{"id":529742,"date":"2026-03-29T18:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529742\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:41:14","slug":"josh-andersons-illness-could-force-patrik-laine-back-into-the-canadiens-lineup-vs-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529742\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Anderson\u2019s illness could force Patrik Laine back into the Canadiens\u2019 lineup vs. Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/654927.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Montreal Canadiens right wing Patrik Laine (92) shoots the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes in the third period at Bell Centre.\" title=\"Montreal Canadiens right wing Patrik Laine (92) shoots the puck against the Carolina Hurricanes in the third period at Bell Centre.\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Josh Anderson\u2019s illness creates a fascinating lineup possibility for the Montreal Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Since Alexandre Texier already remained in Montreal to treat a more serious injury, the team is now short on regular forwards.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with this road emergency, several observers are now pointing toward the highly polarizing Patrik Laine situation.<\/p>\n<p>According to what\u2019s circulating behind the scenes, Laine has reportedly been physically ready to return to action for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>However, head coach Martin St-Louis has still refused to insert him into the lineup for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Will Martin St-Louis finally give Patrik Laine the green light?<\/p>\n<p>The simultaneous loss of Josh Anderson and Alexandre Texier could ultimately force the coaching staff\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>Facing the powerful Carolina Hurricanes with a reduced offensive lineup represents an extremely difficult challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Reintegrating a natural goal scorer of Patrik Laine\u2019s caliber would certainly inject a significant boost of energy into the Canadiens\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n<p>If Martin St-Louis continues to leave him out, general manager Kent Hughes will have to manage a complex emergency call-up from Laval.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes will be on Sunday\u2019s warmup to see if number 92 finally makes his long-awaited return.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he can&#8217;t go, they can dress Xhekaj and go 11-7.<\/p>\n<p>If not, they can make an emergency recall, since they&#8217;d have less than 12 healthy forwards.<\/p>\n<p>(Ensuing 4848393 Laine questions)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Marco D&#8217;Amico<\/p>\n<p>And if it were your decision, would you like to see Patrik Laine back in the Montreal Canadiens\u2019 lineup as early as tonight?<\/p>\n<p>Patrik Laine, 27, is a 6-foot-4, 208-pound forward who was selected second overall by the Winnipeg Jets in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>He has recorded 1 point in 5 games this season, after collecting 33 points, including 20 goals, in 52 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Montreal Hockey Fanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>4 HOURS AGO|317 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Josh Anderson\u2019s illness could force Patrik Laine back into the Canadiens\u2019 lineup vs. Hurricanes<\/p>\n<p>Should Martin St-Louis insert Patrik Laine into the lineup against the Carolina Hurricanes?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Photo credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images Josh Anderson\u2019s illness creates a fascinating lineup possibility for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2002,5,783,27194,412,21,4,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-529742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-alexandre-texier","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-josh-anderson","11":"tag-marco-d","12":"tag-martin-st-louis","13":"tag-montreal-canadiens","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-patrik-laine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116313938764115101","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}