For anyone else reading this, there’s no news on Nick, and there won’t be for some time. He got injured in early December, at first Leafs medical staff thought there was a chance he could recover without surgery, but shortly after nixed that, and he got season ending shoulder surgery. 6 month recovery, he won’t be back till next year.
He’s had 3 significant injuries I’m aware of, not a crazy number, but 2 were quite big:
- In 2020/21, out ~4 weeks with a knee injury
- In 2021/22, fractured his fibula, missed lots of time (~3 months I think?)
- In 2022/23, season ending shoulder injury/surgery
Whether he’s inherently injury prone, or just unlucky, who knows, but he’s had to deal with some major injuries.