He was the man everyone wanted to hear from on break-up day, and Tuukka Rask didn't disappoint.
In his last Zoom gathering prior to the off-season beginning, Rask revealed that he will need to have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip.
Rask added that he also dealt with a back injury that he thinks was related to the hip injury.
Still, he wasn't using it as an excuse.
"We definitely did everything we could to advance, and it just wasn’t enough," he said. "I can’t stand here and say, ‘It was because of my hip, I couldn’t play at my level.