Despite the ordeal he endured during the previous season, head coach of the Montreal Canadiens Martin St. Louis is not focusing on the injuries to his starting lineup.
Mangameslost.com reports that with 751 man-games lost, the Canadiens lead the league. They’ve had a difficult start to the season with important defenseman Kaiden Guhle sidelined due to an upper-body ailment and second-line center Kirby Dach already out for the whole campaign due to ACL and MCL rupture in his right knee.
St. Louis asserts that he is confident in the depth of his team to compensate for the absences.
“On Thursday at the Canadiens practice facility, we move forward, we don’t stop what we’re doing because we lost a player,” stated St. Louis.
It’s awful. I find it awful. I’m hoping for a quick recovery for him because getting to play with him and be close to him as a buddy is just something you never want to witness,” Kovacevic remarked. “Unfortunately, it’s part of the game with it just being a fast, physical game, things happen, so just unlucky.”
Guhle departed Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild late in the second period and did not come back. He did not practise on Thursday. It was unclear when or how the injury happened.
After three games this season, the Edmonton native, 21, is plus-four with one assist.
Last season, Guhle recorded the fourth-highest ice-time on the club at an average of 20 minutes 31 seconds as a rookie, but also missed time due to a knee injury and a high ankle sprain. In 44 games, the 2020 first-round draft selection finished with four goals and fourteen assists.
Goalie Samuel Montembeault stated, “We had a lot of trouble with injuries in the last couple of years.” “We were expecting a better season, but after three games, we already have two significant injuries.
“I hope the fan who was casting spells on us last year isn’t still out there. It’s a contact sport, which makes it unlucky.”
