Vaakanainen was talking about the events of that night and what followed afterward. for the first time since suffering an injury on Sept. 30.
His return to practice came the day after the Ducks defeated the New York Rangers, 3-2, which was their first win in regulation this season. Vaakanainen’s presence provided another emotional lift.
“A guy gets tangled up on a hit like that and misses this much time and to see him back around the rink and then progressing and now full bore with the team – it just makes you feel good that he’s OK,” Ducks coach Dallas Eakins said.Said Vaakanainen: “I saw what Dallas said. He said how much my teammates loved me and that was really awesome to see. There were a lot of messages from my teammates after that and I’m just really really thankful for my teammates.
Vaakanainen hasn’t been with the Ducks that long. The 23-year-old Finn, drafted by Boston , was part of the Hampus Lindholm trade with the Bruins and played 14 games with the Ducks last season. It took quite some time before he started feeling like himself again and could take the big step of resuming skating about four weeks ago.
“It was a long recovery,” he said. “Up and down a little bit. But fortunately now, I feel good. You never want to have too many hits in the head, especially bad ones like that. It’s not fun, not good for your head, and you’ve just got to take it carefully.”
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