{"id":40591,"date":"2019-01-24T02:13:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T07:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=40591"},"modified":"2019-02-21T10:35:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:35:50","slug":"anahiem-ducks-ondrej-kase-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/24\/anahiem-ducks-ondrej-kase-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks Ondrej Kase Out Long-Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> announced this evening that forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kaseon01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ondrej Kase<\/a><\/strong> will undergo surgery. It will happen next week for a torn shoulder. Recovery time is expected to be at least five-to-six months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: Ondrej Kase suffered a torn labrum in his shoulder against the Minnesota Wild and will undergo surgery.<\/p>\n<p>He will miss five-to-six months. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6W52s5dxQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6W52s5dxQQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaheimDucks\/status\/1088250843189506048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0Ondrej Kase Injured<\/h2>\n<p>The injury occurred in last Thursday&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota\u00a0Wild.<\/a>\u00a0Which resulted in a 3-0 win for the Ducks.<\/p>\n<p>So far this season,\u00a0the young forward has scored 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points to go along with a meagre two minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were good at\u00a0 56.6 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of 10.2.<\/p>\n<p>Over his three year NHL career, Kase has continued to produce for the Ducks since he was originally drafted by them in the seventh round. 205 overall in the 2014 NHL draft. Kase has 36 goals and 37 assists for 73 career points in 149 career games.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>This injury is a big loss for the Ducks as the 23-year-old has become an offensive asset, particularly while multiple veterans were\/are injured this season. It now leaves the Ducks with a larger forward depth problem. There have been no rumours of AHL call-ups as yet. But It is hoped with the return of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rakelri01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rickard Rakell<\/a><\/strong> and the eventual return of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/perryco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Perry<\/a><\/strong> and Jakob Silverberg will help resolve this problem.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, for the Ducks, it happens\u00a0quickly as they have stalled of late, currently with a 21.21.9 record. They still have a valid chance of a Wild Card Spot and GM\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=murrabo02,murrabo01&amp;search=Bob+Murray&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Murray<\/a> <\/strong>recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/17\/anaheim-ducks-acquire-derek-grant\/\" target=\"_self\">restructuring<\/a> is evidence that the team still aim for playoff contention.<\/p>\n<p>With the Ducks next game not until February 2nd, it will be interesting to see how this restructuring affects their performance\u00a0in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"nTuwaWb8SC1kw30oH8JOig\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1079935146\" 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:'nTuwaWb8SC1kw30oH8JOig',sig:'zpey4mpPizIo1SbkM4vSssevnDH4I4lKODxVJm5xn1E=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1079935146',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anaheim Ducks have announced that young forward Ondrej Kase will undergo surgery for a torn shoulder. 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