Opening for Jacob Fowler: Connor Hughes needs a “thorough evaluation”

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This morning, Jacob Fowler took to the ice for the first time under his new colors: those of the Laval Rocket.

The goalkeeper spent the last few days in Montreal: with the Rocket in the West, he hadn’t had the chance to practice with the Montreal Canadiens’ farm team yet.

But this morning, he did. It’s drawing less attention than expected due to the arrival of Ivan Demidov in Montreal, but it remains an important moment for what’s to come.

In fact, Tyler Thorpe, Jacob Fowler, and Joseph Dunlap have all arrived with the team’s organization. But obviously, it’s Fowler who’s drawing the most attention from the group.

Why? Because he’s a big prospect, but also due to the health status of Connor Hughes.

Hughes, who is the #2 this season (behind Jakub Dobes first and Cayden Primeau since the holidays) in Laval, got injured on Sunday. And this morning, the Rocket announced that Hughes needed a “more in-depth medical evaluation” to assess the severity of the goalkeeper’s injury.

It doesn’t look good.

Right now, everything suggests that Fowler is the Rocket’s #2 goalkeeper. Cayden Primeau will have a good workload, but the Rocket will also want to give playing time to Fowler.

There are five games left in the season. Can he have two? We’ll see.

Also, note that on the heels of the Laval Rocket’s practice, David Reinbacher, who hasn’t played in weeks, was absent. Is that a good sign?

Not necessarily, no.

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