{"id":37266,"date":"2018-10-25T13:29:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=37266"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:38:15","slug":"nashville-predators-place-dan-hamhuis-on-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/25\/nashville-predators-place-dan-hamhuis-on-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville Predators Place Dan Hamhuis on IR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville Predators<\/a> have announced that defenceman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hamhuda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Hamhuis<\/a><\/strong> is sidelined\u00a0 indefinitely with an undisclosed injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Preds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Preds<\/a> recall Rocco Grimaldi from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkeadmirals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mkeadmirals<\/a>, place Dan Hamhuis on Injured Reserve. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NSHvsNJD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NSHvsNJD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wSnh2JxNNm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wSnh2JxNNm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PredsNHL\/status\/1055477282368823296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Dan Hamhuis Injured<\/h1>\n<p>Hamhuis only logged five minutes, 18 seconds of ice time in Tuesday&#8217;s loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sharks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>. He left in the second period of the game against San Jose. There was no specific incident that caused the injury. However, Hamhuis did suffer a hard hit into the boards in Saturday&#8217;s win at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/oilers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Smithers, British Columbia has one assist in seven game this season. He also added two penalty minutes. His possession numbers were 43.8 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -7.3.<\/p>\n<p>Hamhuis has played for the Nashville Predators, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Stars<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> over his 12-year career. He has put up 59 goals and 285 assists for 344 career points in 1,038 career games. The Nashville Predators originally drafted Hamhuis in the first round, 12th overall of the 2001 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville called up forward<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/grimaro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rocco Grimaldi<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/nhl\/predators\/2018\/10\/24\/nashville-predators-dan-hamhuis-injured-reserve\/1758809002\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> to fill Hamhuis&#8217; spot on the roster<\/a>. Grimaldi showed that he could be a solid bottom-six forward in the pre-season. Head coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laviope01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Laviolette<\/a> <\/strong>said that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bitetan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Bitetto<\/a> <\/strong>would slide into Hamhuis&#8217; spot on defence with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/weberya01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yannick Weber<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>This is the second injury that the Predators are dealing with as<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rinnepe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pekka Rinne<\/a><\/strong> is out at least until Saturday. Nashville&#8217;s defence gave away a comfortable lead in the loss to the Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Hamhuis is good lower-end option on one of the best defensive groups in the league. He&#8217;s also very experienced, but has struggled at times this season.<\/p>\n<p>Bitetto has always been a strong fill-in option for the Predators for the last few seasons. Nashville is hoping that Hanhuis can come off the IR strong to help them keep up its solid start.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/10\/dan-hamhuis-of-the-nashville-predators-skates-against-the-new-york-picture-id1049599024.jpg\" alt=\"\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; OCTOBER 04: Dan Hamhuis #5 of the Nashville Predators skates against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on October 04, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nashville Predators have announced that defenceman Dan Hamhuis is sidelined\u00a0 indefinitely with an undisclosed injury. #Preds recall Rocco Grimaldi from @mkeadmirals, place Dan Hamhuis on Injured Reserve. #NSHvsNJD https:\/\/t.co\/wSnh2JxNNm &mdash; Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) October 25, 2018 Dan Hamhuis Injured Hamhuis only logged five minutes, 18 seconds of ice time in Tuesday&#8217;s loss to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":37273,"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":[31,34],"tags":[2346,3361,5738,243,2569,955,1547,3777,743],"class_list":["post-37266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predators","category-news","tag-anthony-bitetto","tag-dan-hamhuis","tag-hockey-news","tag-nashville-predators","tag-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-peter-laviolette","tag-rocco-grimaldi","tag-yannick-weber"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37266","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\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}