{"id":108498,"date":"2021-04-30T21:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T01:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=108498"},"modified":"2021-04-30T21:30:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T01:30:12","slug":"new-york-rangers-brett-howden-out-for-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/04\/30\/new-york-rangers-brett-howden-out-for-season\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Rangers Brett Howden Out For Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Rangers have announced that forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/howdebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Howden<\/a> has suffered a foot injury and will miss the remainder of the season. This injury comes at a time where the team has slowly clawed itself in a respectable position, but is unlikely to make the postseason. The team provided the injury news Friday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INJURY UPDATES: <\/p>\n<p>-Chris Kreider (lower body) and Ryan Lindgren (upper body) are both not practicing today and are out day to day.   <\/p>\n<p>-Brett Howden suffered a fractured foot last night and will be sidelined for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Rangers (@NYRangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYRangers\/status\/1388162566367719425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rangers Brett Howden Out For Season<\/h2>\n<p>Howden was having an average season as a depth contributor for the Rangers. He has just one goal and seven points in 42 games while averaging 12:34 per game. He also spent significant time with the penalty-killing unit. The 6&#8217;3&#8243; centre also posted below-average possession numbers with a 45.7 percent Corsi For and -2.2 relative Corsi. However, Howden was one of the better players on the faceoff. The 22-year-old skater won draws roughly 46.6 percent of the time. That actually leads all Rangers\u00a0 who have taken at least 100 faceoffs in 2020-21.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> originally drafted Howden in the first round of the 2016 Draft, but traded him to New York in 2018 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/02\/26\/ryan-mcdonagh-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">deal<\/a> that included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/namesvl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdonry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan McDonagh<\/a>. Howden has 16 goals and 49 points in 178 games with a 42.4 percent Corsi For and -5.1 relative Corsi. The Calgary native will probably never be more than a bottom-six contributor on a good team, but he is still young enough that fans shouldn&#8217;t ignore him entirely moving into 2021-22. He did provide some small value for New York that will hopefully carry over into next season.<\/p>\n<h3>How New York Replaces Howden<\/h3>\n<p>The Rangers shouldn&#8217;t have any trouble replacing Howden, even if he was a good faceoff option. The team already has both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chytifi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Filip Chytil<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rooneke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Rooney<\/a> that can act as bottom-six centres for the remainder of the year. Don&#8217;t expect the team to shuffle the roster too much at this point. There are only a handful of games left and New York is six points behind the Boston Bruins for fourth place in the East Division.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xPrrfpAaRQlPgayBAWyQJw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1313873112\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'xPrrfpAaRQlPgayBAWyQJw',sig:'dxyHdkZUM9ADqjshV48iXgu5xlOhQvTFcPD2Q7rP_Y0=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1313873112',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Rangers have announced that forward Brett Howden has suffered a foot injury and will miss the remainder of the season. This injury comes at a time where the team has slowly clawed itself in a respectable position, but is unlikely to make the postseason. The team provided the injury news Friday morning. 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