NHL News

Maple Leafs’ Max Pacioretty Out Week to Week With Injury

Reports this weekend from a source that said Max Pacioretty’s injury was not serious seems to be inaccurate as the forward is week to week.

by
Jim Parsons
November 11, 2024

** Update: Original reports of Max Pacioretty’s injury not being “not too bad at all” were inaccurate. According to updated reports from several insiders and the team, while the injury could have been much worse, Pacioretty is week to week with a lower-body injury.

Darren Dreger of TSN reports, “The injury to Max Pacioretty is extensive and will keep him out for “a while.”

Maple Leafs F Max Pacioretty has been placed on IR (lower body) and is listed as week-to-week.

F Max Domi and William Nylander will not practice today (maintenance).
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) November 11, 2024

Nick Alberga, who originally reported that the injury wasn’t terribly serious later added, “Pulled hammy. Not sure how much time he misses. Ultimately, it will come down to therapy response. Dodged a bullet, for sure. Looked super bad when it went down.” That’s not exactly the same as the injury not being serious. Instead, it might have been better to say it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Perhaps better phrased was David Pagnotta’s tweet of The Fourth Period: “Good news on Pacioretty front, all things considered. Pulled hamstring will take a few weeks compared to anything torn, which could result in sitting for the season.”

Pacioretty suffered his injury in a recent game against the Montreal Canadiens. Originally, according to Alberga, “Hearing good news on the Max Pacioretty injury front. Sounds like it’s not too bad at all.”

Obviously, this is not great news for the Maple Leafs as Pacioretty was starting to find his rhythm and become a regular in the Leafs’ lineup.

Max Pacioretty of the Maple Leafs suffered an injury that will keep him out on a week to week basis

There was some concern by his teammates that this wasn’t going to turn out well. John Tavares noted after the Montreal game, “You just hope the news is better than how he’s feeling in the moment… It’s never easy to see.” He added, “We’ve obviously found some chemistry together and had some success early, so we’re going to miss him and what he brings to the table.”

Head coach Craig Berube said after he watched Pacioretty leave the game, “We’ll have to see in a day or so what’s going on there with him. That’s really all I have for that.”

The Maple Leafs Will Have to Make Adjustments for Pacioretty

It’s not clear if Pacioretty will be back in the lineup. Toronto will likely have to make any roster adjustments or AHL decisions to replace Pacioretty in the lineup long-term.

Max Domi and William Nylander also did not practice with the team on Monday. Both absences were called maintenance days.

Next: Maple Leafs Need to Trade Players: Who Should Be Moved?