Oliver Ekman-Larsson forced to leave the game against the Edmonton Oilers

Oliver Ekman-Larsson is another in a long line of absences of Leafs, which now joins Jani Hakanpaa as for Toronto, who is out due to an injury.

Ekman-Larsson He has three goals and 21 points in 50 games this season with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Maple Leafs apparently cannot take a break with respect to their injured players, since they have just returned to Matthew Knies and John Tavares against Edmonton, and losing a key piece of their defense is not the type of news they needed to hear.

While it has not been an offensive dynamo, Ekman-Larsson still has an impact and its veteran leadership is invaluable. With Morgan Riely fighting, it is up to or to be able to assume part of the load, and he makes Toronto’s life more difficult.

It seems that Ekman-Larsson will not return since the defense of the Maple Leafs did not return to the bank for the beginning of the third period. Although it is not yet official, its absence is not good.

While Toronto is having a solid game against oilers (very necessary too), losing Ekman-Larsson for any period of time will not be good for a team that needs to have as many healthy bodies as possible.

Ekman-Larsson has already treated several injuries throughout his career and this last injury can only mean bad news. We will have to wait and see if it is a long -term injury or something that can happen, but as usual, we will not listen for a day or two what is happening.