Michael Russo and Joe Smith of The Athletic: Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon could have an MRI on Thursday to find out the extent of his damage.
The Wild are already with out Jake Middleton (on the LTIR and is out a number of extra weeks) and Kirill Kaprizov (IR with a lower-body and never skating but). Kaprizov shouldn’t be touring with the group on their two-game street journey.
- Joe Smith: Spurgeon left the world on crutches and with an enormous leg brace.
Spurgeon can’t catch a break…. #mnwild pic.twitter.com/kmvu78N4LP
— Wild Takes (@WildTakes10k) January 1, 2025
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Mollie Walker: The New York Rangers have positioned goaltender Igor Shesterkin on the IR with an upper-body damage.
I wouldn’t be shocked if the damage was picked up right here, with Ryan Lindgren inexplicably pushing Bennett into his personal goalie. #NYR pic.twitter.com/NPubhLievR
— Stat Boy Steven ???? (@StatBoy_Steven) December 31, 2024
NHL: Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Samuel Ersson is day-to-day with a lower-body damage.
Pittsburgh Penguins: Defenseman Kris Letang was positioned on the IR and defenseman Marcus Pettersson was activated from the IR.
Alison Lukan: Seattle Kraken coach Dan Bylsma mentioned that goaltender Joey Daccord is day-to-day as he’s coping with a lingering upper-body bruise.
Leafs PR: The Toronto Maple Leafs positioned ahead Auston Matthews on the IR retroactive to December twentieth with an upper-body damage.
Jonas Siegel of the Athletic: Matthews when requested if he thinks he’ll be capable to transfer previous his present undisclosed damage this season.
“I don’t know. I hope so,” Matthews mentioned. “That’s clearly the objective. It’s tough with these items typically. It’s a bodily sport, it’s a contact sport, so issues occur on the market typically which are out of your management. So I’m simply making an attempt to handle it as greatest as I can, and we will, and also you simply go from there.”
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Matthews was nonetheless bothered by his upper-body damage and the cross-check from Sabres defenseman Dennis Gilbert didn’t assist.
It appears unlikely that Matthews will play this weekend, although coach Craig Berube didn’t rule him out. Berube did say that Matthews will want at the very least one full observe earlier than getting cleared. They’ll have one observe on Friday, however not once more till subsequent week as they’ve video games on Saturday and Sunday.
Sportsnet: Frank Seravalli on the accidents to Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes and ahead Elias Pettersson and if we all know what occurred to them.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Nick Kypreos: “Earlier than we get into JT Miller, simply by way of the accidents, we get a way that Pettersson shouldn’t be as critical as Quinn Hughes. Do we all know something about what occurred to each of them?
Seravalli: “I don’t. They’ve performed a fairly good job of protecting it shrouded. And look, I believe with Hughes, the actually attention-grabbing half is, Rick Tocchet talked about that he had no potential to make it worse. So when he guts it out and performs a sport and he’s clearly injured, what does that imply for the remainder of the timetable?
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Is it simply when he begins to really feel a little bit bit higher or is in much less ache, what, what precisely is the brink to handle right here if the damage can’t be made worse or can’t be damage worse? That’s definitely one thing to regulate.”
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