{"id":565628,"date":"2026-05-03T06:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/565628\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:36:16","slug":"evening-notes-hronek-tippett-manson-kiviranta-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/565628\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Notes: Hronek, Tippett, Manson, Kiviranta \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Gabriel Foley<\/a> |
\n at May 2, 2026 7:33 pm <\/p>\n

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek<\/a> was injured in pre-tournament action with Team Czechia\u2019s World Championship roster per Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK News<\/a>. Dhaliwal adds that Hronek \u201cshould be okay soon\u201d, likely a sign that the top Czech defender won\u2019t miss tournament action.<\/p>\n

Hronek has carved out an important role on Czechia\u2019s men\u2019s national team. He scored five assists in five games at the 2026 Winter Olympics and six points in eight games at the 2025 World Championship. The latter tournament was Hronek\u2019s first appearance on Czechia\u2019s national roster since the 2022 World Championship, where he scored two points in 10 games. That quiet showing was outdone by his 15 points in 17 games between the 2019 and 2021 World Championships. More than his scoring, Hronek offers a physical, puck-moving presence that helps the Czech push their aggressive forecheck. He would leave an irreplaceable hole on the top-pair if he missed tournament games.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the hockey world:<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Flyers forward Owen Tippett<\/a> has been announced<\/a> as out day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. He was doubtful to play in Game 1 of the second round after practice per NBCS\u2019 Jordan Hall<\/a>. A chance to rest could be timely for Tippett, who racked up two points in six games of the first round. It was a lackluster series for the scoring winger, after he tied his career-high with 23 goals and totaled 51 points in 81 games this season. He fills an important, shooter role in the Flyers offense and could leave a hole in the top-six. Tippett\u2019s absence will secure rookie Alex Bump<\/a>\u2019s spot in the lineup. Bump scored nine points in the first 17 games of his NHL career this season. He also has one goal in two playoff appearances. He may be one of only a few black aces who could try to fill in for Tippett\u2019s scoring impact.
\nThe Colorado Avalanche are also still nursing injuries. Defenseman Josh Manson<\/a> and forward Joel Kiviranta<\/a> are both still out day-to-day, head coach Jared Bednar told Bailey Curtis of DNVR Avalanche<\/a>. Manson sat out of Game 4 against the Los Angeles Kings and hasn\u2019t been able to heal up in six days since. He scored two points in the first three games of the series, continuing to fill an important, top-four role on Colorado\u2019s defense. Kiviranta sat out of both Game 3 and 4, limiting him to no scoring and five hits in the first two games of the series. He totaled nine points in 51 games this season, rotaitng in-and-out of the team\u2019s fourth line. Manson will immediately step back into the lineup when he\u2019s back at full health, while Kiviranta will compete with Logan O\u2019Connor<\/a> and Parker Kelly<\/a> for depth minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Gabriel Foley | at May 2, 2026 7:33 pm Vancouver Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek was injured in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[172,144,4238,5,1036,1544,4,4837,56,2182,27],"class_list":["post-565628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-alex-bump","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-filip-hronek","tag-hockey","tag-joel-kiviranta","tag-josh-manson","tag-nhl","tag-owen-tippett","tag-philadelphia-flyers","tag-team-czechia","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116509264037329198","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565628","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=565628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}