The opening night of the NHL’s 2016-17 season was exciting in a lot of ways, but one will have to forgive fans of the Los Angeles Kings if they aren’t in a mood to celebrate.
Not only did their team fall to long-time rival San Jose, but starting goaltender Jonathan Quick left the game with an injury and may be gone for some time.
Jon Rosen, who works for the team’s LA Kings Insider website, contacted general manager Dean Lombardi, and the initial prognosis was not good:
In a followup report, Rosen added that Quick is slated to have an MRI today. The exact time frame is obviously unknown, except that the potential exists for this to be a long-term injury.
This is terrible news for Los Angeles, for a lot of different reasons.
Quick is the guy who has backstopped the Kings to two championships and has played the majority of the team’s games for eight consecutive seasons. Although the question of exactly where he slots in among the NHL’s best goalies remains a point of contention, the fact is that he’s played more games than anybod ...
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Article written by Jonathan Willis