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Brandon Dubinsky is out for another month. The Blue Jackets are already thin at center, and now, they're dangerously lean.
Alexander Wennberg was injured in Thursday's shootout loss in Pittsburgh and didn't play the final six-plus minutes of regulation and overtime. John Tortorella said pre-game on Saturday that Wennberg will be out "a while," but did not offer specifics on the injury other than it's a "body" injury.
Torts: Bob in net. Werenski still out (still day to day); Wennberg out longer than day to day. Characterized as a body injury #CBJ
— Alison (@AlisonL) December 23, 2017
Nick Foligno, who had moved back to the wing after starting the season at center, is now back at center for the foreseeable future.
The Blue Jackets have the following healthy centers on their roster: Pierre-Luc Dubois (thank god), Foligno*, Lukas Sedlak and Jordan Schroeder. It's reasonable to wonder if, when the NHL's holiday roster freeze expires next week, the Blue Jackets will look to make a trade to shore up their problem at center.
We'll have to wait and see.
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