{"id":845703,"date":"2026-09-12T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/845703\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T22:24:10","slug":"east-notes-jarvis-mckenna-leinonen-lagerberg-hoen-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/845703\/","title":{"rendered":"East Notes: Jarvis, McKenna, Leinonen, Lagerberg Hoen \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Brian La Rose<\/a> |
\n at September 12, 2026 1:31 pm <\/p>\n

Seth Jarvis<\/a> won\u2019t be available for the Hurricanes when the regular season starts as he works his way back from offseason shoulder surgery.\u00a0 The winger told reporters including Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer<\/a> that recovery from the procedure is on track.\u00a0 He was originally expected to be out four to six months after having the surgery after the Stanley Cup Final, meaning the earliest he could return is late October.\u00a0 It\u2019s unclear if the positive news means that Jarvis will be on the shorter end of that timeline but the news is still encouraging nonetheless.\u00a0 Jarvis will be LTIR-eligible to start the season, something that could come into play with Alexander Nikishin<\/a> still needing a new deal.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the East:<\/p>\n

While Gavin McKenna<\/a> was named to Toronto\u2019s roster for rookie camp, he won\u2019t be making his Maple Leafs debut this weekend. Marlies head coach Steve Sullivan told reporters Friday (video link<\/a>) that the first-overall pick back in June will not accompany the team to Gatineau for this weekend\u2019s prospects tournament.\u00a0 McKenna is widely expected to break camp with a prominent role for the Maple Leafs so it makes sense that they\u2019re not going to risk injury in a rookie tournament contest.
\nSabres prospect Topias Leinonen<\/a> suffered a lower-body injury during offseason training, notes Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News (Twitter link<\/a>). As a result, he won\u2019t play in their rookie games this weekend with Rochester head coach Michael Leone mentioning that he\u2019s unsure of the timetable for Leinonen\u2019s return.\u00a0 The 22-year-old played his first season in North America in 2025-26, splitting time between the Amerks and ECHL Jacksonville.
\nThe Senators won\u2019t have one of their first-round picks available for this weekend\u2019s rookie tourney. Postmedia\u2019s Callum Fraser relays (Twitter link<\/a>) that Jonas Lagerberg Hoen<\/a> will only practice this weekend and not play.\u00a0 The 25th pick back in June, Lagerberg Hoen is returning from ACL surgery and the Sens have elected not to have him play those games for precautionary reasons.\u00a0 The 18-year-old was quite productive before being injured last season, tallying 16 points in nine junior games with Leksands in Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Brian La Rose | at September 12, 2026 1:31 pm Seth Jarvis won\u2019t be available for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1809,4821,110964,10156,357839,385,1319,221970,99,357840,1788],"class_list":["post-845703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-gavin-mckenna","tag-injury","tag-jonas-lagerberg-hoen","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-seth-jarvis","tag-sports","tag-topias-leinonen","tag-toronto-maple-leafs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}