Kakko And Rooney On Ice
When Kaapo Kakko left the ice after pre-game warmups ahead of their matchup with the Arizona Coyotes, it came as a bit of a surprise. There was no apparent injury, and we only learned later that he was suffering from a lingering upper-body injury.
The initial diagnosis was that he’d be out for a while, and it’s only been through piecing odd scraps here and there, that we’ve been able to determine that he had surgery on his wrist, and has been able to participate for the past two months. The exact nature of the injury, and whether there have been any complications, has all been kept under wraps, as is the style of the Rangers leadership under Chris Drury and Gerard Gallant.