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Last night both Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky were injured in the Rangers loss to Calgary.
After the game, coach John Tortorella said that Drury has a concussion after being blindsided by Curtis Glencross:
“It’s a missed call and he’s concussed,” said head coach John Tortorella, who indicated that he expected each of his top two centers, Drury and Dubinsky, to be out for some time. “It should have been a five-minute major.
As for Dubinsky, who blocked a shot from Jay Bouwmesster, Tortorella said:
“I think, yeah, I’m not sure, they told me something was opened up. I’m sure it’s gonna be a little while. Rammer (trainer Jim Ramsey) came to the bench and said it opened up the skin, I’m not sure if it’s broken or not. But he’ll probably be out for awhile.”
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..This isn’t good news in any way shape of form. Dubinsky had been playing well and his energy will be hard to replace. Drury has taken a lot of criticism recently, yet he is still one of the Rangers top defensive forwards and he will probably be sorely missed.
Luckily the Rangers don’t play until Thursday and have a spread of schedule over the next two weeks. Artem Anisimov will get to see increased playing time, a big chance for him. This could also start the Evgeny Grachev era if the Rangers feel that a) he is ready enough to play and contribute, or b) Dubinsky will be out long enough to warrant calling him up and mess with his development in Hartford
Glencross needs to be suspended for exactly the amount of games Drury is out period anything less is simply not fair enough. And the punishment does nothing for our roster for the next 6-8 weeks. I do believe that’s the next time we’ll be seeing Dubi. Hey news flash Dubi was well on his way to another disappointing 40 point season once again. He should be traded and never get another raise from this team again. His scoring inconsistency is not tolerable anymore. Drury wasn’t doing anything special except killing penalties. That’s very nice and the Rangers are one of the best PK teams in the league. But are we paying Captain Chris to kill penalties? Sorry but I think not. This team is crying for another true scoring threat. If they can in anyway get Lecavalier they have to do it. Think Sather and get the job done. You’re failing once again you putz.