{"id":61409,"date":"2019-11-14T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T03:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=61409"},"modified":"2019-11-14T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T03:54:55","slug":"colorado-avalanche-pavel-francouz-in-concussion-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/11\/14\/colorado-avalanche-pavel-francouz-in-concussion-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Avalanche Pavel Francouz In Concussion Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> injury woes are getting worse. Backup goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Francouz<\/a><\/strong> exited Tuesday night&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> less than a minute into the action. Francouz had been the primary netminder with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/grubaph01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philipp Grubauer<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>recovering from a minor lower-body injury. He is now day-to-day while in concussion protocol. Kyle Fredrickson of The Denver Post tweeted the news early Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bednar confirms that goalie Pavel Francouz is in the concussion protocol: <\/p>\n<p>&quot;You could tell right away Francouz was out on the ice. &#8230; You never like to see that, but he seems to be doing fine. It&#39;s just going to take him a few days.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Fredrickson (@kylefredrickson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylefredrickson\/status\/1195062077808758784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Pavel Francouz Exits Early<\/h2>\n<p>Francouz was removed from Tuesday&#8217;s game after a collision with Jets forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/scheima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Scheifele<\/a><\/strong>. Scheifele had been charging the net holding off <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/girarsa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samuel Girard<\/a><\/strong> at the same time. Girard was able to pull off but Scheifele wasn&#8217;t and ran Francouz back into his net, hard. Francouz hit his head on the post but was able to leave the ice under his own power. <strong>Adam Werner<\/strong> took his spot in net for his NHL debut. The 22-year-old was originally taken in the 5th round of the 2016 NHL Draft. His AHL stats included a .908 Save Percentage and 2.88 Goals-Against-Average.<\/p>\n<p>Francouz had looked every inch a quality NHL backup. The 29-year-old has appeared in six games, starting five of them. He has four wins, a .915 SV% and 2.82 GAA. Francouz was looking like a smart investment after performing well both internationally and last season in the AHL but this derails some progress. Fans certainly hope Francouz returns soon considering how Colorado&#8217;s thin <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/09\/05\/looking-at-the-colorado-avalanche-goaltending-depth\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">depth<\/a> at goaltending.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Tuesday was expected to be Francouz&#8217;s final consecutive start. Grubauer&#8217;s absence could also extend further into this week; the team has recalled trade acquisition <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bibeaan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Antoine Bibeau <\/strong><\/a>to backup Werner. Grubauer sat out of the past several games recovering from a lower-body injury. Expect Werner to remain a factor depending on Grubauer and Francouz&#8217;s respective recoveries. The young Swede had an excellent debut against Winnipeg allowing no goals on 40 shots.<\/p>\n<p>An extended absence for Francouz could result in Colorado making a trade for another goalie. The depth behind Werner, including Bibeau, is even more unproven and would be a great concern should someone else go down. Colorado has survived to this point but needs to think about how much further their current depth can take them.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"0eJNtuGWRJRJYq5HQboDhA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1186242752\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0eJNtuGWRJRJYq5HQboDhA',sig:'sWZ3Le78Tg6t4S90MRWOWqr8mv7tagEYv5PnFo66RY8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1186242752',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Avalanche injury woes are getting worse. 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