Video : Patrik Laine’s hand clearly hurts

It’s pretty obvious that he’s in pain and trying to protect part of his hand.

And when you look closely, you can see some kind of splint or bandage on his right ring finger.

The nature of Laine’s injury becomes a little clearer, and we also understand why his shots haven’t been as powerful and precise for several games now, and especially on Wednesday.

Seriously, when Laine was on the power play in the first two games of the series, it really looked like it was another player, so lacking in power and precision.

Having a hand injury when you’re an elite maverick like Laine, that’s the worst thing.

So the CH’s No. 92 was playing injured, and that would go a long way to explaining why he was so bad in the last few games.

If his injury is serious, he won’t be close to returning to the game, which would leave an empty spot in the lineup, one that was filled by Oliver Kapanen last night, but came close to being taken by Florian Xhekaj.

Laine is likely to be out of the lineup for a while, especially considering the CH won without him last night, and the power play was much better.

Seriously, the CH were much more threatening with an extra man, and managed to convert two of their five chances.

In short, we wish Laine a speedy recovery.

In a gust

– Yes, it was. It was magical.

– Montreal CF will be in action today. Montreal is still looking for their first win of the season.

– Interesting. Will they achieve the same feat tonight?