New Jersey Devils centre Jacob Josefson out for month with latest injury scare-NHL News
After sitting out as many as 37 games earlier this National Hockey League (NHL) season due to a broken right clavicle, New Jersey Devils’ centre, Jacob Josefson’s latest comeback has proved to be another risk driven phase of the game as he is now reported
to remain out of the league for the next four weeks as minimum and six weeks maximum with a broken wrist.
The injury came during the game against the New York Islanders, which Devils won with three to one (3-1) goal margin.
It serves no good to the player’s hopes of remaining healthy and fit this season after he had missed 30 games during last season because of a detached ligament in his right hand.
With the current regular season definitely over for the player, he will certainly miss out the initial games of the playoffs.
There also remains the possibility that he will not return this season at all unless he recovers earlier than the stipulated time.
His colleagues have realised the amount of ordeal that the player has been made to be through to these injury scares and hope the best for his future.
New Jersey’s netminder, Johan Hedberg, said of the player’s injury woes:
"I feel terrible for him. He works so hard and deserves all the good things. He's obviously going to be strong mentally when he gets through all this. Hopefully he can keep his head up. It's not fair."
Josefson had returned to the team from the earlier injury on January 17 and continuously played 36 games before suffering another.
According to the team’s officials and players, the latest injury was a rather unfortunate development for the player and had come at the time when he just started feeling comfortable in his health and fitness. It is the most disappointing time of his career.
The coach, Peter DeBoer, said:
"He was playing so well and he already battled through the one major injury, so it's a tough hand to be dealt for him and for us. He was becoming a real valuable piece for us. We have to figure it out again, but that's hockey. It's a war of attrition. It's
going to get worse as the playoffs go on and that's what depth is about."
DeBoer has also expressed doubts on his comeback to the playoffs this season. He hoped that he is recovered to full health and fitness in the second round, giving a timely boost to the squad.
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