INJURIES Minnesota Wild injuries, Gaborik out.. - NHL Forum

VanCan · 10-18-2008, 03:28 AM

Three games into the season, the Wild are decimated by injuries. Pierre-Marc Bouchard was sent home from this road trip because of a bad back, and Gaborik and Owen Nolan (leg) also missed Thursday night's game against the Panthers.

In addition, offseason acquisition Marek Zidlicky, the centerpiece to the Wild's offseason blue-line tinkering, has yet to play a game because of a severe ankle sprain.

So Gaborik's "lower-body injury" wasn't the impetus for Thursday's announcement, but given his record with groin injuries, it wasn't altogether unlikely that his status would be among the first to get the modified treatment.

"Lower body. Will not play tonight. Will remain with the team," Risebrough said

VanCan · 10-24-2008, 01:15 AM

VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Canucks could be without forward Pavol Demitra for a month with a rib injury.

Demitra has a fractured cartilage in his eighth rib and will be gone for three to four weeks, Alain Vigneault, coach of the NHL team, said Thursday.

Demitra, signed as a free agent over the summer, had an MRI done Wednesday and will see a specialist Friday.

Centre Rick Rypien is still sidelined with a virus infection while defenceman Sami Salo is listed day-to-day with a pulled groin.

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