Kraken winger André Burakovsky to miss start of playoffs after surgery

SEATTLE – Seattle Kraken winger André Burakovsky might be unavailable for the beginning of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as he is had surgical procedure to deal with an ongoing decrease physique damage that has stored him out of the lineup since February 7.

“He had one setback, however we thought he might come again,” basic supervisor Ron Francis instructed Geoff baker of The Seattle Instances. “However then he had the second setback and that’s once we despatched him to see the specialist and he had the surgical procedure fairly rapidly after that.”

Per Baker, the surgical procedure is anticipated to sideline Burakovsky for roughly six weeks, which might hold him out of motion till a lot deeper within the playoffs ought to Seattle advance that far. He would not be capable of return till at the least the Western Convention Remaining.

Burakovsky was the Kraken’s main scorer on the time of his damage. In 49 video games performed, Burakovsky had 39 factors on 13 objectives and 26 assists.

Seattle has used varied forwards in Burakovsky’s spot for the reason that time of his damage. The group has settled in to a lineup look that has Morgan Geekie enjoying in Burakovsky’s spot on a line with Jaden Schwartz and Alex Wennberg.

Ryan Donato has assumed Geekie’s spot as the middle on the fourth line amid the shuffling.

Burakovsky performed simply 21 seconds in a recreation towards the New York Islanders in Seattle’s first recreation again from the All-Star break earlier than exiting the competition with the damage. He was making a flip close to middle ice and was noticeably affected as he headed to the bench hunched over on the waist.

Burakovsky was again doing on-ice exercises on the Kraken Group Iceplex on March 8 however suffered a setback that stored him from re-joining practices. Burakovsky then returned to 1 follow with the group on April 3 earlier than once more disappearing from sight. It appears as if the choice for surgical procedure got here following that temporary return to follow.

Burakovsky’s absence is a blow to Seattle’s playoff probabilities. The Kraken have simply two wins towards playoff groups within the 32 video games Burakovsky has been out of the lineup. These two wins each got here in extra time towards the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars, who’re the 2 groups Seattle might face within the first spherical set to start subsequent week.

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