Canucks lose Hronek to injury and it doesn't sound good: report
The Vancouver Canucks got some bad injury news today.
Defenceman Filip Hronek is injured and seems set to miss a significant amount of time. The right-handed blueliner has been one of the team’s best since arriving in Vancouver through trade back in March 2023.
He suffered an upper body injury and will be unable to play for some time, per insider Irfaan Gaffar. While the injury is serious enough that it’s expected to keep Hronek away for a while, he’s not expected to need surgery, per Gaffar.
Sounds like Canuck Defenceman Filip Hronek is going to be out a while with an upper body injury.
— Irfaan Gaffar (@irfgaffar) November 28, 2024
Not much is known at this point about the 27-year-old’s injury but it appears as if it happened in the third period of last night’s 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
He got knocked into the boards from a distance with less than a minute left in the game and looked to be shaken up.
Looks like Filip Hronek mightâve hurt himself bad here after getting bumped into the boards. Let the ice hunched over favouring his arm/shoulder. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/MGd2Tu9mFd
— Grady Sas (@GradySas) November 28, 2024
The Czechia native has dealt with a shoulder injury in the past and it’s possible this could be another one.
Hronek has nine points in 21 games so far this season. He’s playing 23:36 minutes per night, the second most on the team behind captain Quinn Hughes.
He’s 25th among all defencemen in points since the start of last season and 10th among right-handed blueliners.
While the Canucks had all of their best players largely stay healthy last season, they’ve already dealt with numerous injuries this year. Brock Boeser missed time, Thatcher Demko has yet to play, and J.T. Miller stepped away from the team for personal reasons. Hronek’s absence is another one to add to the list.
The right side of the blue line is already a thin position group for the Canucks. Without Hronek, the players next in line are Tyler Myers, Noah Juulsen, and Vincent Desharnais.
The Canucks were already reported to be looking at trading for a defenceman. Hronek’s injury makes that need even more pressing.