Original Story:
Per Andrew
Gross, Rangers injured right wing Ryan Callahan was not cleared to hold a
stick following his examination on Tuesday night. There is no official update on his timetable
but one should expect that this ends any hopes of Callahan making it back into
the lineup before the All-star break. Answering my query as to whether that was a good assumption, Mr. Gross replied Callahan was likely out until then and reiterated
that the full eight weeks would place a Callahan return at February 9.
This is obviously a blow for the
Rangers for their heart and soul guy continue to be out of the lineup, but as I
said this should not be unexpected in that he was expected to miss six to eight
weeks and the excitement of many when they heard about Callahan skating again meaning
he would be back sooner was more hopeful than anything else.
In other injury news Jesse Spector
reports that Erik Christensen was in the building walking around without a
brace on his injured knee. In a follow-up Mr.
Spector is clear to point out not to read too much into the lack of a brace
for Christensen as it might have been for treatment purposes and not that the
brace is no longer necessary.
As Dave discussed yesterday it
is yet to be seen what role, if any, Christensen will have on the club when the
healthy bodies return to the lineup, but getting him healthy as soon as
possible is in the best interest of the Rangers even if it is as a spare
forward or trade piece to a team that is seeking a potential offensive boost
and shootout specialist.
Also the reports on Derek
Boogaard still do not have him as without symptoms so expect him to be out for
significantly longer if he even returns at all.
