After welcoming again two key younger gamers in Mason McTavish and Jamie Drysdale on Thursday, the Geese received one other one again Saturday. The staff introduced (link) that Trevor Zegras has been activated off injured reserve and can go well with up in opposition to Seattle.
The 22-year-old took fairly some time to re-sign with Anaheim over the offseason, because it took till early October for the 2 sides to conform to phrases on a three-year, $17.25M contract. Consequently, he was restricted to simply two preseason appearances.
The shortage of coaching camp and exhibition motion definitely appeared to take its toll within the early going this season as Zegras received off to a gradual begin offensively, notching only one aim and one help in a dozen video games. In the meantime, new head coach Greg Cronin referred to as his defensive struggles to consideration. Issues received worse quickly after when he suffered a lower-body harm on Nov. 7, and he has missed 20 video games since then.
With Zegras’ activation, Anaheim now truly has 24 gamers on its lively roster, one over the utmost. Nonetheless, with the roster freeze guidelines in impact, the Geese don’t have any skaters who’re allowed to be despatched down. As they’re cap-compliant, they’re now briefly permitted to be over the roster restrict.
In the meantime, the Geese are nonetheless awaiting phrase on how lengthy Leo Carlsson will probably be out of the lineup after he left Thursday’s sport with a lower-body harm. Day by day Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reviews (link) that the preliminary prognosis is promising and that it gained’t be a season-ending harm.