The Vegas Golden Knights have announced injury updates for three key players.
Head Coach Bruce Cassidy has announced the following injury updates:
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Jack Eichel is out day-to-day
Shea Theodore is out week-to-week
Zach Whitecloud is out month-to-month#VegasBorn
Jack Eichel sustained an upper-body injury during the December 11th game against the Boston Bruins. He is listed as day-to-day and will not play tonight against the Winnipeg Jets.
Thea Theodore injured his knee during the December 9th game against the Philadelphia Flyers. He will miss at least a few games with the injury and is listed as week-to-week.
The most serious injury of this latest bout of injuries is the one sustained by defenceman Zach Whitecloud. Like Eichel, he was injured during the game against the Bruins. He suffered a lower-body injury and had to be helped off the ice. He is listed as month-to-month and will not play for the foreseeable future.
The Vegas Golden Knights are now without Jack Eichel, Zach Whitecloud, Shea Theodore, Robin Lehner, Brett Howden, and Nolan Patrick. This is a serious hit to their organziational depth and will pose a serious challenge to the team and their playoff hopes.
The Golden Knights had a hot start to the season but are now 5-5-0 in their last ten games, coming off of a loss to the Boston Bruins. Luckily for them, they have a six point cushion in the standings over the second place team in their division, the Seattle Kraken.
These injuries come at a bad time for the team as Jack Eichel and Shea Theodore were having great seasons in Vegas. Eichel scored 13 goals and 29 points in 27 games this year, while Theodore put up 22 points in 29 games.
Right now, Vegas is being kept alive up by the strong goaltending from rookie Logan Thompson and Adin Hill. To keep their place in the standings they will need depth players Nicholas Roy, Kaedan Korczak, William Carrier, and others to lessen the load on the remaining core players.