Motte suffered the injury while blocking a shot on Friday and is expected to miss at least one week. With Motte out, Loui Eriksson will be back in the Canucks lineup on Monday and Adam Gaudette was summoned from Utica (AHL).
Motte is expected to replace Adam Gaudette when the Canucks host the Red Wings on Tuesday. Motte had nine goals and seven assists (16 points) in 74 games with the Canucks last season. He will skate on the fourth line with Jay Beagle and Tim Schaller.
Motte was set to skate on the Canucks fourth line in the season opener but will be replaced by Loui Eriksson. Motte will likely miss the first five or six games of the regular season but should travel on the Canucks east coast road-trip, which starts on October 17th.
Motte scored one goal on two shots with a plus-1 rating in his first two games of the season, but will come out for Tim Schaller on Tuesday.
Motte will replace Jussi Jokinen on the tail-end of a back-to-back and is still searching for his first point with the Canucks. Motte will likely skate on the fourth line.
Motte was a part of the Artemi Panarin trade this summer, but only had five points (3G / 2A) in 31 games with the Blue Jackets this year. He has struggled at the AHL level as well, picking up just 19 goals and eight assists (27 points) in his last 60 AHL games. So this return doesn’t make a lot of sense for the Canucks.
Motte has scored three goals and one assist in 29 games with the Blue Jackets this season. He has picked up eight points (6G / 2A) in nine games with Cleveland and will likely play on Thursday after it was announced Sonny Milano will miss 4-6 weeks.
Motte, 22, has three goals and one assist in 19 games with the Blue Jackets this season. He returns to Cleveland where he has seven points (5G / 2A) in seven AHL contests.
Motte was acquired along with Artemi Panarin this offseason and it looks like he could make his Blue Jackets debut on Monday. Motte has been recalled because Cam Atkinson (lower-body) is banged up. Motte has collected five goals and two assists (seven points) in seven AHL games and has seven career NHL points (4G / 3A) in 33 games with the Blackhawks.
Motte, 21, has scored four goals with three assists in 32 games with the Blackhawks this season. Motte started the year with the Blackhawks, so he heads to Rockford for the first time this season. He had five points (2G / 3A) in five AHL games a season ago.
Motte suffered the injury on Sunday and it is expected to keep him sidelined for two to three weeks. With Motte out, Andrew Desjardins is expected to make his season debut after being a healthy scratch on Sunday.
Motte left Sunday’s game with a lower-body injury and head coach Joel Quenneville said that Motte is expected to miss a few games.
Motte picked up one assist in 12:16 in his NHL debut on Wednesday and will be rewarded by being bumped up to the second line tonight. In the Blackhawks’ morning skate, Motte skated with Kane in Anisimov, a spot usually reserved for Artemi Panarin, who was moved to the top line with Jonathan Toews. Marian Hossa was bumped out of the top-6—this is a look the Hawks gave in the preseason, let’s see how it works out in Nashville tonight.
Motte, 21, was a standout at the University of Michigan last season, picking up 32 goals and 24 assists (56 points) in 38 games. His decision to leave Michigan to try and make the Blackhawks appears to have been a good one as it looks like the 21-year-old will not only start the season in Chicago, but start on a line with Artem Anisimov and Patrick Kane.
