Both players were absent to start the season as they recovered from surgery. Andrei Markov tops the list with 69 games and Ryan White has missed 55. Thirteen players have missed at least 10 games. The Canadiens have used 36 players this season and 23 of them have missed at last one game. “I want to get back there and if the doctors say I’m ready, I’ll be there,” said Moen. Moen is in a similar situation regarding the lack of contract and said he would put his trust in the team doctors. “We have a long off-season, six months, and that’s enough time to make sure everything’s OK,” said Darche. At the same time, he doesn’t want to take another hit to the head.
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His competitive juices are flowing and, as a potential unrestricted free agent, he wants to show the team that he’s healthy. With three games to go and no chance of post-season action, he has mixed feelings about returning.
“I skated in the morning skate on the weekend but this is my first practice,” said Darche, who has been out with an inner-ear infection that might have been compounded by a concussion.ĭarche said last week that if the Canadiens were in the middle of a playoff race, he might be back on the ice. There have been 410 man-games lost and that total will grow because the team provided a list of nine players still missing from the lineup and the list didn’t include Price.įour of those players - defenceman Tomas Kaberle and forwards Ryan White, Mathieu Darche and Travis Moen - have been upgraded to day-to-day status but none of them are sure bets for Wednesday’s home game against Tampa Bay. The Canadiens will be quick to tell you that they’re not going to use injuries as an excuse for their disappointing season but earlier on Monday, they provided the media with a detailed breakdown of the season’s boo-boos. Price will become a restricted free agent on July 1 and contract talks could be delayed if Price doesn’t have a clean bill of health. If Price did suffer a concussion, it could complicate matters for the team’s new general manager. Price collided with a teammate during a practice last Thursday but he played Friday in New York.
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