{"id":63571,"date":"2019-12-11T21:14:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T02:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=63571"},"modified":"2019-12-11T21:14:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T02:14:30","slug":"columbus-blue-jackets-emil-bemstrom-to-miss-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/12\/11\/columbus-blue-jackets-emil-bemstrom-to-miss-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Blue Jackets Emil Bemstrom to Miss Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> have announced that forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bemstem01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emil Bemstrom<\/a><\/strong> will miss six to eight weeks due to injury. The 20-year-old suffered a dislocated rib and some cartilage damage in a game earlier this month against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Panthers<\/a>. The team announced the injury earlier Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CBJ<\/a> forward Emil Bemstrom expected to miss 6 to 8 weeks with injury. Full details \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wLvfjZKNH2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/wLvfjZKNH2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJacketsNHL\/status\/1204830708822228992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Emil Bemstrom Out with Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Bemstrom was having an okay season through early December. The former fourth-round pick has three goals and nine points through his first 28 games as a rookie. He wasn&#8217;t setting the world on fire but he was still a productive member of the Jackets. His advanced numbers indicate he was doing a solid job with the puck despite a bottom-six role and only an average of 10:47 of ice time per evening.<\/p>\n<p>This injury certainly derails Bemstrom&#8217;s development as a top-six option. Bemstrom was one of the top players at his level in Sweden but hasn&#8217;t had success in North America so far. Columbus also has an experienced group of forwards including <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/atkinca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Atkinson<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nyquigu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gustav Nyquist<\/a> <\/strong>so there wasn&#8217;t as much room for Bemstrom this season.<\/p>\n<p>That certainly could change as the Blue Jackets begin what could be a slow rebuild engaging its youthful core in a big way. Bemstrom was just one piece of that effort. The Jackets also have <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/texieal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexandre Texier<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/duboipi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a><\/strong> as players 21-years-old or younger with big expectations from the front office.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>The team was already missing several pieces including defenceman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/werenza01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Werenski<\/a><\/strong>. The injuries have hampered a season where Columbus often struggled to score goals. The Blue Jackets are currently second-to-last in the Metropolitan Division. They also have the fifth-best odds of the top pick in the 2020 Draft if the season ended Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Bemstrom&#8217;s spot will go to someone such as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wennbal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Wennberg<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/robiner01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Robinson<\/a><\/strong>. The Blue Jackets could also shuffle the lines heavily in advance of their next game.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"0IAFyHjWRst4xaiUaw-sYw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1189360720\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0IAFyHjWRst4xaiUaw-sYw',sig:'9Yjm8qmJe7R5fbLHDA2AZqXxfFVLFFDZpb1Dzg1DUeg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1189360720',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that forward Emil Bemstrom will miss six to eight weeks due to injury. The 20-year-old suffered a dislocated rib and some cartilage damage in a game earlier this month against the Florida Panthers. The team announced the injury earlier Wednesday afternoon. #CBJ forward Emil Bemstrom expected to miss 6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3127,"featured_media":63595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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":[11,34],"tags":[774,1792,111,1839,289,528],"class_list":["post-63571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejackets","category-news","tag-alexander-wennberg","tag-alexandre-texier","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-emil-bemstrom","tag-pierre-luc-dubois","tag-zach-werenski"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63571","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\/3127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}