BREAKING: Rangers Lose 1100-Game NHL Veteran for the Rest of the Season
It was announced today that New York Rangers veteran Blake Wheeler will miss the rest of the season with injury.
Wheeler, who served as captain of the Winnipeg Jets for nearly a decade, signed with the Rangers this season.
The news is as bad as was anticipated from the moment Blake Wheeler was helped off the ice by his teammates after suffering a right leg injury at the 11:00 mark of the first period of the Rangers' 7-4 victory over the Canadiens at the Garden on Thursday.
For the 37-year-old winger has been placed on Long Term Injury and will miss the remainder of the regular season, industry sources have told The Post.
For the 37-year-old winger has been placed on Long Term Injury and will miss the remainder of the regular season, industry sources have told The Post.
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FÉVRIER 16 | 125 ANSWERS BREAKING: Rangers Lose 1100-Game NHL Veteran for the Rest of the Season Do you think Wheeler will retire at the end of the season? | ||
| Yes | 92 | 73.6 % |
| No | 33 | 26.4 % |
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