David Clarkson Injury: Updates on Blue Jackets Winger's Oblique and Return

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been decimated by injuries all season. You can now add right winger David Clarkson to the list.

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Blue Jackets Announce Clarkson Out

Wednesday, March 4

The team’s official website reported Wednesday that Clarkson “will be sidelined four to six weeks due to a torn oblique muscle suffered in Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Capitals, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.”

Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reported that Clarkson suffered the injury in his Blue Jackets debut on Feb. 28 and played through the pain until it became too much.

Portzline also added from Kekalainen "He’s still going to get the fresh start he needs and wants. I saw a lot of good things in the three games he played, and in two of them he was injured."

Columbus had postseason aspirations heading into the season after reaching the playoffs and challenging the Pittsburgh Penguins once it got there last year, but the campaign has gone off the rails with nonstop injury problems. In fact, the Blue Jackets lead the league in man-games lost to injury in 2014-15.

Clarkson was newly acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs in a trade before the deadline and didn’t take long to fall in line with the rest of the injured roster. He has 196 points in his career (112 goals and 84 assists) and could be a major part of the Columbus attack in the future.

For now, he will simply look to get healthy.