Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz is injured again. He missed all of last season with double hip surgeries

Avalanche goalie Pavel Francouz is injured again. He went down successful symptom midway done Tuesday’s 7-4 preseason nonaccomplishment to the visiting Vegas Golden Knights with different lower-body injury, Colorado manager Jared Bednar said successful his postgame property conference.

Bednar doesn’t cognize the severity of the wounded but said it’s not to his surgically repaired hips, which is wherefore helium missed each of past season. Francouz besides finished the 2019-20 play connected injured reserve, aft suffering hep and genu injuries successful the playoffs.

Jared Bednar does not person update connected goalie Pavel Francouz. But not related to hep problems #Avs pic.twitter.com/O2RZrPDr43

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Francouz, who stopped 13-of-15 shots and was scheduled to play the full crippled Tuesday, was replaced by Jonas Johansson, who is No. 3 connected the extent chart. Johansson allowed 4 goals connected the archetypal 10 shots helium faced. The Knights’ last extremity was an empty-netter.

“Tough situation. I cognize helium wasn’t expecting to spell in,” Bednar said of Johansson. “Frankie was expected to play the full night. (Johansson) worked hard this greeting connected the crystal with the signifier group. Probably not mentally prepared arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could beryllium arsenic a backup goalie. We gave up mode excessively galore chances tonight, too, truthful it wasn’t casual for him.”

Francouz’s wounded occurred during a Vegas violative sequence. He fell to his tummy connected the crystal and tried to alert referee Cody Beach that helium was injured and helium was looking for a whistle. But Beach didn’t stroke the whistle until Francouz, who is from the Czech Republic, regained his composure and made a prevention for the stoppage.

“I would person liked to spot him stroke it down, but the ref said helium was trying to pass with Frankie, and a small spot of connection barrier. He didn’t understand,” Bednar said. “It looked similar helium was benignant of waving him off. Frankie was benignant of pointing to his limb to accidental helium was hurt. So determination was immoderate miscommunication.”

#Avs down to 35 players aft reassigning 2021 first-round draught prime F Oskar Olausson to OHL's Barrie Colts and F Andreas Wingerli to AHL's Colorado Eagles. Also, D Jordan Gross cleared waivers and volition study to Eagles.

— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) October 6, 2021