Already in the first third of the duel with the Oilers, which Colorado lost 3: 6, the French were hit in the face by a puck dotted by Connor McDavid. The 31-year-old goalkeeper immediately headed for the cabin, from where he never returned.
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“He felt good after the match. But he got the puck right in the eye area. Now everything looks fine, but we’ll see what tomorrow brings,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said with apprehension in his voice.
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Shortly before the end of the basic part of the NHL, it is a great inconvenience for one of the biggest favorites of the Western Conference. The Frenchman caught the season in 17 matches from the start, in which he recorded 15 wins. The success rate of interventions is held at 91.8 percent and the goal average is 2.52.
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Colorado currently lacks two members of its best attack: Captain Gabriel Landeskog and Finn Mikko Rantanen. If a Frenchman joined the Marodka, it would not bode well for the Denver team before the playoffs.
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“It was a terrible blow, I won’t lie. It was terribly uncomfortable because I stepped into it all spring and summer with the vision of returning to hockey. I was really looking forward and full of determination. But I was very focused on those hips and I had no idea at all that I would injure my ankle, “said the Frenchman in an interview for Sport.cz after returning to the poles.
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Perhaps the incident in Edmonton will turn out to be nothing more than an unpleasant lach.
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