Even with Marian Gaborik’s four-goal, five-point night on Thursday, there are very few positives to take out of Brandon Dubinsky’s leg injury. He’s the team’s leading scorer and he’ll miss up to a month with a left leg injury.
Timing Of Brandon Dubinsky Injury Fortuitous For Rangers?
Despite the negatives, though, did the Rangers get lucky with the timing of this injury? Our blog, Blueshirt Banter, has more on that:
As was pointed out, the timing is a bit fortuitous, at least as much as it can be losing your most versatile forward. The all-star break is approaching, so if Dubinsky is back in 3 weeks, he’ll miss a total of 9 games, with a possible return of Feb. 11th vs Atlanta. If you tack on another week, it is only 11 games, with Feb 17th vs the Kings a possible return date.
The team will be getting Ryan Callahan back in approximately two weeks, and [Erik] Christensen should not be far behind. The team will likely stay the course right now, so don’t expect a reactionary trade or any moves between now the all-star break.
Knee-jerk reactions to the injury on Wednesday spelled disaster, but after Gaborik’s break-out performance and a quick glance at the schedule, it might not be so bad for the fellas on Broadway.
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