{"id":39952,"date":"2019-01-10T12:31:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T17:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39952"},"modified":"2019-01-10T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T17:31:03","slug":"columbus-blue-jackets-sergei-bobrovsky-to-miss-game-for-unspecified-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/01\/10\/columbus-blue-jackets-sergei-bobrovsky-to-miss-game-for-unspecified-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky to Miss Game For Unspecified Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>\u00a0have announced that\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bobrose01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will not be with the team for tonight\u00b4s game. The Blue Jackets play in Nashville against the Predators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CBJ<\/a> announce that G Sergei Bobrovsky \u201cwill not be with the team\u201d tonight when they play Nashville. Release does not use the word suspension, but that\u2019s how it sounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oGOSasL2P9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/oGOSasL2P9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aportzline\/status\/1083378972891799554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Bobrovsky sent home by Columbus after an unspecified incident<\/h1>\n<p>Sergei Bobrovsky is currently in the last year of his\u00a0contract that pays him $7.425M per season with the Blue Jackets. Since the beginning of this season, it has been widely rumoured that head coach John Tortorella doesn\u00b4t seem to be happy with Bobrovsky\u00b4s attitude and performances.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/bluejackets\/news\/sergei-bobrovsky-will-not-be-with-team-against-nashville\/c-303743602\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official site<\/a> of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Russian goaltender failed to meet\u00a0the expectations and values of the organization after an unknown incident occurred. This incident is the reason Columbus General Manager <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kekalja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarmo Kekalainen<\/a><\/strong> decided to leave Bobrovsky at home for the game in Nashville tonight.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Bobrovsky has an 18-13-1 record with a 2.87 goals-against average, 90,6% save percentage and two shutouts in 32 games this season. This has been a rocky season for Bobrovsky, who is set to become a free agent on July first.\u00a0Columbus acquired Bobrovsky in 2012 in a trade with the Philadelphia Flyers.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>With Sergei Bobrovsky absent from the team tonight, it seems like 24 years old goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/korpijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joonas Korpisalo<\/a> <\/strong>will start. Korpisalo will face fellow finnish goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sarosju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juuse Saros<\/a><\/strong>, who is starting for the Predators. The Jackets called up\u00a0<strong>Jean-Francois B\u00e9rub\u00e9\u00a0<\/strong>to back up\u00a0Korpisalo in\u00a0Bobrovsky&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<p>What about the future of Bobrovsky in Columbus? That seems to be more unclear than ever. Having issues with his team and coach <strong>John Tortorella<\/strong>, it seems more and more likely that this will be Bob&#8217;s last season\u00a0in Columbus. Prior to the incident, there were questions on whether or not Bobrovsky would resign with the Jackets. Unfortunately for Jackets fans, it seems like Bobrovsky is on his way out.<\/p>\n<p>If the situation\u00a0is\u00a0completely\u00a0untenable, Columbus can try to trade their\u00a0netminder. Still,\u00a0 Bobrovsky has a no-movement clause in his contract he would need to waive. 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