Vrana should start on the ice of Rockford on Wednesday, two days later in Milwaukee and on New Year’s Eve against the same opponent at home. If all goes according to plan, he could then return to the Red Wings team on Wednesday, January 4, at home against New Jersey. He last played against the Devils in mid-October, when he contributed a goal and an assist to a 5-2 win at the Prudential Center in Newark.
The assistance program helps players and their families in case of psychological problems, addictions and other matters. In the past, for example, the star goalkeeper of Montreal Carey Price used it. The specific reasons why he underwent the Crow program were not made public.
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He has been off the Red Wings roster pending further medical treatment, but Detroit is still paying him. The 13th overall pick of the 2014 Red Wings signed a three-year, $5.25 million contract last August.
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Vrana did not specify why he joined the program. “There are more important things in life than hockey and you have to get things in order. You have to make some decisions that are important in life and in hockey,” the Czech forward was quoted as saying by the AP agency after returning to the team.
He missed most of last season with shoulder injuries and surgery and played in just 26 games for the Red Wings. In the first two games of this NHL season, he scored a goal and an assist.
Before coming to Detroit last year, he worked in Washington, with which he won the Stanley Cup in 2018. He has played 361 games in the NHL so far with a balance of 189 points for 98 goals and 91 assists. In the playoffs, he collected eight points for three goals and five assists in 38 duels.
