{"id":132905,"date":"2022-10-19T16:12:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=132905"},"modified":"2022-10-19T16:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:12:54","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-veteran-placed-on-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/10\/19\/toronto-maple-leafs-veteran-placed-on-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Veteran Placed on IR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Besides a new goaltending tandem of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/samsoil01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilya Samsonov<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> didn&#8217;t see much change during the off-season. The Maple Leafs entered the season with hopes of making a deep playoff run. However, the team has struggled with a 2-2 record to start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">The Maple Leafs lost their most recent game to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> by a score of 4-2. They will now be without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/muzzija01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Muzzin<\/a>, who was injured during the game, for an unknown period of time.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #252525;\">Toronto Maple Leafs Veteran Placed on Injured Reserve<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #252525;\">Jake Muzzin Injured Against Arizona<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced that defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/muzzija01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Muzzin<\/a> has been placed on the IR with a neck injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MapleLeafs<\/a> have recalled D Filip Kr\u00e1l from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorontoMarlies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TorontoMarlies<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>D Jake Muzzin has been placed on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeafsPR\/status\/1582756045516312576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Muzzin suffered the injury in the second period after a collision with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kellecl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Keller<\/a>. The collision took place in the Toronto zone, and Muzzin was very slow to get up. He went for a skate during a commercial break, ultimately heading straight for the locker room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Muzzin logged 9:54 of ice time in the contest and registered one shot. He would not return to the game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Muzzin is entering his 11th NHL season. He has played for the Los Angeles Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs. In 683 career games, he has 69 goals and 225 assists for 294 points. Muzzin has played a key role in shooting from high-danger areas for the Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">According to Corey Sznajder\u2019s <a style=\"color: #252525;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allthreezones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Three Zones<\/a> micro-stats, Muzzin was 1.21 standard deviations above the league average for shots off high-danger passes per 60 in 2020-21. He repeated this in 2021-22, 1.33 standard deviations above the mean in this category.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #252525;\">What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Despite the Maple Leafs losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/liljeti01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Timothy Liljegren<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordie Benn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dahlsca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Dahlstrom<\/a>, and now Muzzin on the backend, the defensive core still looks promising. The young, mobile Swedish defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sandira01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rasmus Sandin<\/a> will fill the shoes alongside Muzzin&#8217;s usual partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hollju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Holl<\/a>, on the second pairing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/metevi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Mete<\/a> will play his first regular season game in a Maple Leafs uniform at home against the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. He will be playing with 39-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/giordma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Giordano<\/a> on the third pairing. Toronto will look to rebound after a mediocre start to the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin to miss at least three games with neck injury <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MZ7aGFb7Vw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/MZ7aGFb7Vw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGKt9fYRMt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nGKt9fYRMt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Globe Sports (@Globe_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Globe_Sports\/status\/1582785923032690688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Besides a new goaltending tandem of Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov, the Toronto Maple Leafs didn&#8217;t see much change during the off-season. The Maple Leafs entered the season with hopes of making a deep playoff run. However, the team has struggled with a 2-2 record to start. 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