{"id":63184,"date":"2019-12-06T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=63184"},"modified":"2019-12-06T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:21:43","slug":"toronto-maple-leafs-andreas-johnsson-moved-to-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/12\/06\/toronto-maple-leafs-andreas-johnsson-moved-to-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs Andreas Johnsson Moved to IR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> have announced that forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Andreas Johnsson<\/strong><\/a> has been placed on long-term injured reserve. The move comes after a recent loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/avalanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>. The teams announced the move along with several promotions early Friday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MapleLeafs<\/a> have recalled forwards Nic Petan and Pontus Aberg and defenceman Martin Marincin from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TorontoMarlies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TorontoMarlies<\/a> (AHL).<\/p>\n<p>Forward Andreas Johnsson will be placed on long-term injury reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bK5GdHolkX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bK5GdHolkX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3uyMl9rmYp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3uyMl9rmYp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafs\/status\/1202973613051260929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Andreas Johnsson Moved to Injured Reserve<\/h2>\n<p>Johnsson&#8217;s injury comes at a time when Toronto is still trying to get its season back on track. The 25-year-old forward currently has six goals and 16 points in 30 games. Most of his ice time came on the top line next to top players <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Auston Matthews<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nylanwi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>William Nylander<\/strong><\/a>. Johnsson was the gritty member of that trio with 25 hits on top of his scoring numbers. He certainly wasn&#8217;t the star but still posted solid traditional and advanced numbers. Johnsson has 28 goals and 62 points in 112 games with the Leafs since his debut in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>The injury is just another obstacle on what has been a challenging season for the Maple Leafs. They have dealt with multiple injuries and underperformance from some of their players. Johnsson&#8217;s absence only compounds the frustration that fans and the front office must be feeling. The coaching staff needs its highly-paid stars to step up and do even more than what they are currently doing.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>The team has recalled several players including offseason <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/07\/24\/toronto-maple-leafs-sign-pontus-aberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquisition<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/abergpo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pontus Aberg<\/strong><\/a> from the AHL affiliate. He played with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/ducks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> in 2018-19, scoring 12 goals and 25 points in 59 combined games. His role will be similar to Johnsson&#8217;s as he contributed 45 hits as well. The Leafs have also recalled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/petanni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Nic Petan<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marinma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Martin Marincin<\/strong><\/a> for additional insurance. Aberg won&#8217;t be a major factor but he did have a solid 2018-19. The team needs much more from its players so there could be some major shuffling to account for Johnsson&#8217;s absence. We&#8217;ll keep you informed of anything new happening.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Hldj2Xw4T95SkP1UnbG40Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1183247949\" 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:'Hldj2Xw4T95SkP1UnbG40Q',sig:'R1Axu3WK0LshHPj69vHxZ7y6WCIX_CjH7Pz40u2iMAA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1183247949',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced that forward Andreas Johnsson has been placed on long-term injured reserve. The move comes after a recent loss to the Colorado Avalanche. The teams announced the move along with several promotions early Friday morning. The @MapleLeafs have recalled forwards Nic Petan and Pontus Aberg and defenceman Martin Marincin from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3127,"featured_media":63197,"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":[34,18],"tags":[616,1174,730,1837,72],"class_list":["post-63184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-leafs","tag-andreas-johnsson","tag-martin-marincin","tag-nic-petan","tag-pontus-aberg","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63184","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\/3127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}