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If he hadn’t had to have surgery on his hips, Quebec goaltender Antoine Bibeau could very well have ended up in net for the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs.
“It was the first time that I injured myself,” he said in an interview published Tuesday on the French-language website of the National Hockey League. The decision to have surgery was not easy. But I didn’t have a choice anymore because I couldn’t play to my full potential anymore. It is now a thing of the past and I am ready to come back strong. ”
Bibeau, 26, knows all too well that he could have been called in for reinforcement following the injuries suffered by Philipp Grubauer and Pavel Francouz. After all, he was the Avalanche’s number three goalie at the start of the 2019-20 season. He even played two games with the Colorado team in November.
“Of course I thought about it,” he admitted, referring to the Avalanche’s acquisition and use of Michael Hutchinson in the series lost to the Dallas Stars. It’s really “boring”, but I can’t help it. “
The goalkeeper from Victoriaville, who says he has recovered perfectly from his hip operations suffered in December and January, risks becoming a free agent without compensation at the end of the current playoffs. He wholeheartedly hopes to get another chance to show off.
