“In terms of my daily routine, it was a lot of rest and staying off it, and just managing the swelling and all that.
He broke his foot late in the regular season.
“I’m obviously aware I am a UFA, but obviously the loss is still pretty fresh, just a couple days ago.
“I can’t understate the importance of him to our group here with the time he’s been there with me,” Vegas coach Peter DeBoer said of Martinez.
The Golden Knights were eliminated by the Canadiens with a 3-2 overtime loss in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals on Thursday.
The one thing I’ve kind of learned if you win the whole thing, you’re going to need luck along the way.
“I think this is an incredible hockey club,” he said.
“Even when we had our success in L.A., there were seasons that felt like this where we came up short,” he said.
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