{"id":119570,"date":"2021-10-08T15:07:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=119570"},"modified":"2021-10-08T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:17:42","slug":"chicago-blackhawks-defenceman-caleb-jones-sidelined-for-six-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/08\/chicago-blackhawks-defenceman-caleb-jones-sidelined-for-six-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Blackhawks Defenceman Caleb Jones Sidelined For Six Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Blackhawks defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caleb Jones<\/a> has sustained a left wrist injury and could miss up to six weeks. Jones&#8217; health status was reported directly via the Blackhawks Twitter account on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MEDICAL UPDATES: Defenseman Caleb Jones is expected to miss approximately six weeks (left wrist strain).<\/p>\n<p>Forwards Jonathan Toews and Jujhar Khaira and goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury will not practice today (maintenance).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLBlackhawks\/status\/1446510821807427585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Caleb Jones Wrist Injury Keeps Him Out Six Weeks<\/h2>\n<p>With the season less than a week away, Caleb Jones will now have to wait a bit longer for his opportunity to debut. He arrived in Chicago, this offseason, on the back of a high-profile trade that sent long-time Hawks legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/keithdu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duncan Keith<\/a> to Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Jones&#8217; wrist injury leaves the Blackhawks with some changes to make on their third-pair; he had performed well in camp and looked likely to take a spot in the starting roster for opening night.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old defenceman was drafted in the fourth round by the Edmonton Oilers in 2015. So far, he has played 93 career NHL games, scoring 5 goals and 19 points. His off-season move to Chicago brought an end to his three-year NHL stint with the Oilers. His tenure there never quite worked out for either party and he saw his ice-time decrease each year as a result.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Moving Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, Caleb Jones&#8217; fresh start will have to wait a few weeks before it can begin in earnest. Although, many Blackhawks fans will already feel he&#8217;s been a worthwhile investment. After all, the acquisition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesse01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seth Jones<\/a>&#8216; brother just a few weeks before the former Blue-Jacket agreed to his blockbuster sign-and-trade seems all-too-coincidental.<\/p>\n<p>As for Caleb Jones&#8217; status in the Blackhawks&#8217; pecking order, he probably would have been shoehorned into the third pair based on his camp performance. Instead, his injury adds to Chicago&#8217;s woes on the backend; the Hawks recently lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kalynwy01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wyatt Kalynuk<\/a> to an ankle issue. However, both absences give opportunities to other prospects like rookie Jakub Galvas or sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchia01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Mitchell<\/a> to step up in the interim.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"i_Egt7fXTYJ_06jP47KV9w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1344351900\" 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:'i_Egt7fXTYJ_06jP47KV9w',sig:'mPu4f4riTTDpTEO37mqjG3HX1yXbL5I2B92r-Hnwc-I=',w:'504px',h:'594px',items:'1344351900',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Caleb Jones has sustained a left wrist injury and could miss up to six weeks. Jones&#8217; health status was reported directly via the Blackhawks Twitter account on Friday. MEDICAL UPDATES: Defenseman Caleb Jones is expected to miss approximately six weeks (left wrist strain). Forwards Jonathan Toews and Jujhar Khaira and goaltender Marc-Andre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1733,"featured_media":119575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27,4547,30,34,4548],"tags":[2376,351,2957],"class_list":["post-119570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blackhawks","category-hockey","category-wild","category-news","category-nhl","tag-caleb-jones","tag-seth-jones","tag-wyatt-kalynuk"],"modified_by":"Luke Flannigan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}