SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks rookie middle Michael Misa should miss an prolonged time period with a lower-body harm he sustained earlier this week throughout the staff’s morning skate at Local weather Pledge Area in Seattle.
Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky stated the 18-year-old Misa, who was positioned on injured reserve on Thursday, is now thought of week-to-week along with his ailment, which is able to preserve him out of the lineup for a number of extra video games.
Warsofsky stated Misa was injured throughout a Sharks energy play drill on Wednesday morning, hours earlier than the staff’s recreation in opposition to the Kraken. Warsofsky stated Misa entered a puck battle, “and something happened.”
The Sharks, who improved to 5-2-1 of their final eight video games after a 6-1 win over the Kraken, host the Winnipeg Jets on Friday and the Florida Panthers on Saturday as they proceed a month through which they play 15 instances in 29 days.
“It’s not going to be his first time he’s injured in his NHL career,” Warsofsky stated of Misa. “I know he’s disappointed, especially (being injured) in a morning skate is a little unique, it’s not in a game, which is frustrating (since he was) slated to play. But what doesn’t hurt you will make you stronger.”
Misa, chosen second general by the Sharks on the NHL Draft in June, had three factors in seven video games with the Sharks. If he performs in 10 NHL video games this season, the primary 12 months of his NHL contract can be burned.
Warsofsky stated the Sharks’ medical employees is assured that Misa can be out for every week or two and never require a number of months of restoration. Misa is a major candidate to characterize Canada on the IIHF World Junior Championships, which start on December 26 in Minnesota.
Warsofsky stated Misa can nonetheless develop, despite the fact that he is not going to be on the ice in the intervening time.
“There’s still ways we can develop players,” Warsofsky stated. “Clearly, you’re not getting the reps. However he’s going to observe (Mark Scheifele and Jonathan Toews on Friday), two of the very best within the league. He’ll proceed to observe (Macklin Celebrini and Alexander Wennberg).
“There’s video that we can show. There are meetings that we have. He’s not just out on an island doing his own little thing. He’s got rehab that he’ll have to do. So there’s still a lot of development we can do with him, even though he’s not on the ice.”
The Sharks on Thursday additionally recalled middle Zack Ostapchuk from the Barracuda. Ostapchuk, although, can be a scratch Friday night time in opposition to the Jets, as Ty Dellandrea was set to middle the Sharks’ third line and Adam Gaudette centering the fourth line.
REAVES RETURNS
A bit of greater than every week after he was injured in a recreation in opposition to the New Jersey Devils, winger Ryan Reaves returned to the Sharks’ lineup and was set to begin Friday’s recreation on the fourth line with Gaudette and Barclay Goodrow.
Reaves, 38, sustained a lower-body harm within the second interval of the Sharks’ recreation in opposition to the Devils on Oct. 30. Reaves had a breakaway and was in a position to get a backhand shot on objective as he fought off a test from Devils winger Paul Cotter, however he tripped over the glove of goalie Jake Allen and fell onerous on his again.
Reaves missed three video games as a result of harm, however needed to be accessible to play the Jets and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. The Sharks play the Panthers on Saturday.
“I was definitely doing everything I could to come back for this weekend,” Reaves stated. “Obviously, a couple of heavy teams that like to lay the body and like to get in your face. So those are the games I like to be in, for sure.”
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