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Anaheim Ducks: Will the Injury Bug Ever be Eradicated?

By Ciara Durant

ANAHEIM, CA - NOVEMBER 1: Patrick Eaves #18 of the Anaheim Ducks skates during the game against the New York Rangers on November 1, 2018 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA - NOVEMBER 1: Patrick Eaves #18 of the Anaheim Ducks skates during the game against the New York Rangers on November 1, 2018 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Debora Robinson/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 27: Anaheim Ducks right wing Carter Rowney (24) in the first period of the regular season NHL game between the Anaheim Ducks and Tampa Bay Lightning on November 27, 2018, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 27: Anaheim Ducks right wing Carter Rowney (24) in the first period of the regular season NHL game between the Anaheim Ducks and Tampa Bay Lightning on November 27, 2018, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Constant injury has been the song of the Anaheim Ducks all season, and they are barely a quarter of the way through the season. Is there an end in sight to the tragic afflictions that constantly plague this team?

The Anaheim Ducks have been no stranger to the frustrations that come when the injury bug strikes. When you own, manage, coach, play for, or follow an NHL team, you know that injury is not avoidable. In the blink of an eye, anyone can sustain an injury that could keep them out for days, week, and even month; some players even sustain injuries that force them into retirement.

Since the start of the 2018-19 season, the Anaheim Ducks roster has suffered 16 separate injuries, with a few of the players suffering from more than one. This does not include the one game John Gibson sat out due to flu-like symptoms. It also does not include Korbinian Holzer‘s wrist injury or Kevin Roy‘s upper body injury.

At this point in the season, the Anaheim Ducks have yet to play with a fully healthy roster. Of course, this is not the cause for all of the team’s issues. Nevertheless, it still deserves to be looked at as an attribute to the Duck’s struggles over the past two seasons, more specifically 2018-19.

How have the injuries affected this season so far? I wish we could touch on every injury and how it has affected the team. However, I don’t think we have enough time to go over that. Still, there are a few significant injuries I feel need to be addressed.

Before we jump into it, here is an overview of the injuries sustained by the Anaheim Ducks so far this season.

Anaheim Ducks 2018-19 season injuries: Ryan Kesler (Hip), Ryan Getzlaf (Groin and UBI), Patrick Eaves (Shoulder and Back Spasms), Ondrej Kase (Concussion), Corey Perry (Knee), Brian Gibbons (Hand), Carter Rowney (UBI), Cam Fowler (Complex Facial Fracture), Hampus Lindholm (LBI), Nick Ritchie (UBI), Jakob Silfverberg (Broken Finger), Josh Manson (LBI), Max Comtois (LBI) Rickard Rakell (Ankle)

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