Ducks' Eaves won't return for playoffs due to Guillain-Barre syndrome

Patrick Eaves won't return to the Anaheim Ducks this season.

The veteran winger has been sidelined for all but two games this season after being diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), and won't be available until September at the earliest, Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle confirmed Thursday.

RC announces what was long suspected and expected that Patrick Eaves (Guillain-Barre syndrome) will not return this season. "He's done." Added that any future Eaves scenario would be next training camp.

- Eric Stephens (@icemancometh) April 5, 2018

GBS is a serious and rare disorder in which a patient's immune system attacks the nervous system.

Eaves signed a three-year, $9.45-million contract with the Ducks last summer after scoring 32 goals in 2016-17.

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