It appears as if the Columbus Blue Jackets did indeed trade for Jordan Leopold in part because of injury issues: Fedor Tyutin is headed to injured reserve and is expected to miss four-to-six weeks, the Columbus Dispatch’s Shawn Mitchell reports.
Tyutin appeared to hurt his left knee (officially a “lower-body injury”) in a collision with Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek.
#CBJ Fedor Tyutin appeared to injure left knee on collision with Voracek late in 3rd. Richards: lower body injury, will be eval'd Saturday
— Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) November 15, 2014
(Video of the collision isn’t available at this time.)
The 31-year-old has two assists in 16 games so far in 2014-15. He’s seen a drop in ice time lately; after averaging more than 24 minutes per contest in both 2011-12 and 2012-13, he slipped to 21:25 last season and is averaging 20:18 per night so far this year.
Even with that reduced role in mind and a veteran like Leopold added to the mix, Columbus will likely miss Tyutin’s presence.
Mitchell reports that Matt Calvert will also go on IR retroactive to Nov. 7, clearing a sot for Artem Anisimov to make his return tonight.
Also, there’s this Ryan Murray update:
As @smitchcd reports, #CBJ D Fedor Tyutin expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Ryan Murray, listed as "week to week," may be on similar schedule.
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) November 15, 2014