{"id":25652,"date":"2018-03-20T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=25652"},"modified":"2018-03-20T15:41:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T19:41:03","slug":"winnipeg-jets-trouba-out-with-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/03\/20\/winnipeg-jets-trouba-out-with-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Jacob Trouba out with Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_self\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> have announced that defensemen <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/troubja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Trouba<\/a><\/strong> has suffered a concussion and will be out indefinitely.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INJURY UPDATE: Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice says defenceman Jacob Trouba has a concussion and is out indefinitely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HXcsJLjtMm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HXcsJLjtMm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCentre\/status\/976136401354919937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/troubja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob Trouba<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p>Trouba was injured during Wednesday&#8217;s game after taking a hard hit from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/stars\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars<\/a> forward\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Benn<\/a><\/strong>. He didn&#8217;t return to the game afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season, Trouba has scored three goals and 19 assists for 22 points in 52 games. He also added 32 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 50.5% Corsi and a relative Corsi of 0.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Over his five-year NHL career, Trouba has only played for the Winnipeg Jets. He has put up 34 goals and 93 assists for 127 career points in 323 career games. He was originally\u00a0drafted in the first round, ninth overall of the 2012 NHL Entry by the\u00a0Winnipeg Jets.<\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Future<\/h1>\n<p>Trouba and the Jets have had a rough year on the injury front. For Trouba, This is his second injury this year, as he missed 20 games earlier in the season with an ankle injury. For the Jets, they have lost other players to concussions this year including goaltenders <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/masonst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Mason<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hutchmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Michael Hutchinson<\/strong><\/a>. They have also lost defenseman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kulikdm01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dmitry Kulikov<\/a> for the year who is out for the year with back surgery.<\/p>\n<p>With the NHL Playoffs set to begin in a few weeks, this injury could end up being crucial to the Jets. Trouba has been playing on the first defensive pairing this year with<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrijo04.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Morrissey<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and is averaging close to 22 minutes of ice time per game. The Jets will look to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/byfugdu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin Byfuglien<\/a><\/strong> to take over on the top line during Trouba&#8217;s absence. Expect Tucker Poolman to get more minutes down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>The Jets currently\u00a0sit in second place in the Central Division behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a>,\u00a0who have already punched their ticket to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/898543306\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.252525% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/898543306?et=JBNvS1egQSl9_HI3wjVNdA&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=BdOAxCRS1jfQlcx0OITI7WddccheVK2f3SxK1CLAabU=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"447\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Jets have announced that defensemen Jacob Trouba has suffered a concussion and will be out indefinitely. INJURY UPDATE: Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice says defenceman Jacob Trouba has a concussion and is out indefinitely #TSNHockey pic.twitter.com\/HXcsJLjtMm &mdash; SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) March 20, 2018 Jacob Trouba Injured Trouba was injured during Wednesday&#8217;s game after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":25661,"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":[34,33],"tags":[433,357],"class_list":["post-25652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-jets","tag-jacob-trouba","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25652","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\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}