Red Wings' Jakub Vrana in NHL/NHLPA player assistance program - Detroit Free Press

Detroit Red Wings guardant Jakub Vrana has been placed successful NHL/NHLPA subordinate assistance program, the squad and league revealed Wednesday.

Vrana had been excused from the Wings since Monday, for what caput manager Derek Lalonde said were idiosyncratic reasons. Vrana, 26, volition beryllium unavailable to the squad "for an indefinite play portion helium receives care."

Under the tems of the associated program, Vrana volition proceed to beryllium paid portion receiving treatment. He volition instrumentality to the Wings erstwhile cleared for on-ice contention by programme administrators. Vrana’s attraction volition beryllium administered pursuant to the program.

Vrana has a extremity and 2 assists successful 2 games this season. He is simply a top-six winger who plays a cardinal relation successful the team's offense.

In the archetypal crippled without him, Filip Zadina played successful Vrana's spot adjacent to Andrew Copp and David Perron.

The Wings (2-0-1) adjacent play Friday astatine the Chicago Blackhawks.

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