Filip Mesar out for eight to ten weeks

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Crédit: LAVAL, QC - OCTOBER 18: Laval Rocket right wing Filip Mesar (48) plays the puck during the game between the Rochester Americans versus the Laval Rocket on October 18, 2023 at Place Bell in Laval, QC (Photo by David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Everything was going well for Filip Mesar.

He had collected five points in his first five games of the season with the Canadiens’ AHL training camp… Before suffering an injury.

And said injury is still significant, according to what the Rocket announced in the final minutes.

Here’s what you need to know: Mesar is suffering from a lower-body injury that will force him to miss eight to ten weeks of activity.

This is a major blow for him and for the Rocket.

Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin and Brandon Gignac are on the sidelines, but are being evaluated on a daily basis.

We hardly talk about it, but the Laval Rocket is off to a blazing start.

Pascal Vincent’s team has won five of its first six games of the season and is in 2nd place in its division, behind the Toronto Marlies, who have a 6-0-0 record.

Getting back to Mesar, the injury is a shame because we felt he was playing with a lot of confidence after being cut by the Canadiens at practice camp.

In the five games he played, the forward was involved on the ice and his coach wasn’t afraid to use him because the Slovak was doing things the right way.

Let’s hope his confidence is still at 1000 when he’s able to return to action, because I get the impression that he’s winning points with management.