{"id":37132,"date":"2018-10-22T15:38:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37132"},"modified":"2018-10-22T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T20:54:23","slug":"florida-panthers-derek-mackenzie-to-have-shoulder-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/22\/florida-panthers-derek-mackenzie-to-have-shoulder-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers Derek MacKenzie to Have Shoulder Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Panthers<\/a> announced that captain\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackede01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek MacKenzie<\/a><\/strong> will be having shoulder\u00a0surgery. Head coach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boughbo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Boughner<\/a> said the surgery would take when the Panthers return from Finland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlaPanthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlaPanthers<\/a> C Derek MacKenzie out long term after deciding to have shoulder surgery. Bob Boughner said Mac will have surgery upon team\u2019s return from Finland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeRichards\/status\/1054400865103167488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nFlorida Panthers Derek MacKenzie to Have Shoulder Surgery<\/h1>\n<p>MacKenzie injured his shoulder on opening night against Tampa Bay.\u00a0It&#8217;s a bitter piece of news for the 16-year veteran. Earlier this year, MacKenzie announced that he would be retiring at the end of this season. MacKenzie was drafted in the fifth round of the 1999 NHL draft by\u00a0the Atlanta Thrashers. Along with the Thrashers and Panthers, MacKenzie played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbus\u00a0Blue Jackets<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Derek MacKenzie is known for his gritty play and hard work more than his scoring prowess. In his career, he has amassed 51 goals and 125 points in 611 games. Still, his hard work and drive are the reason&#8217;s he was named the ninth captain in Panthers history.<\/p>\n<h2>Out Long Term<\/h2>\n<p>MacKenzie has been unable to practice\u00a0since the injury. The team and MacKenzie decided that surgery was the best option going forward. While no official timetable was given, this will keep Mackenzie on the shelf for an extended period of time. Look for the Panthers to place their captain on the IR after the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>This is a devastating blow to the Panthers. After finishing strong last season, the Panthers have struggled early this season. Unfortunately, losing Derek MacKenzie long term won&#8217;t help matters.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"XSClumvMSg15jaij-dg78Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/940137546\" 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:'XSClumvMSg15jaij-dg78Q',sig:'HCx1lWILqSCH7tkkADkFsj0sBqh9o5QV-9UXcOmgMwg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'940137546',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\nNHL: MAR 29 Panthers at Senators<br \/>\nOTTAWA, ON &#8211; MARCH 29: Florida Panthers Center Derek MacKenzie (17) skates during warm-up before National Hockey League action between the Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators on March 29, 2018, at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON, Canada. (Photo by Richard A. Whittaker\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Florida Panthers announced that captain\u00a0Derek MacKenzie will be having shoulder\u00a0surgery. Head coach Bob Boughner said the surgery would take when the Panthers return from Finland. #FlaPanthers C Derek MacKenzie out long term after deciding to have shoulder surgery. Bob Boughner said Mac will have surgery upon team\u2019s return from Finland. \u2014 George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2024,"featured_media":37133,"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":[6,34],"tags":[3720,106,38],"class_list":["post-37132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-news","tag-derek-mackenzie","tag-florida-panthers","tag-nhl"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37132","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\/2024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}