Kraken ahead Jordan Eberle has missed the final week as a result of what was initially dominated as a lower-body damage. It’s one that’s going to maintain him out of the lineup for a substantial period of time, nevertheless, because the team announced that he underwent profitable surgical procedure on his pelvis on Friday. The restoration time from the process is a minimal of three months.
The 34-year-old was named because the second captain in franchise historical past final month. Eberle is in his fourth season with the Kraken after being chosen by them within the Growth Draft in 2021 and has been a worthwhile secondary scorer for them since then. He reached a minimum of 17 targets and 44 factors in every of his first three campaigns with them whereas his 63-point effort in 2022-23 was the third-best level complete of his profession.
Eberle was off to a powerful begin this season, recording six targets and 5 assists in his first 17 video games earlier than struggling the damage, which might have had him at a 29-goal, 53-point tempo over 82 appearances, a quantity he clearly received’t be reaching now. A 3-month (minimal) restoration timeline will doubtless preserve Eberle out via the 4 Nations Cup in February, or a minimum of the following 37 video games. That’s a big blow to a Seattle group that’s across the center of the pack offensively.
Eberle will doubtless be transferred to LTIR sooner or later within the subsequent couple of minutes. The Kraken have ample cap flexibility in the intervening time with defenseman Vince Dunn on there already so Eberle’s placement received’t occur straight away. When Dunn is ready to come again — and he shall be with the group on their upcoming street journey per the group’s producer Scott Malone — that would be the time when Eberle ought to land on there. That may largely remove any hope of banking cap area within the meantime, nevertheless.
