Sport tips St. Louis guard Broberg will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a leg injury. Blues coach said things could have been a lot worse
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St. Louis defenseman Philip Broberg will miss 4 to 6 weeks with a leg injury. The player was injured in the second period of the St. Louis match against Toronto (4:2) in the NHL regular season. The Swede collided with Mitch Marner while fighting for the puck, after which the Maple Leafs forward fell and landed on Broberg`s right leg.
The 23-year-old Blues player was unable to continue the match and left the ice with the help of his teammates.
This season, the player, who transferred from Edmonton in the offseason as a result mentioned by baseball tips of an offer sheet (a contract offer to a restricted free agent), played 12 matches and scored 9 (2+7) points with a usefulness plus 6.
Team head coach Drew Bannister said, that such a prognosis for recovery time is good news, since the injury looked even more serious.
It could have been a lot worse, " Bannister said after the team`s practice on Monday.
The team is currently also injured by forwards Robert Thomas, Kasperi Kapanen and Mathieu Joseph, and defensemen Nick Leddy and Torey Krueg, who is expected to miss the entire season after ankle surgery.
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