Entire Blue Jackets first line out after Boone Jenner injury
Coming into this season, the Columbus Blue Jackets looked like they could have a formidable first line.
The current status of that line?
Nathan Horton is out with a degenerative back condition. Ryan Johansen is an unsigned restricted free agent in a brutal, contentious negotiation with the team. And now Boone Jenner will miss “significant time” with a broken left hand, according to Puck Rakers.
Jenner was injured when his hand was hit by a puck in a Sunday practice
He’ll be out for at least a month.
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An actual quote from GM Jarmo Kekalainen: “That’s why we have a second line, a third line and a fourth line."
So does this do anything to move the needle on Johansen?
