Bruins Daily: Vaakanainen OK After Fall; Pastrnak; NHL News And Rumors

Thankfully former Boston Bruins and current Anaheim Ducks defenseman Urho Vaakanainen is OK after a scary fall in a preseason game on Friday night.

As San Jose Sharks center Derek Grant scored a goal, Urho Vaakanainen lost control coming into the opposite side end boards (top of video above), and slammed into them. He was carried off in a stretcher.

Not sure if Kniazev (25) touched Vaakanainen (5) before Urho went hard into the boards https://t.co/Y6eUQDrdhi

— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) October 1, 2022

Thankfully the Ducks later tweeted out that he had full movement within his extremities and was fully conscious and alert.

Ducks defenseman Urho Vaakanainen was taken to UCI Medical Center for evaluation after being injured during tonight’s game. He has full movement in his extremities and is fully conscious and alert.

— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) October 1, 2022

Get well Urho!

Boston Bruins

According to one well-respected NHL Insider, contract extension talks between the Boston Bruins and winger David Pastrnak have ‘heated up’ since training camp.

The much anticipated line of Taylor Hall-David Krejci-David Pastrnak is expected to make it’s debut when the Boston Bruins host the Philadelphia Flyers in their third preseason game Saturday.

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PHI: Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart is expecting to be ready for the team’s season opener on Oct. 13 against the New Jersey Devils.

FLA: Each Florida Panthers player will have his own goal song this season. Love this idea!

DET: Six-foot-eight, 218-pound left wing Elmer Soderblom is getting every chance he can get to make the Detroit Red Wings 2022-23 roster.

DAL: New Dallas Stars head coach Pete DeBoer is hoping ton have his regular season roster finalized by the end of the weekend.

VGK: The Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Joe Fleming to an entry-level contract.

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