Jesper Fast.
Ryan Henkel of The Hockey News is reporting that Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesper Fast could miss the rest of the NHL playoffs with a neck injury. The news comes from Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour who told Bally Sports South’s Tripp Tracy that Fast re-injured his neck in Carolina’s final regular season game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and is unlikely to return this season. Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell had previously called Fast’s injury a neck strain, and it appeared to be tweaked after Fast was crosschecked into the boards by Blue Jackets defenseman Erik Gudbranson
Fast completed his fourth year with Carolina after originally signing with the team as an unrestricted free agent back in October 2020. He hasn’t played the first two playoff games and is not in the lineup this evening. The 32-year-old had six goals and 13 assists in 73 games this year in what was his worst offensive season since he broke into the league back in 2014-15 with the New York Rangers. While his scoring dropped off this year, he remained a big part of Carolina’s shutdown line with Jordan Martinook and Jordan Staal.
Brind’Amour was somber when speaking before the game, however, the Hurricanes have not officially shut Fast down for the season as they will reportedly re-evaluate him a month from now (according to Cory Lavalette of North State Journal).
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