The Dallas Stars have positioned defenseman Mathew Dumba on injured reserve and, in a corresponding transfer, recalled ahead Matej Blumel from the AHL. Dumba has missed Dallas’ final two video games with a lower-body damage that beforehand carried a week-to-week designation. An IR designation will now power him out for at the least one week, although his damage isn’t anticipated to require surgical procedure.
Dumba signed a two-year, $7.5M contract with Dallas this summer season. He solely managed one full sport with the Stars earlier than struggling his damage six minutes into sport two. Dumba recorded two penalties, two blocks, and no scoring in his sole Stars look.
Dallas stands as Dumba’s fourth crew in simply the final two years — shifting from Minnesota to Arizona on a one-year deal signed in the summertime of 2023, then getting traded to Tampa Bay eventually season’s commerce deadline. He hasn’t discovered a lot success with any of the earlier three golf equipment, totaling simply 12 factors in 76 video games final season. That mark stands as a career-low for Dumba, narrowly beating out his earlier career-low of 14 factors, set in 79 video games throughout his last season in Minnesota. Dallas stood as an opportunity for Dumba to get again on the trail and perhaps even rediscover the 50-point upside he flaunted in 2017-18 — however he’ll now first have to beat the hurdle of an prolonged damage. Dumba recorded 18:28 in ice time in his Stars debut. Dallas has rotated minutes between Nils Lundkvist and Ilya Lyubushkin in Dumba’s absence.
In the meantime, Blumel may obtain one other probability at incomes routine NHL minutes. He performed within the first six video games of his NHL profession in 2022-23, netting one aim and a -2 to associate with the 19 objectives and 44 factors he managed in 58 AHL video games. Blumel spent everything of final season within the minor leagues, ramping up his manufacturing to 62 factors, cut up evenly, in 72 video games. That mark ranked him first on the Texas Stars in objectives and second in whole factors. Blumel sits with one aim and two penalties by way of two AHL video games this season. He’ll probably function bottom-six depth as Dallas bears by way of day-to-day injuries to each Tyler Seguin and Sam Steel.