Jonass Korpisalo | Photo: NHL
Goaltender Jonas Korpisalo of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL) has been removed from the list of injured players and will be sent to the Blue Jackets farm club Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL), the Columbus team announced.
The 28-year-old Finnish goalkeeper has missed the first nine games of the season due to hip surgery in March. Korpisalo was sent to the AHL for the purpose of recovering game practice. The Monsters’ next match in the AHL is scheduled for tonight on the road against the Syracuse Crunch.
Merzlikina, one of the main competitors for playing time in recent seasons, has faced several injuries in previous seasons, and the number of games played by him has decreased every season since the Latvian joined the ranks of the Blue Jackets. 2019/2020 In the 2020/2021 season, Finns scored in 37 games. in 33 matches in the season of 2018, but in 22 duels in the previous season alone.
Korpisalo has missed the first nine games of the season after undergoing hip surgery on March 24.
Blankenburg is day-to-day with an upper body injury suffered at the Rangers on Sunday.#CBJ
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) October 29, 2022
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