The Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman was placed on long-term injured reserve (LTIR) last week with what was confirmed by team GM Brad Treliving to be a hip injury. Klingberg has been meeting with hip specialists in New York to determine his recovery.
Today, Elliotte Friedman provided us with an update.
This comes to no surprise as this was expected to be the case. If John misses the rest of the season, the Maple Leafs will have plenty of cap room to fix their defensive issues which has been quite noticeable thus far.
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4 DECEMBRE | 238 ANSWERS MAJOR: Insider Elliotte Friedman Provides Major Update On John Klingberg's Future Will John Klingberg ever dress again as a Maple Leaf? | ||
Yes | 56 | 23.5 % |
No | 182 | 76.5 % |
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