NHL Injuries

OUT | Knee

Nieto (knee) sustained an undisclosed injury while rehabbing from his knee surgery. The center could find himself heading back under the knife ahead of the 2024-25 campaign, Seth Rorabaugh of Tribune-Review Sports reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Pectoral

Hamilton (pectoral) is in danger of missing the rest of the regular season with general manager Tom Fitzgerald telling reporters Tuesday, "It's long-term with Dougie. Will he play by the end of the season? Right now I don't know," per Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Upper Body

Samuelsson (upper body) underwent surgery and will not return during the 2023-24 campaign.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

MacEachern suffered a shoulder injury in the minors Jan. 27 that will require surgery, ruling him out the rest of 2023-24, the team announced Tuesday.

Expected Return: Sep 16, 2024
OUT | Personal

Formenton (personal) has been directed to surrender to London, Ontario police to be charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged incident that occurred during a 2018 Hockey Canada event, TSN reports.

Expected Return: Sep 16, 2024
IR-LT | Upper Body

Chytil (upper body) will not return during the 2023-24 campaign.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Hip

Spurgeon is scheduled to undergo left hip surgery Feb. 6 followed by back surgery roughly four weeks later. He will miss the rest of 2023-24 but is expected to be ready for training camp.

Expected Return: Sep 1, 2024
IR-LT | Knee

Per John Hoven of SiriusXM NHL Network Radio, Copley (knee) underwent successful ACL surgery earlier in the week and will be lost for the season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR | Pectoral

Dvorak will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign due to a torn pectoral injury. He will undergo surgery Friday.

Expected Return: Sep 16, 2024
IR | Hip

Benning underwent successful hip surgery, general manager Mike Grier said Thursday, and will be out of action five months.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Shoulder

Voit will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery but is expected to be ready for training camp, Joshua Kloke of The Athletic reports Tuesday.

Expected Return: Sep 16, 2024
IR | Pectoral

Boyd -- who sustained a torn pectoral muscle -- is expected to be sidelined for the rest of the 2023-24 campaign, Craig Morgan of PHNX Sports reports Monday.

Expected Return: Sep 16, 2024
IR | Knee

The Blackhawks announced Thursday that Hall will undergo knee surgery and will not return this season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Pectoral

Harpur will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season after undergoing pectoral surgery, Vince Z. Mercogliano of USA Today reports Monday.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Groin

Francouz (groin) will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Hip

Backstrom (hip), who announced last Wednesday that he's temporarily stepping away from hockey to focus on his health, was moved to the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR | Knee

Dach underwent surgery Tuesday to repair torn ligaments in his right knee, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Head

Poolman (head) will miss Vancouver's training camp, Chris Johnston of TSN reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Neck

Muzzin won't play during the 2023-24 campaign due to a cervical spine injury, Lance Hornby of The Toronto Sun reports.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Knee

Landeskog will undergo a cartilage transplant in his right knee Wednesday and is expected to miss the entire 2023-24 season.

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR | Concussion

Voracek (concussion) is not expected to resume his NHL career, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports, resulting in Arizona acquiring his contract from Columbus on Thursday along with a 2023 sixth-round pick in exchange for Jon Gillies.

Expected Return: Jul 1, 2024
IR-LT | Undisclosed

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Personal

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Personal

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Undisclosed

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR | Back

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Hip

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Hip

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
OUT | Ankle

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Ankle

Expected Return: Sep 15, 2024
IR-LT | Back

Expected Return: Jul 1, 2024
IR-LT | Knee

Expected Return: Jul 1, 2024
IR-LT | Head

Expected Return: Jul 1, 2024

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When a player is injured, his team can either retain him on their active roster, counting towards the 23-man active roster limit, or place him on the Injured Reserve List (IR).

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Injured Reserve List (IR)

If a team opts to put their player on the Injured Reserve List, the following requirements must to be met:

  • First, a team may place a player on the Injured Reserve List if the said player has been injured, incapacitated, or ill and will not be able to perform his duties as a hockey player after having passed the team’s preliminary physical examination for that season.
  • Second, a player with an injury that prevents him from playing for at least seven days from the date the injury was incurred can be placed on the team’s Injured Reserve List. Once a player is placed on the IR list, the team may replace said player on its NHL roster with a player from the minors.
  • Third, a player who has been placed on the Injured Reserve List will not be eligible to compete in NHL games for a period of no less than seven days.

Players on the Injured Reserve List may attend team meetings and meals, travel with the team, and join their practice sessions.

Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR)

If a player has an injury that will prevent him from playing for at least 10 NHL games and 24 days in the NHL season, the team may place him on Long-Term Injured Reserve (LTIR), which can be used to exceed the salary cap.

Once a player is put on LTIR, the player’s cap hit stays on the team’s cap payroll. The club will not be given additional cap-space savings to be saved for use in the future. However, LTIR offers relief in case the club's averaged salary, or payroll, starts to go over the upper limit. How much relief the club will get is computed based on the date the player is put on LTIR.

Three equations can be used to decide how much LTIR relief will be given. The first, or basic equation, is used during the season and the off-season, while the second is the training-camp equation, which is used on the last day of the off-season in order to prepare for the first day of the following season. The third equation is used if the player is already on LTIR.

Once a player is cleared to play again, the team activates the player.

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