Jackets rookie center Brule out with broken leg
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Columbus Blue Jackets center Gilbert Brule will miss four to six weeks with a broken right leg, the second serious injury he has sustained in his rookie season.
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Brule, the sixth overall pick in this year's draft, was placed on injured reserve Thursday. He was injured in Columbus' 3-2 shootout win at Minnesota on Wednesday night.
Brule was sidelined for 17 games earlier this season with a fractured sternum sustained during Columbus' home opener on Oct. 7. He has two goals and two assists in seven games.
Injuries have kept the Blue Jackets near the bottom of the NHL standings and last in goals this season. Top scorer Rick Nash has played in only three games and defenseman Adam Foote, the team's most significant offseason acquisition, is on injured reserve with a strained groin.
Center Manny Malhotra went on injured reserve Thursday with back spasms and the club activated goaltender Marc Denis. Going into Thursday night's game at St. Louis, Malhotra was tied for second on the Blue Jackets with 15 points on two goals and 13 assists.
Columbus also recalled right wing Joe Motzko and center Geoff Platt from Syracuse of the AHL, and assigned defenseman Aaron Johnson to Syracuse.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press
