{"id":64742,"date":"2019-12-28T08:41:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=64742"},"modified":"2019-12-28T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T13:41:23","slug":"columbus-blue-jackets-place-cam-atkinson-on-injured-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/12\/28\/columbus-blue-jackets-place-cam-atkinson-on-injured-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Blue Jackets Place Cam Atkinson on Injured Reserve"},"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 they have placed forward <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> on injured reserve. The move is retroactive to December 19th. In a corresponding move, the Blue Jackets recalled <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/liljaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakob Lilja<\/a><\/strong> from their AHL affiliate Cleveland Monsters. They also added <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/macinry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan MacInnis<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/clendad01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Clendening<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carlsga01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Carlsson<\/a><\/strong> to the roster on an emergency basis. However, Clendening was returned to Cleveland after Friday night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<h2><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> Placed on Injured Reserve by Blue Jackets<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\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> place <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CamAtkinson13?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CamAtkinson13<\/a> on IR, recall four players from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monstershockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@monstershockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8DipFwCX9t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/8DipFwCX9t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlueJacketsNHL\/status\/1210323001645895681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAtkinson suffered an ankle sprain on December 19th in a game against the Los Angeles Kings. He is expected to be out two to three weeks due to the injury.<\/p>\n<p>In 35 games this season, Atkinson has accumulated nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points.<\/p>\n<p>He was originally drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the sixth round, 157th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>Yet Another Injury for the Blue Jackets<\/h3>\n<p>Another day, another important player lost for the Blue Jackets. The Blue Jackets currently have eight players listed on the injured reserve. This includes <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrary01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Murray<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/anderjo05.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Anderson<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/12\/23\/columbus-blue-jackets-place-oliver-bjorkstrand-on-injured-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most recently<\/a> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bjorkol01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/a><\/strong>. Now with Atkinson on the shelf, the Blue Jackets will be without two of their top four forwards in terms of production.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the injuries, the Blue Jackets somehow manage to find ways to pick up points. They have a record of 6-1-3 in their last 10 games, giving them points in nine of the 10 games played. However, despite this recent solid play by the Blue Jackets, they still find themselves five points out of the final wild-card position.<\/p>\n<p>This level of play is certainly not sustainable given the number of injuries the club is currently dealing with. The Blue Jackets depth will certainly be tested in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jackets&#8217; next game will be on Sunday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"UCMIy05RTDhWJGW0epzkxg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1194723790\" 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:'UCMIy05RTDhWJGW0epzkxg',sig:'QJKieIBL9iS9rlFWT1yISxrJp-YpWr_HIC6q2KDKIzs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1194723790',caption: true ,tld:'ca',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 they have placed forward Cam Atkinson on injured reserve. The move is retroactive to December 19th. In a corresponding move, the Blue Jackets recalled Jakob Lilja from their AHL affiliate Cleveland Monsters. They also added Ryan MacInnis, Adam Clendening and Gabriel Carlsson to the roster on an emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2506,"featured_media":64743,"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":[668,111,968,290],"class_list":["post-64742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejackets","category-news","tag-cam-atkinson","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-josh-anderson","tag-oliver-bjorkstrand"],"modified_by":"Colton Osmond, Dept Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64742","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\/2506"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}