{"id":432990,"date":"2023-10-13T09:42:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=432990"},"modified":"2023-10-13T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:42:38","slug":"zach-werenski-suffers-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/10\/13\/zach-werenski-suffers-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Werenski Suffers Short-Term Injury During Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elliotte Friedman announced that\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/werenza01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zach Werenski<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will be out for the foreseeable future after sustaining an injury against the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0last night.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue Jackets announce Werenski will not return with a quad contusion. Enough bad injury luck for him, already <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/adGzlbd1U6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/adGzlbd1U6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1712637821775917161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Zach Werenski Did Not Return Against Flyers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Head Coach Pascal Vincent confirmed that Werenski&#8217;s quad contusion is not a long-term injury in the post-game press conference. Werenski has had an unlucky injury history throughout his career. He only appeared in 13 contests last season for the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0due to a separated shoulder and torn labrum. In addition, an upper-body injury also occurred against the Flyers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unfortunately for Werenski, he received a nasty knee-on-knee check behind the net on the breakout from\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hathaga01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Garnet Hathaway<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. After swinging the puck up the boards, Hathaway came in to finish his check. Werenski attempted to lunge out of the way, leaving Hathaway to make contact with his right leg. Furthermore, Hathaway received a two-minute minor penalty for kneeing on the play.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Blue Jackets Moving Forward<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Luckily for the Blue Jackets, they spent a lot of assets on boosting the defensive core during the off-season. Columbus acquired both\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/provoiv01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ivan Provorov<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/severda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Damon Severson<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0via trade. Moreover, Frank Servalli noted that Columbus wants to move one of\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boqviad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adam Boqvist<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beanja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jake Bean<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, or\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/peekean01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Andrew Peeke<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. With Werenski ruled out of the lineup, the club will now have room to play Boqvist. He sat out against the Flyers on Thursday night. Giving Boqvist time in the lineup could boost his trade stock once Werenski returns from injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Additionally, the Blue Jackets have an up-and-coming 19-year-old defenceman.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jiricda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-10-13_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Jiricek<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> will start the season in the AHL. He was selected 6th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft. The injury to Werenski displays how important having depth outside the starting lineup is for NHL teams. Injuries are unpredictable, so teams need to adjust accordingly. Columbus will host the New York Rangers in their next contest on Saturday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elliotte Friedman announced that\u00a0Zach Werenski\u00a0will be out for the foreseeable future after sustaining an injury against the\u00a0Philadelphia Flyers\u00a0last night. Blue Jackets announce Werenski will not return with a quad contusion. Enough bad injury luck for him, already https:\/\/t.co\/adGzlbd1U6 &mdash; Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 13, 2023 Zach Werenski Did Not Return Against Flyers Head Coach Pascal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3765,"featured_media":432996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4547,6671,34,4548],"tags":[6117,2859,528],"class_list":["post-432990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejackets","category-hockey","category-injuries","category-news","category-nhl","tag-columbus-blue-jackets-news","tag-garnet-hathaway","tag-zach-werenski"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}