{"id":171737,"date":"2025-08-26T23:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/171737\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:19:08","slug":"jets-adam-lowry-underwent-hip-surgery-out-5-6-months-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/171737\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets’ Adam Lowry Underwent Hip Surgery, Out 5-6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aug. 26th:\u00a0In somewhat of a surprising revelation, given the original recovery timeline, the Jets shared<\/a> an update of Lowry taking part in an informal skate this morning, donning his full equipment. This doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that Lowry will be ready to start the season on time, but it does indicate he could be available far earlier than expected. An earlier return should prove a boon for Winnipeg, as they\u2019re set to open the 2025-26 season with Namestnikov and the question mark, Jonathan Toews<\/a>, as their top two center options behind Scheifele.<\/p>\n

May 28th: Jets captain Adam Lowry<\/a>\u00a0won\u2019t be available at the start of the 2025-26 season after undergoing successful hip surgery on Tuesday, per a club announcement<\/a>. The procedure carries a five-to-six-month rehabilitation timeline, meaning he\u2019ll likely make his season debut sometime in November.<\/p>\n

While it could be a tough start to Winnipeg\u2019s season without their top matchup and penalty-killing center, a roughly month-long absence shouldn\u2019t impact the Jets\u2019 offseason planning too much outside of adding a depth piece down the middle to give them additional insurance through the first few weeks of the campaign. A potential late October return doesn\u2019t guarantee Lowry will miss enough time to qualify for a long-term injured reserve placement at the beginning of the season. Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff must presume Lowry counts against the salary cap to start the year.<\/p>\n

The Jets\u2019 center core of Lowry,\u00a0Mark Scheifele<\/a>,\u00a0Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a>, and\u00a0Morgan Barron<\/a>\u00a0are all signed or under team control for next season, so there likely weren\u2019t going to be many moving parts down the middle for Winnipeg this summer anyway outside of finding a potential upgrade on Namestnikov for the second line. However, Lowry\u2019s absence for the first few weeks will likely allow the Jets to evaluate the readiness of their potential internal long-term replacements for Namestnikov in a top-six role. There\u2019s 2023 first-rounder\u00a0Brayden Yager<\/a>, who\u2019s primed to land an opening-night roster spot after scoring 25 goals and 82 points in 54 games with WHL Moose Jaw and Lethbridge this year. 2022 first-round\u00a0Brad Lambert<\/a> has gotten a couple of NHL reps over the last two years and might be a candidate as well, although he\u2019s coming off a highly disappointing season with AHL Manitoba (7-28\u201335, -30 rating in 61 GP).<\/p>\n

For Lowry, the hip rehab will mark an inauspicious start to the final season of the five-year, $16.25MM extension he signed in 2021. With\u00a0Kyle Connor<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Cole Perfetti<\/a>\u00a0also eligible to sign extensions on July 1, it\u2019s unclear how quickly Cheveldayoff intends to start those talks with his captain. However, it should be expected that they\u2019ll do everything in their power to keep the 11-year veteran in the only NHL city he\u2019s ever known.<\/p>\n

If they do opt to engage in extension discussions this summer, AFP Analytics<\/a> projects the 32-year-old to receive a two-year deal in the $4MM range per season. He\u2019s coming off his third straight 30-point campaign and has averaged at least 15 minutes per game for five straight seasons.<\/p>\n

Lowry\u2019s injury also puts a small dent in his climb up the Jets franchise\u2019s all-time leaderboard. His 775 games played are fourth in Winnipeg\/Atlanta franchise history, and he needs 69 games to leapfrog\u00a0Bryan Little<\/a>\u00a0for third \u2013 that\u2019s still doable next year if he returns at the early end of his timeline and stays healthy the rest of the way. His 121 goals are 10th all-time for the Jets, his 152 assists and 273 points rank ninth, while his +50 rating ranks fourth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 26th:\u00a0In somewhat of a surprising revelation, given the original recovery timeline, the Jets shared an update of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[1746,5,402,78,30,4,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-171737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-adam-lowry","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-injury","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-newsstand","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-winnipeg","15":"tag-winnipeg-jets","16":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115097630389573982","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}