Bad news for the Edmonton Oilers and us poolies, forward Jordan Eberle's injury is quite serious, as the club blogged that Eberle is now expected to miss the next 4-to-6 weeks with a shoulder problem. The nature of the injury was not exactly described, but the upper-body problem was a shoulder injury and it will now cost him at least a month.The original projection for Eberle was in the 65-point range, which will now be hampered, as that's based on the 27-week season. If that was going to be averaged over the course of the season, I am prepared to take about 10 points off that projection and maybe try and take him down a bit lower in the draft.
The injury should carry him through to the middle part of November, when the season is in full swing and players are already hitting their mid-season stride. It will be up to those drafting to decide whether or not he'll be worth taking in the pool, over some healthier, but less effective players or whether they'll gamble to see if he'll still be available at the Week Nine Waiver Draft.
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