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As Texas counts down the final games of the season, there is news from the infirmary of long-term injured Stars. Forwards Samu Tuomaala and Chase Wheatcroft are both done for the season with injuries sustained during the year.
Tuomaala sustained a lower-body injury shortly after being acquired by the Stars in a trade that sent Christian Kyrou to Lehigh Valley via NHL parent club Philadelphia. He was seen in a walking boot shortly thereafter and has only just begun skating again. He had accumulated ten points in his sixteen games with Texas before the injury. Tuomaala is a restricted free agent after this season.
Wheatcroft sustained a hand/wrist injury in December and had only amassed eight games played on the year with no points. He is also a restricted free agent after this season.
The loss of both players was a tough blow as their experience and scoring touch would have been a boon to a roster that struggled to score at times without its top guns in the lineup, including now as Arttu Hyry and Cameron Hughes are in Dallas.
The Stars continue their final handful of games before the playoffs tonight in Manitoba.
Hoping to see both of these guys back...they def. drew the short straws. Cedar Park roster has been pummeled this year with callups and injuries, and lots of RFAs going into 26/27, too. Anxious to see how things end up next October.
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