Couturier, 31, revealed the offseason procedure on a podcast. He returned last season after multiple back surgeries.
“Had a little sports hernia surgery, lower abs. Feeling great now, so about to head back home this week and start the full training.”
Couturier started with a bang. Skating in 31 of the first 33 games of the season — he missed two games in early November with a lower-body injury — he notched nine goals and 14 assists with a plus-minus of plus-5 while playing almost 20 minutes a night, No. 1 on the team among forwards. “I don’t think it’s an excuse. I mean, my body was feeling better as the year went on,” Couturier, 31, said at his end-of-season news conference. “Earlier in the year, I was more banged up at times and got through it. So that’s not an excuse for my play. I just plain-and-simple down the road.”said was a “minor injury” and two games in April with an upper-body injury he suffered against the New York Islanders.
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