{"id":4785,"date":"2016-12-30T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=4785"},"modified":"2016-12-30T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T19:01:23","slug":"update-dallas-stars-patrick-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2016\/12\/30\/update-dallas-stars-patrick-sharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Forward Patrick Sharp May Return As Early As Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Stars forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sharppa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Sharp<\/a><\/strong> has been in and out of the Stars&#8217; lineup this season quite a bit. \u00a0He started the season out healthy but by mid-October was sidelined with concussion-like symptoms. \u00a0As a result, he missed 14 games. \u00a0He returned mid-to-late November and seemed to be fine and ready to go, but his concussion woes came back and he has not played a game since Dec 1.<\/p>\n<h3>Dallas Stars Forward Patrick Sharp May Return As Early As Tomorrow<\/h3>\n<p>Since December, Sharp has missed another 13 straight games with injury. \u00a0Over the course of this time, Sharp has been practicing both on his own and with the team, but in short bursts. \u00a0He has taken some maintenance days and off days in attempt to not re-aggravate his head injury. \u00a0Sharp has taken many steps towards a return and is improving, but as of now there is still no definite timetable for his return. \u00a0Head Coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/ruffli01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindy Ruff<\/a> <\/strong>labeled Sharp as &#8220;day-to-day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lindy Ruff said Antoine Roussel is a &quot;few days away&quot; and that Patrick Sharp is &quot;still going day to day. He&#39;s feeling a lot better.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarsInsideEdge\/status\/814527338285305856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lindy Ruff <a href=\"http:\/\/sportsday.dallasnews.com\/dallas-stars\/stars\/2016\/12\/23\/stars-injury-updates-roussel-johns-miss-kings-game-patrick-sharp-nearing-return-concussion\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told SportsDay Dallas<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Right now, it&#8217;s not in the conversation. With Patrick, we really want to be sure this time around. I&#8217;ve liked the way he&#8217;s skating in practice, I like where he is when it comes to energy. And, really, his body mannerism now is so much better, which I think those are all good signs. He&#8217;ll know when he&#8217;s ready. He&#8217;ll tell us when he thinks he&#8217;s ready.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Sharp having turned 35 on Dec. 27, the team is very cautious with him and risking a premature return to play. \u00a0The Stars do not want to risk rushing Sharp back to playing and consequently another injury. \u00a0Concussions are a big deal nowadays and are to be taken very seriously as seen with the new protocols being implemented recently with spotters, and with the fact that Sharp has had a history of them, it is better to stay safe then sorry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Patrick Sharp remains out w concussion. Won&#39;t play tonight vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Avs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Avs<\/a>. Last guy off at AM skate here in Dallas <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mzMa4JPbsO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mzMa4JPbsO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeChambers\/status\/814518078990061568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Sharp arrived in Dallas in the summer of 2015, when the Chicago Blackhawks dealt him as well as defenseman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsst03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Johns<\/a><\/strong> to Dallas in exchange for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/daleytr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Daley<\/a><\/strong> and<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/garbury01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Garbutt<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0In his first season with the Stars, Sharp played well, forming chemistry with <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> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seguity01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Seguin<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0He became a big piece to the Dallas offense, scoring 20 goals and 35 assists for a total of 55 points.<\/p>\n<p>This season however, has been completely different. \u00a0Plagued by concussion-like symptoms, Sharp has only played in 11 games this season, scoring a single goal and a lone assist. \u00a0In total, he has missed 26 of the 37 Dallas games in 2016-17. \u00a0Regarding his most-likely return, it can be said that Sharp may play\u00a0tomorrow against the Florida Panthers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patrick Sharp is ready to go. Guess is he will play against Florida. Antoine Roussel not ready yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Heika (@MikeHeika) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeHeika\/status\/814903461397426176\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Quote courtesy of SportsDay Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,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\/627182748\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 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\/627182748?et=NTdfjR-MT8N_fp-YQycEVw&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=yStEvqlu2Y3D9z9linlE7-LrFENMO7fN2-Hsr0Q5GCw=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Stars forward Patrick Sharp has been in and out of the Stars&#8217; lineup this season quite a bit. \u00a0He started the season out healthy but by mid-October was sidelined with concussion-like symptoms. \u00a0As a result, he missed 14 games. \u00a0He returned mid-to-late November and seemed to be fine and ready to go, but his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":4796,"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":"1483106400","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Patrick Sharp is close to returning after concussion like symptoms have kept him out","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,29],"tags":[102,37,38,786],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stars","tag-dallas-stars","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-patrick-sharp"],"modified_by":"Griffin Schroeder (Associate Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785","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\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}