{"id":119642,"date":"2021-10-10T12:41:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=119642"},"modified":"2021-10-11T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:41:00","slug":"ilya-mikheyev-injury-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/10\/ilya-mikheyev-injury-toronto-maple-leafs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilya Mikheyev Injury is Not Short-Term for Toronto Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the season fast approaches, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/08\/puck-drop-preview-2021-22-toronto-maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> have already received bad news. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mikheil01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilya Mikheyev<\/a> injury was described as &#8220;not short-term&#8221; by head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/keefesh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheldon Keefe<\/a>. Sure enough, on Monday Sportnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman reported that\u00a0Mikeheyev requires thumb surgery and is out for approximately eight weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sheldon Keefe said the hand injury Ilya Mikheyev suffered tonight doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019ll be something short-term. Will know more tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kristen_shilton\/status\/1447019153215434754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ilya Mikheyev Injury Bad News for Toronto<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, this is not the start either side wanted. An Ilya Mikheyev injury is just another in a line of unfortunate events. He also missed a good chunk of time in the 2019-20 season due to injury. Mikheyev had requested a trade from the Leafs this offseason but was reportedly told no as the Leafs saw him as a part of the future. With names such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hymanza01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Hyman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foligni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Foligno<\/a> moving on, he had a good chance at more ice time.<\/p>\n<p>Mikheyev was undrafted and brought over from the KHL when he was 25. In 93 NHL games, he has 15 goals and 25 assists. All with Toronto. In preseason action against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>, Mikheyev fell and awkwardly landed on his hand. Seeing him leave the game right after.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Closer look at Mikheyev falling<\/p>\n<p>You can see him land on his hand <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTSZ0V8XRL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/eTSZ0V8XRL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omar (@TicTacTOmar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TicTacTOmar\/status\/1446990792946552836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Moving Forward<\/h3>\n<p>There is no question this is a big loss for the Leafs. However, they did bring in plenty of depth this offseason in case something like this happened. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/ritchni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Ritchie<\/a> will be in the top six and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buntimi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Bunting<\/a> may get a shot too. They also have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmowa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Simmonds<\/a> on the left-wing and sent down Nick Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the biggest thing Toronto will miss in Mikheyev is his blazing speed. He failed to capitalize on all of his chances, however, he sure could create quite a few problems with how quick he was. Hopefully, this is nothing super serious for Mikheyev and he can return to the lineup later this season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"K7GGCB-BQCJtmumVuvFknQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1235543803\" 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:'K7GGCB-BQCJtmumVuvFknQ',sig:'3CpWdnpmTegZORadS-RPahFxBHQq4njFQOdU3NvVcmg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1235543803',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the season fast approaches, the Toronto Maple Leafs have already received bad news. The Ilya Mikheyev injury was described as &#8220;not short-term&#8221; by head coach Sheldon Keefe. Sure enough, on Monday Sportnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman reported that\u00a0Mikeheyev requires thumb surgery and is out for approximately eight weeks. Sheldon Keefe said the hand injury Ilya Mikheyev [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2473,"featured_media":119647,"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":[4547,34,4548,18],"tags":[4038,5107,2464],"class_list":["post-119642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-leafs","tag-ilya-mikheyev","tag-michael-bunting","tag-nick-ritchie"],"modified_by":"Luke Flannigan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119642","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\/2473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}