Morning Injury Updates (Sep 30)

There's some genuine concern in Edmonton surrounding the status of one of their star forwards in Jordan Eberle. Eberle left last night's game against the Coyotes in the 1st period with an upper-body injury and the fear is that it could be something serious with his shoulder, a la a separation. The reports haven't been confirmed, as of Wednesday morning, but it is definitely something to keep an eye on, as we get closer and closer to Saturday's draft.

We'll wait and see if the reports get any worse in the next 24 hours or so, but with some 65-to-78 point projections in the magazines this year, a lot of people will be keeping an eye on him.

Another injury to a player with some serious potential is Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman, who left the game between the Lightning and Penguins in the 2nd period with an undisclosed injury of his own.  The coaching staff said that they wouldn't quite comment on the injury, until he was evaluated back in Tampa and that he was lifted, purely as a precaution.

Hedman is slotted in as one of the league's best offensive defensemen and was poised to go fairly early in this weekend's draft.

If you've been reading some of the injury reports elsewhere, you've possibly seen some of the speculation about the Sabres' blueline, which has been depleted by injury in this preseason already.  One of the youngsters that was ready to make the jump into the opening night roster, Brendan Guhle, was leveled in the preseason game against the Leafs and was lifted from the game for precautionary reasons.

I don't think Guhle was really thought to stick through the whole season, as he would likely make way for Zach Bogosian or Josh Gorges, when they eventually got healthy, but if you were looking to take that gamble on, you will want to pass on that one.

Considered to be more of an AHL player this season, but makes the list, just in case... Washington forward Chris Brown will miss the next few weeks with a reported injury.  Brown made five appearances with the Capitals last season and picked up a point, but with the depth at forward that the Capitals have this year, there was very little chance that Brown was going to make much of an impact.  Just squashing potential sleepers here, nothing more to see.

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