Dallas Stars Announce Season-Ending Injury to Key Forward
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The Dallas Stars organization announced a season-ending injury to one of their key forwards: Tyler Seguin.
On Monday, the Dallas Stars' General Manager Jim Neel placed the veteran Tyler Seguin on the Injury Reserve,, retroactively to December 1st.
Limited to 19 games this season due to injuries, the forward was on his way to having one of the best campaigns of his NHL career, on a pace of 86 points in 79 games.
Unfortunately, Neel shared a terrible injury update, confirming that Seguin will miss between four and six months for hip surgery.
He made it official with the following statement:
"Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that forward Tyler Seguin will undergo surgery on Thursday, Dec. 5 to repair a left side FAI (femoral acetabular impingement) and the left side hip labrum. Seguin is expected to miss four to six months.
The surgery will be performed by Dr. Bryan T. Kelly at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, N.Y."
The surgery will be performed by Dr. Bryan T. Kelly at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, N.Y."
The Stars are currently on a three-game winning streak and will hope to keep it going tonight against the Los Angeles Kings.
They already proved that they could win without Seguin, thanks to their massive offensive depth, by by beating the Utah Hockey Club 2-1 last Monday night.
It'll be interesting to see if the players can keep it up for the rest of the season. If the Stars make the playoffs, Seguin could return in time to help his team win in the post-season.
Dallas would have an opportunity to do what many champion teams have done in the past: place Seguin on Long Term Injury Reserve, add a player to their roster, and wait until the playoffs to reactivate him when they can go over the cap limit.
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