{"id":37184,"date":"2018-10-23T17:40:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37184"},"modified":"2018-10-23T17:40:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:40:44","slug":"anaheim-ducks-jakob-silfverberg-moved-to-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/23\/anaheim-ducks-jakob-silfverberg-moved-to-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks Jakob Silfverberg Moved to IR"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anaheim\u00a0Ducks<\/a> have placed forward Jakob Silfverberg<\/a><\/strong> on injured reserve with a broken finger. There is no timetable for the Silfverberg’s return.<\/p>\n

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per @icemancometh<\/a>, Nick Ritchie has been added to the Active Roster and will play tonight.<\/p>\n

In addition, the #Ducks<\/a> have placed Jakob Silfverberg on Injured Reserve. With Jakob on IR, Anaheim is not required to make any additional roster moves in order to make room for Ritchie. https:\/\/t.co\/JjLw7obmQA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) October 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jakob Silfverberg<\/a> Out with Broken Finger<\/h1>\n

Silvferberg\u00a0suffered the injury on October 14th against the St. Louis Blues<\/a>. He was planning to play through the injury but has not been able to do any stickhandling drills.<\/p>\n

During his seven-year career, Silfverberg has played for the Ottawa Senators<\/a> and Anaheim Ducks. He has 96 goals and 120 assists for 216 points in 425 career NHL games. In each of the seven seasons,\u00a0he has also scored 18 goals and 27 assists for 45 points in 69 career playoff games. He was drafted in the second round, 39th overall, by the Senators at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. So far this season he’s tied for first on the Ducks with three goals and four assists for seven points in six games. He also has eight minutes\u00a0in penalties. His possession numbers are 35.6 percent\u00a0Corsi with a relative Corsi of -5.5 percent. Silfverberg is in the final year of a four-year, $15 million deal. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

What This Means for the Future<\/h1>\n

The Ducks are losing a top six-winger in Silfverberg who is also getting minutes on the power-play. With Silfverberg out of the line-up, expect\u00a0Nick Ritchie<\/a><\/strong> to see some playing time since ending his holdout with the Ducks. Isac Lundestrom<\/a><\/strong> has taken over Silfverberg’s spot on the second line. The Ducks signed Ritchie last Thursday to a three-year, $4.6 million deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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