astatine the arena connected Monday but was connected the seat sporting crutches and an aircast.

He was initially drafted by Winnipeg with the 2nd wide prime successful the 2016 NHL Draft and had his champion play successful his 2nd twelvemonth with the Jets erstwhile helium scored 44 goals and collected 26 assists.

Two seasons later, helium recorded 63 points successful 68 games successful a play that was chopped abbreviated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Laine would lone play 1 much contention with Winnipeg earlier being dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

He spent three-and-a-half seasons successful Columbus but was deed by a fig of injuries. Last January, Laine entered NHL’s subordinate assistance programme for his intelligence health

Laine came to Montreal successful an off-season commercialized with the squad hoping his dense slapshot would supply immoderate scoring punch to their 2nd enactment arsenic they hoped to marque their archetypal playoff quality successful 3 years.

BACKLASH ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Saturday night’s collision prompted a fig of radical to endanger Paré implicit societal media – something which members of the Habs denounced Monday.

“Nobody should person to spell done thing similar that, conscionable an unfortunate event,” Canadiens prima Cole Caufield said. “People should astir apt support immoderate of those thoughts to themselves, nobody’s trying to wounded anybody retired there.”

Quebec nationalist information curate François Bonnardel besides defended of Paré, who hails from Levis, Que.

“It is perfectly deplorable to spot the attraction Cédric Paré has received connected societal media successful caller days,” Bonnardel wrote connected X, formerly Twitter. “This benignant of online hatred has nary spot successful Quebec.”

 — With files from Canadian Press