2018 Fantasy Hockey Injury Report: November 27
Published: Nov 27, 2018
Welcome to the Fantasy Hockey Injury Report. Once a week, weâll take a look at some injuries around the league that may affect your fantasy hockey team. Injuries will always happen and you canât predict when, but itâs important to be ready for the aftermath and to have a plan ready. Letâs take a look and some players who are on the shelf for the upcoming week and beyond.
Antti Raanta - Arizona Coyotes - Goalie
Injury: unspecified, day-to-day.
Antti Raanta has already missed time this season due to injury and his status for tonightâs game is up in the air due to an âunspecifiedâ injury. No one knows when the injury occured, but itâs enough to fantasy owners on the edge of their seats. With Darcy Kuemper already on IR due to a lower-body injury, this would be very bad timing for Raanta to miss any extended period of time. We should have more information after morning skate.
Carl Hagelin - Los Angeles Kings - Winger
Injury: MCL sprain, four-to-six weeks.
The Kings should just cancel their entire season. Newly acquired forward Car Hagelin has been ruled out four-to-six weeks with a knee injury. He wasnât fantasy hockey relevant, but heâs another body on the shelf for a L.A team that has seen their fair share of injuries this season. It looks like Kyle Clifford will take his spot on the second line, but no one expects that experiment to last long.
Roberto Luongo - Florida Panthers - Goalie
Injury: lower-body, day-to-day.
Luongo has now missed three games in a row and we still donât have much information about his injury or when he might return. Heâs still listed on the teamâs website as day-to-day, but if he doesnât return soon, this could turn into a week-to-week injury. It hasn't been easy for Luongo owners in fantasy, but heâs still worth holding onto in all league formats. Maybe his age is starting to catch up to him, but for now, itâs best to take the âwait and seeâ approach about before considering dropping him.
Kyle Turris - Nashville Predators - Center
Injury: upper-body, out indefinitely.
Really tough blow for the Predators losing Kyle Turris for an extended period of the time. The centerman was put on IR late last week with an upper-body injury. Turris took a hard hit into the boards in Fridayâs game against St. Louis and did not return. He now joins P.K Subban and Viktor Arvidsson on the injury reserved list, making his loss that much more impactful. Hopefully this isnât a shoulder injury that requires surgery and that Turris can make a return sooner rather than later. If your fantasy league doesnât have an IR spot, Turris is droppable in most shallow leagues.
Matt Murray - Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalie
Injury: lower-body, out indefinitely.
It has not been a great season for Matt Murray. The Pittsburgh netminder has an ugly 4.08 GAA and a .830SV% this season, so maybe this lower-body injury has something to do with that. The team has decided to give Murray some rest to see if that helps heal this mystery injury, but the team has said that they expect their starting goalie to be out âlong-term.â For fantasy owners, this is a blessing. The 24-year-old is pretty much droppable in shallow leagues. Itâs not ideal, but no one knows how many weeks he will miss due to this injury and how good he will be once heâs back. He has no trade value and heâs not worth clogging up an IR spot for multiple weeks. Maybe in deeper league you can hold onto him a bit longer, but thatâs about as far as it goes.