Tyler Seguin has hairline fracture in heel

Forward Tyler Seguin has a hairline fracture in his heel and his status for Dallas Stars training camp will be re-evaluated in a week, general manager Jim Nill said Saturday.

"Upon returning to Dallas [on Friday], Tyler Seguin underwent an MRI that detected a hairline fracture in his heel," Nill said.

Seguin sustained the injury playing in a World Cup of Hockey 2016 pretournament game for Team Canada on Sept. 9 against Team USA. Seguin pulled out of the tournament Wednesday and was replaced by Buffalo Sabres forward Ryan O'Reilly.

"He was trying to work his way through it, but he is only 50 to 60 percent with his skating ability," Nill said Wednesday. "With such a short tournament, [Canada] had to make a decision."

The Stars being training camp on Friday.

Seguin finished second on the Stars behind Jamie Benn in points (73) and tied for second in goals (33) with Jason Spezza last season. He missed the final 10 games after sustaining an Achilles tendon injury against the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 17 and played in one of 13 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

''Obviously he's a big part of our team,'' Stars forward Ales Hemsky told The Associated Press in Toronto on Saturday. ''He was injured last year a couple months and the playoffs. ... We still have a lot of good players and they can jump in and not replace him -- nobody can replace [Tyler] -- but we did it last year. He will get healthy, and the season is long, so hopefully he comes back as soon as possible.''

Seguin has 107 goals and 234 points in 223 games for the Stars since they acquired him from the Boston Bruins in a seven-player trade July 4, 2013. He ranks fifth in the NHL goals and fourth in points in that span, and Benn is the only Stars player with more points since the start of the 2013-14 season.

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Dan Girardi participates in the Rangers morning
practice on Monday, April 11, 2016. (@NYRangers)

McDonagh not ready to face Penguins, Girardi may be: The New York Rangers are down two defenseman, Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh,

Both defenseman practiced on Monday, and it seemed as if Girardi was recovering from his injury rather quickly.

Athough both players practiced, both left the ice before the formal practice begun.

"[McDonagh] is definitely not going to start (the series)," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said after practice Monday. "He is day-to-day."

McDonagh did skating drills, but never took shots before practice while wearing a no-contact jersey.


"We obviously want him back as soon as we can," defenseman Marc Staal said about McDonagh. "Anytime you are going into a game without your captain, you need other guys to step up and play well. That is what we will try to do."

Girardi skated before practice and was scheduled to skate after practice, according to Vigneault.

Forwards Eric Staal, Mats Zuccarello (lower body) and Viktor Stalberg (lower body) were full participants in practice Monday. Staal had a scary incident after colliding with his teammate Jesper Fast in the Rangers' regular season finale against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, while Zuccarelo and Stalerg missed the games with their respetive injuries.

"Everybody was there, everybody is good to go," Vigneault said.

Seguin's status for Game One still uncertain: Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin practiced Monday with his team, but his status for Game 1 in Round 1 against the MInnesota Wild is still uncertain.

Seguin practiced on Monday in a red no-contact jersey.

"It's not fully up to me, so I'm doing everything I can to be prepared and obviously I want to play," Seguin said.

Stars head coah Lindy Ruff is confident that Seguin can reach 100 percent good health.

"I think today was the next step," Ruff said. "I think when he can go 100 percent, go full out, we'll know where he's at. It might be tomorrow, it might be Wednesday, but today was a good step in the right direction for him."

Fleury practices with Penguins: Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury practiced Monday after recieving his second concussion of the season earlier in his 2015-16 campaign.

After the practice, Fleury said he felt good but was unable to say if he would be ready for Round One against the New York Rangers.

"I skated by myself the past few days, so it was good to get out there with the guys," Fleury said. "It's never easy to watch them … Just [taking it] one day at a time. It was my first practice." 

Parise and Haula miss second consecutive practice: Minnesota Wild forwards Zach Parise and Erik Haula missed practice for the second consecutive day on Monday.

It is in doubt if both players will play in Round One against the Dallas Stars.