{"id":17943,"date":"2017-10-18T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T00:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=17943"},"modified":"2017-10-18T20:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T00:05:54","slug":"david-schlemko-undergo-hand-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/10\/18\/david-schlemko-undergo-hand-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"David Schlemko Sidelined for Another 3-4 Weeks After Hand Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long wait to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>\u00a0full defensive line up just got\u00a0longer. The Habs are now a defenseman short after\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schleda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Schlemko<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>sidelined for another three to four weeks after hand surgery in New York to remove a bone fragment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canadiens announced that David Schlemko underwent surgery today to remove a bone fragment in his right hand. His recovery is expected to be 3-4 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canadiens Montr\u00e9al (@CanadiensMTL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadiensMTL\/status\/920751360382873600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>General manager\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bergema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Bergevin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/06\/22\/david-schlemko-traded-montreal-canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquired Schlemko<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/knights\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a>\u00a0in exchange for a 2019 fifth-round draft pick.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/fantasy\/hockey\/news\/canadiens-david-schlemko-undergoes-surgery-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As CBS reports<\/a>, this surgery is just the latest development in what could be described as an ongoing saga.<\/p>\n<h2>Ongoing Saga<\/h2>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/canadiens\/news\/david-schlemko-undergoes-surgery\/c-292055890\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHL reported<\/a>, the 30-year-old has been out since the start of training camp. He had been sent down to the AHL&#8217;s Laval Rocket on a conditioning assignment on October 13. He played one game with the Habs&#8217; minor-league affiliate. Last week, the Canadiens took him off the injured reserve list. This followed a seemingly successful conditioning stint with the Laval Rocket. Many expected Schlemko would suit up against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>. This forced the team to waive veteran <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/streima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Streit<\/a><\/strong> and ultimately resulted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/10\/15\/defenseman-mark-streit-unconditional-waivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mutual termination<\/a> of Streit&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<p>Schlemko was not fully healed, however. NHL\u00a0rules prevent him from going back on the IR until Friday. This forces Montreal to carry an injured player on the 23-man roster. With Streit no longer with the organization, the Habs will likely call-up a player from the minors later this week. It could be\u00a0<strong>Jakob Jerabek<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2017\/09\/07\/habs-to-watch-in-2017-18-jakub-jerabek\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a puck-moving\u00a0defender<\/a>\u00a0with offensive upside.<\/p>\n<h2>Missing Out<\/h2>\n<p>The Habs will miss out not having Schlemko for another month. He put up two goals and 18 points in 62 games with San Jose. Overall, in a career spanning 360 NHL games, he has scored 17 goals and 87 points. Sam Feder, of Cerebral\u00a0Puck,\u00a0suggests\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cerebralpuck.com\/2017\/06\/23\/puck-moving-defensemen-series-montreal-canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schlemko\u2019s possession numbers<\/a>\u00a0and ability to improve his teammate\u2019s play classifies him as a puck-moving defenceman, behind the struggling\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/petryje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Petry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and dearly missed\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/markoan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrei Markov<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will need to wait a bit longer for Schlemko to make his Canadiens debut.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ViZD7oThRMZwTzTvdE961g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/672110078\" 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:'ViZD7oThRMZwTzTvdE961g',sig:'VfKfUoAMu99T6riozEVZhyKbPA2bjWjFI9DKmTJhnZI=',w:'594px',h:'401px',items:'672110078',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long wait to see the Montreal Canadiens\u00a0full defensive line up just got\u00a0longer. The Habs are now a defenseman short after\u00a0David Schlemko\u00a0sidelined for another three to four weeks after hand surgery in New York to remove a bone fragment. Canadiens announced that David Schlemko underwent surgery today to remove a bone fragment in his right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2253,"featured_media":17949,"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":[7,34],"tags":[520,1579,753,38],"class_list":["post-17943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadiens","category-news","tag-david-schlemko","tag-jakub-jerabek","tag-mark-streit","tag-nhl"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17943","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\/2253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}