Ryan likely lost to Senators for weeks with hand injury
OTTAWA — If Bobby Ryan didn’t have bad luck, he’d have no luck at all.
The Ottawa Senators winger may have broken the index finger on his right hand during the club’s 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night and he could be out three-to-six weeks.
Ryan, who missed five games earlier this year with a break in a different place to the same finger and had issues with a hand injury last season, is being re-examined by the Ottawa doctors but it doesn’t look good.
“He got a shot on the hand. He finished the game but he’s out indefinitely,” said coach Guy Boucher Sunday afternoon before facing the Winnipeg Jets at home. “It could be (broken). They’re checking today again but it could be (broken). He’ll be out for a while ... we’re talking three-to-six weeks.”
Boucher said this is tough for Ryan because he was playing well and contributing. He has 12 goals and 12 assists for 24 points in 50 games this season and had three points in the club’s last two games.
“He was playing great. That’s the tough blow. He was doing really good,” Boucher said. “He’s a topsix guy, we’re already missing one of our top six guys since the beginning of the year (Clarke MacArthur) and we’re missing another one.
“Let’s not kid ourselves. Our team is battling hard to make the playoffs, we desperately need him. He was playing really good. When you lose a guy that’s got the size, smarts and to play on any line, you don’t replace that,” said Boucher.
—Postmedia News