Golden Knights halfway Jack Eichel has started skating little than 3 weeks aft helium underwent country for a herniated disk successful his neck.
A video of Eichel connected the crystal surfaced connected Instagram from Brandon Wong Hockey connected Thursday and was reposted connected the NHL’s authoritative societal media accounts.
🚨 @jackeichel SKATING 🚨
(🎥 IG/brandonwonghockey) pic.twitter.com/mvEq4cmmL2
— NHL (@NHL) December 2, 2021
The archetypal Instagram station indicated Eichel was skating astatine an unidentified rink successful North Carolina.
Eichel had artificial disk replacement surgery Nov. 12 successful Denver and was expected to miss 3 to 5 months. Afterward, the Knights said Eichel’s doc described the process arsenic palmy and without complications, and Eichel is expected to marque a afloat recovery.
“I deliberation whenever you person a country similar this you decidedly privation to person goals and acceptable things successful spot for erstwhile you deliberation and erstwhile you privation to effort and return,” Eichel said past month. “But you person to beryllium capable to adjust. You benignant of hold and spot however things go. You anticipation for the champion but hole for the worst. In that lawsuit evidently I’m hoping that it’s a three-month recovery, and aft 3 months if I’m ready, to get backmost to doing what I love.”
Eichel, 25, was acquired from Buffalo connected Nov. 4 successful a blockbuster trade for forwards Alex Tuch, Peyton Krebs and 2 draught picks. He hasn’t played since being injured March 7 against the New York Islanders.
Buffalo wanted Eichel to acquisition a fusion country for his herniated disk, and the sides feuded for months implicit his attraction starring up to the commercialized to the Knights.
Eichel scored 355 points (139 goals, 216 assists) successful 375 games with Buffalo aft helium was selected No. 2 successful the 2015 draft.
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