{"id":564937,"date":"2026-03-26T05:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564937\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:11:11","slug":"anton-lundell-out-two-to-six-weeks-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564937\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Lundell Out Two To Six Weeks \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The infirmary in Florida has been growing rather rapidly in recent weeks as the Panthers wind down their season.\u00a0 It has expanded by one more as head coach Paul Maurice told reporters today including George Richards of Florida Hockey Now (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GeorgeRichards\/status\/2036847132498391412\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>) that center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lundean01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-25_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anton Lundell<\/a> will miss two to six weeks with a rib injury.<\/p>\n<p>With just three weeks left in their season, it\u2019s fair to say that there\u2019s a good chance that Lundell will miss the remainder of the season unless it\u2019s the best-case scenario recovery-wise.\u00a0 The good news is that Maurice indicated that surgery is not required.\u00a0 Speculatively, if Lundell wants to keep playing after recovering, he should be cleared by the time the World Championship gets underway in May.<\/p>\n<p>Lundell has missed the last two games with the injury.\u00a0 The 24-year-old has been asked to shoulder a much bigger workload this season in the absence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barkoal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-25_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aleksander Barkov<\/a>, resulting in him anchoring the top line most nights.\u00a0 As more of a two-way player, it\u2019s not a role he\u2019s necessarily best suited for but with the circumstances, he was the logical choice to move up.<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, Lundell\u2019s point-per-game average is the best of his career at 0.69, just ahead of his rookie season.\u00a0 He sits fifth on the team in scoring with 18 goals (tying his career high) and 26 assists in 64 games while averaging a career-high 19:09 of playing time per contest.<\/p>\n<p>This injury won\u2019t create another emergency recall for the Panthers since he has already missed two games with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gregono01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-25_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Noah Gregor<\/a> coming up on Tuesday.\u00a0 Additionally, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/panthers\/news\/you-just-don-t-know-lundell-to-miss-time-with-rib-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">team reporter Jameson Olive adds<\/a> that winger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/samosma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-25_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mackie Samoskevich<\/a> could return after missing the last two games with a neck laceration.\u00a0 If he does, one of their emergency recall forwards would either have to be sent back to the minors or be converted to a regular recall that counts against their post-deadline limit of 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