Timing Of Brandon Dubinsky Injury Fortuitous For Rangers?

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.

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.