The team announced that Marian Gaborik is headed back to the sidelines with a broken collarbone, suffered in a 6-3 victory over the Flyers. Gaborik has been placed on the injured list and is out indefinitely. He was sandwiched between Braydon Coburn and Zac Rinaldo of the Flyers while taking a shot in the first period of the game. It went wide, but Ryan Johansen got the game's first goal on a pass from Nick Foligno.
Coach Todd Richards said of the injury, "Obviously, it's a big hole for our team. You really feel for him. He worked hard to get back and was excited to play."
Well, this isn't good news for the Blue Jackets, as well as for the Slovakian team coming up to the Olympics. Not only is he a major playmaker but he's able to play defense from time to time. Not having him on the ice means that the Blue Jackets will have to find a way to deal with his absence yet again. They haven't entirely been successful in his absence for his first injury so now I don't even know what they'll do to counter this. Hopefully, they'll be able to survive this time, but based on their records and the teams they have to play, you only wonder whether or not the Blue Jackets are any good without him.
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