Blue Jackets head coach Pascal Vincent sent a big message to his players ahead of Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers.
In fact, the club’s offensive star, Patrik Laine, will be watching the game from the Wells Fargo Center bridge, as his coach simply decided to put him aside.
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It must be said that the Finn is going through extremely difficult times, which is not helping the cause of his team, which has not won in the last eight games.
On an individual level, Laine has not picked up any points in his last four games. The winger only played 12:21 in his team’s loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday. Worse, Vincent decided not to put him on the ice for the final 9:53 minutes of Thursday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes.
This season, the former Winnipeg Jets player has two goals and one assist for three points in nine games. Recall that he suffered an injury early in the season that kept him out of action from October 20 to November 11.