{"id":70625,"date":"2020-03-05T13:04:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=70625"},"modified":"2020-03-05T13:04:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T18:04:26","slug":"new-jersey-devils-will-butcher-out-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/03\/05\/new-jersey-devils-will-butcher-out-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Devils Will Butcher Out For The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/devils\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey Devils<\/a> announced that defenceman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/butchwi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Butcher<\/a><\/strong> underwent successful surgery to repair a ruptured ligament in his right thumb. He will be out for the rest of the season and is expected to make a full recovery in 3-4 months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2757\ufe0fUpdate on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NJDevils?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NJDevils<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/butchwi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Butcher<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Butcher had surgery to repair ruptured right thumb ligaments from an injury he sustained at St. Louis on February 18.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to make a full recovery in 3-4 months and will continue to be under the observation of our medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amandacstein\/status\/1235615934494040065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Will Butcher Injured<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2020\/02\/20\/new-jersey-devils-will-butcher-out-with-upper-body-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Butcher was injured during the Devils 3-0 loss<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>. He blocked a shot early into the first period playing only 2:05 of the first and did not return. As a result of getting injured, this would be the final shift of the season for Butcher. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/10\/18\/new-jersey-devils-d-will-butcher-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This was the second injury of the season<\/a> for him involving a blocked shot. In October, Butcher missed several games after blocking a shot against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Rangers<\/a>. Through 56 games this season, Butcher has 21 points (four goals and 17 assists).<\/p>\n<p>While he is expected to make a full recovery and be ready for the start of training camp next season, he will remain under doctor&#8217;s supervision.<\/p>\n<h3>For The Rest Of The Season<\/h3>\n<p>When Butcher was originally injured, the Devils called up\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mermida01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dakota Mermis<\/a><\/strong> from the AHL. Since being called up on back on February 20th, Mermis has been a mainstay in the Devils lineup. When Mermis saw his first NHL action against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sharks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>, he was paired with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/severda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damon Severson<\/a><\/strong>. That defensive pair has remained intact since then. Additionally, when <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vatansa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sami Vatanen<\/a><\/strong> was still on the team before <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2020\/02\/24\/new-jersey-devils-trade-sami-vatanen-to-carolina-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he got traded<\/a> to the Carolina Hurricanes, the Devils also called up <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/whiteco03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colton White<\/a><\/strong>. Since then, White went back to the AHL and Josh Jacobs has been called up. In addition, <strong>Freddie Cleassen<\/strong> is with the Devils after coming over from Carolina as part of the Vatanen deal.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"WCEtbJDsSDpwM3Nq_0vXVg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1035556392\" 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:'WCEtbJDsSDpwM3Nq_0vXVg',sig:'PbyJfGO8em7ocQEBl2ViuUJNBUj6xSWDSRykY_R9r3k=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1035556392',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Jersey Devils announced that defenceman Will Butcher underwent successful surgery to repair a ruptured ligament in his right thumb. He will be out for the rest of the season and is expected to make a full recovery in 3-4 months. \u2757\ufe0fUpdate on #NJDevils Will Butcher: Butcher had surgery to repair ruptured right thumb [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3130,"featured_media":70627,"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":[13,34],"tags":[3900,4668,3990,151,1473],"class_list":["post-70625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devils","category-news","tag-dakota-mermis","tag-freddie-cleassen","tag-josh-jacobs","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-will-butcher"],"modified_by":"Jim Biringer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70625","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\/3130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}