, one of the Ducks’ top-line forwards, was diagnosed with what is suspected to be Guillain-Barre syndrome, the team announced Monday.
Eaves, 33, was dealing with what the Ducks termed a lower-body injury and sat out much of training camp and the entire preseason. He returned for two games, and scored a goal in his first game, before being sidelined again because of continuing weakness.
The team said Eaves is in stable condition at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach. The disorder, in which the body’s immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system and causes muscle weakness, afflicts about one in 100,000 people.