As most of you reading this will already know, Maple Leafs centerman Cedric Pare has brought a ton of criticism down on himself after he appears to have seriously injured Montreal Canadiens star forward Patrik Laine when he went knee on knee with the Finnish forward.

Laine went down with a knee injury on Saturday's preseason matchup between the Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pare collided with Laine and the newly-acquired forward was ultimately seen leaving the arena in crutches.

So much of the Canadiens' optimism this season was based on Laine's ability to be a game-changer. Now he might be gone.

Patrik Laine left the preseason game between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs with an apparent leg injury Saturday. The Canadiens announced he would not return. The forward was injured in a knee-on-knee collision with Toronto forward Cedric Pare at 3:49 of the first period at Bell Centre in Montreal.