Monday, October 5, 2009

The I.R: Monday

*->Montreal's blue line took another huge hit Saturday night when they lost Ryan O'Byrne to injury. The big defender took a shot off his ankle and is believed to have fractured a bone in his right ankle. The it appears he will miss atleast 6 weeks to recovery. Montreal has good defensive depth in my opinion to replace O'Byrne but to replace Andrei Markov is going to be a huge chore. Yannick Webber is a perfect powerplay replacement and his overall game isn't bad ether but he's no Markov. Alex Henry could be an easy fill to replace the size lost with O'Byrne out of the lineup.

*-> The Canadiens have also lost Glen Metropolit to injury. Not much is known other than he suffered the "upperbody" injury during Montreal's O.T win over the Sabres. It's not expected to be serious but will be out of the line-up for atleast a week. Kyle Chipchura has been called up as a replacement.

*-> The Carolina Hurricanes have lost Erik Cole for 6 to 8 weeks with a fractured bone in his left leg. The injury occurred Saturday night after he collided with a Bruins defender.

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