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Peter Laviolette issues an unexpected statement on Blake Wheeler's return

With game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals underway, the New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil has been made a healthy scratch and veteran Blake Wheeler has made a return.

Blake Wheeler will make his first appearance since February after suffering a gruesome leg injury that sidelined him for 28 regular season games. However he has been practicing with the team, and was officially cleared to play.

"Everybody when they come back from a substantial injury, at some point they're cleared, but there's parts where they have to make sure that their game is there as well based on whatever they're dealing with," Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette said this week. "It could be conditioning, it could be game play, it could be your hands. It could be anything just to try to get up to speed and get into the playoffs."

With that being said during a break of the first period head coach Peter Laviolette was asked what Wheeler's return means for his team, Laviolette delivered an excellent reply.

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