Injury Roundup, Recalls & More

Things around the Columbus Blue Jackets are starting to look like the 2022-23 season again in one aspect. The injury bug has decimated the team. The domino effect will be felt throughout the organization.

Welcome back to Blue Jackets News & Rumors. Head coach Pascal Vincent shared with the media on Wednesday the latest on a few injury situations. We’ll get you caught up on those. Then we’ll talk about the land of opportunity for those getting a chance to play.

Injury Recap

The Blue Jackets had multiple players unable to finish the game Tuesday night in Montreal. Both Yegor Chinakhov and Sean Kuraly left the game at different points. It wasn’t entirely clear what caused the injuries in each situation.

Vincent said that Kuraly will be week-to-week with a lower-body injury. He was limited to just three total shifts in the third period. As for Chinakhov, he is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

Alex Texier took a maintenance day on Wednesday. He’s battling through something as he has had multiple maintenance days of late including on Trade Deadline day. Whatever is ailing him isn’t keeping him out of the lineup for now.

Kirill Marchenko was unable to play in Montreal and is still day-to-day with an illness. However Vincent is hopeful Marchenko will be available on Thursday against the Ottawa Senators.

These injuries and illnesses are on top of what Kent Johnson and Adam Fantilli are going through. Johnson had successful shoulder surgery in Vail, CO and is expected to make a full recovery in six months. That puts him in line to be ready for Training Camp in the fall. Fantilli as we previously reported has not begun skating but is putting in some work off the ice. His timeline for return remains unclear as he recovers from a calf laceration.

With just 17 games left in the season, it’s next man up for the Blue Jackets. In this case, these games are meaningful to the recent callups from the Cleveland Monsters.

More Than a Regular Callup

Players in the AHL are hoping to get their next chance at NHL games. For a few members of the Cleveland Monsters, not only are they getting games, they’re getting a chance to make an impression.

Thanks to the above mentioned injury list, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Carson Meyer, Brendan Gaunce and now Mikael Pyyhtia are with the Blue Jackets. Fix-Wolansky was announced as a regular recall after the Trade Deadline. The other three are…