New Jersey Devils common supervisor Tom Fitzgerald told the Krackin’ Canuckleheads podcast that defenseman Dougie Hamilton’s common season is over, and the workforce isn’t anticipating to get him again till the second spherical of the playoffs.
Fitzgerald added that he must double-check his math on that, however the workforce had no plans for him to return within the common season. Fitzgerald spoke in a news conference after the commerce deadline and stated that the 31-year-old would miss, “an prolonged time frame,” after he suffered a decrease physique damage on March 4 towards the Dallas Stars. With Fitzgerald’s feedback Wednesday, it does seem that the workforce has some readability on simply how a lot time his restoration will take.
Hamilton is coping with an undisclosed damage that appears to be a leg damage given the character by which he left the ice towards the Stars. Hamilton collided with Stars ahead Mason Marchment and limped his means again to the bench. He remained on New Jersey’s bench for a bit, however finally headed again to the locker room and didn’t return.
It’s the second yr in a row that Hamilton will miss an prolonged size of time. Hamilton performed simply 20 video games a season in the past and was within the midst of a bounce again yr this season, registering 9 objectives and 31 assists in 63 video games whereas taking part in almost 20 minutes per recreation.
New Jersey goes by means of it proper now with regards to accidents. The workforce has already misplaced ahead Jack Hughes in addition to defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler for the remainder of the common season. It pales compared to final yr’s damage bug, however it’s extra devastating on condition that New Jersey was one of many favorites to return out of the Jap Convention.
The workforce did make some additions on the deadline in hopes of patching the holes opened up by damage, buying ahead Cody Glass in addition to defenseman Brian Dumoulin. Nonetheless, they didn’t come near changing the offense misplaced with Hamilton and Hughes now on the shelf.
